Neurodevelopmental Nurse

NHS; Widnes; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare trust in England is looking for a Band 6 Neurodevelopmental Nurse. The role involves supporting children with complex learning disabilities, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams, and providing community-based healthcare. The position offers flexible working arrangements and a strong commitment to improving health outcomes for children and young people.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Free parking

Mileage expenses for work-related travel

Qualifications

• Significant experience working with children and young people with learning disabilities.
• Experience in a community setting and with multi-agency collaboration.
• Ability to travel independently across the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Support and manage children with severe learning disabilities.
• Work autonomously and part of a nursing team.
• Develop care pathways in accordance with NICE guidance.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Therapeutic communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Knowledge of safeguarding policies

Education

Registered Learning Disability Nurse

Evidence of additional training in neurodevelopmental disabilities

Job description

Go back Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Neurodevelopmental Nurse

The closing date is 20 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Neuro-Developmental Nurse / Senior Learning Disabilities Nurse. You will have a passion for working with children and young people and will work withina team that provides support and management of children with severe or complexlearning disabilities or neuro-developmental disabilities including but notlimited to ASD, ADHD, and global-developmental delay.

The team deliver services tochildren and young people across the borough of Halton (Widnes and Runcorn). The vacancy is a full-timerole 37.5hours however, the team would welcome applications from nurses who maywish to work on a part time or job share basis. Bridgewater CommunityHealthcare NHS FT has a well-established flexible working policy in place to support a positive work-life balance.

The Child Development Centre offers free parking. Mileage and toll bridge expenses can be claimed for duties requiring a crossing of the bridges.

At Bridgewater CommunityHealthcare NHS Foundation Trust our mission is to improve local health and wellbeing in the communities we serve. We want to ensure that our patients, their families, communities, and our stakeholders receive the right care, in the right place and at the right time.

If you are interested in this post then please contact Esther Gibson, Team Leader for Neurodevelopmental Services on 07881 008612 for further information of the role and to arrange a visit to meet the team.

Main duties of the job

Please ensure that you read the Job Description which also includes the person specification before applying for this post.

Job Purpose:

To work as part of a Neurodevelopmental Nursing Team (NDNT) that provides support and management of children with severe or complex learning disabilities or neurodevelopmental disabilities including but not limited to Autism, ADHD, and global-developmental delay.

To work closely with community paediatricians, children and young people, parents/carers, general practitioners, schools and other partners to develop a greater understanding of the conditions and facilitate appropriate support for children, young people and their families.

The post holder will work autonomously whilst being part of a nursing team that provides a community-based service undertaken in the Halton Child Development Centre, GP surgeries and other clinical centres, Family Hubs and at home.

The post holder will be an experienced nurse with strong clinical leadership and demonstrate an ability to further develop service provision in this area of clinical practice.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they were created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them.

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P - Person-centred - We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide.

E - Empowered - We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O - Open and Honest - We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P - Professional - We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L - Locally Lead - We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E - Efficient - We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical

To assess, plan and implement packages of care for children & young people, up to 19 years of age, with a diagnosed severe or complex learning disability or neurodevelopmental disability (including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism).

To assess the needs, including challenging or complex behaviour and sleep difficulties, of a child/young person, and plan, implement and evaluate individualised care in collaboration with the child/young person, family, and other involved agencies/professionals.

To provide advice, support and information to the child/young person and their family at the early stages of diagnosis, when needs change or during transition periods; also signposting and/or referring to other sources of support including voluntary and community assets.

To provide skills and strategies for young people/parents or carers to use effectively to help manage their own/their child's long-term condition.

To promote the health and well‑being of children and young people at every contact.

To have an understanding and knowledge of medications prescribed for ADHD and/or sleep difficulties; supporting medication concordance to improve outcomes for children and young people.

To develop care pathways in line with NICE guidance as appropriate to the development of the service and in consultation with all key stakeholders.

To run nurse-led clinics; demonstrating the ability to work as an autonomous practitioner including the recording of clinical observations, the ongoing assessment of treatment effectiveness, monitoring compliance with clinical practice and NICE guidance.

To offer joint working and specialist advice to other members of the multidisciplinary team and external agencies to implement care plans, packages of care and to evaluate outcomes.

To liaise and share information with other agencies, with appropriate consent and in accordance with data protection guidelines, in order to support the needs of the child or young person safely and effectively.

To develop, run and evaluate group support for children, young people with severe or complex learning disability or neurodevelopmental disability and their families/carer.

To ensure that clients are actively involved in all care planning and decision making as per Fraser Guidelines and Mental Capacity Act, 2005.

To contribute to statutory processes such as Education Health & Care Plans as required.

To use high level communication skills throughout all duties within the clinical role including verbal, non‑verbal and written formats.

To make appropriate clinical decisions following assessment; seeking support and advice from a peer, manager or named safeguarding nurse as appropriate.

Where appropriate, to support families through transition processes from pre‑school to education, primary to secondary school and secondary to adult services.

To discharge from the service appropriately, agreeing a point of closure with the young person, parent or carers and informing relevant professionals. Alternatively following Trust policy for children who are not brought for health appointments.

Managerial

To show a strong commitment to team working, demonstrating respect and consideration to other team members and colleagues in partner agencies.

To attend and provide leadership in team meetings and confidently represent the service at relevant Trust and external partner meetings.

As a senior nurse act as deputy to the Team Leader when appropriate and offer direction, support and supervision to the skill mix team.

To effectively manage a caseload, prioritise clinical demands, delegate appropriately to other members of the team and act as a care coordinator for the service.

To be able to identify, manage and review risks undertaking comprehensive risk assessments when necessary.

To deal with concerns and complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible, inline with Bridgewater Trust policy.>

To learn from incidents, complaints and user feedback to improve the quality of the service delivery.

To understand service/team key performance indicators and contribute to the accurate and timely collection of statistical data.

To participate in departmental clinical audit and research as part of a process of continuous quality improvement.

Leadership

To lead and manage quality improvements, encouraging others to recognise the need for change, developing a shared vision, inspiring and motivating other team members.

To provide expert clinical leadership by engaging and contributing to the development of the team and the service.

Contribute to the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.

To adhere to the Codes professional standards and behaviour for nurses as required by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).

To develop a working knowledge of relevant procedures including: safeguarding children, SEN procedures, working with vulnerable adults and other legal frameworks.

Education & Teaching

To develop, deliver and evaluate tailored awareness training for ADHD, Autism and other related conditions to members of the multidisciplinary team and partner agencies.

To develop, deliver and evaluate group training to young people, parents/carers for ADHD, Autism and other related conditions.

Act as mentor/preceptor to new staff and participate, where appropriate, in developing the skills and potential of colleagues.

To contribute to the development of parent/client information ensuring this is relevant, accessible and up to date in a written and digital format.

Continuing Professional Development

To participate in individual performance review, ensuring that the objectives set reflect the service and organisational plans.

To identify personal/professional development within a performance review; to attend relevant training, undertake development activities in order to maintain and enhance skills and knowledge required to maintain up to date registration.

To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers, clinical supervisor, manager to identify own strengths and development needs.

To attend and engage in clinical and safeguarding supervision.

To use evidence-based practice, maintain skills and knowledge in accordance with current evidence based research, best practice and Trust policies/guidance.

Record Keeping/Records Management

To maintain up to date written records in line with professional and organisational requirements.

To maintain strict confidentiality for all clients according to Trust policy.

To maintain record keeping skills and knowledge by undertaking regular training and participating in the Trust wide record keeping audit.

To adhere to Bridgewater and local service guidance in relation to the management of Records, including storage and transfer.

Physical

To demonstrate knowledge in moving/handling clients with disabilities.

To use a range of techniques appropriate for those with severe and profound disabilities including symbols systems, alternative communication equipment and other resources in the provision of support to families.

This list of duties is not intended to be exhaustive but indicates the main areas of work and may be subject to change after consultation with the post-holder to meet the changing needs of the organisation.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant experience of working with children and young people (CYP) with learning disabilities (LD) and neurodevelopmental disabilities
• Experience of working within a community setting and working independently
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
• Leadership experience to achieve sustained service improvements
• Experience in designing & delivering training to service users and/or professionals.
• Experience of involving service users in a meaningful way to shape service initiatives and delivery.
• Experience monitoring ADHD medication compliance and side effects
• Experience of clinical audit & continuous quality improvement

Job Specific Requirements

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust.
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.

Qualifications

• Registered Learning Disability Nurse or Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Children Nurse
• Evidence of additional training or professional development in neurodevelopmental disabilities and/or behaviour management
• Qualification or equivalent experience in leadership

Sponsorship

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)

Relationships

• If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Skills & Knowledge

• Knowledge of The Code and nursing standard
• Highly competent in working therapeutically with CYP with learning difficulties/neurodevelopmental difficulties who are experiencing complex challenges by providing a comprehensive assessment, plan, intervention and evaluation of care packages.
• Ability to independently make clinical decisions, generate treatment options, plan and review treatment programme.
• High level interpersonal skills including:
• communication (verbal & written), observation, listening and empathy skills.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
• Knowledge of national policies and guidance (relevant to the client group)
• Good negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of Family Support model and/ or common assessment framework
• Knowledge of children's safeguarding policy and guidance
• Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
• IT skills including clinical systems
• Knowledge of public health/ health promotion

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working