Registered Learning Disability Nurse - RNLD

Exemplar Health Care Group.; Sunderland; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits you to join a forward-thinking care provider as a Registered Learning Disability Nurse. In this highly skilled role, you'll deliver exceptional nursing care to adults with complex health needs, ensuring their independence and dignity. With a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, you will have the chance to grow your career and make a real difference in the lives of those you support. This innovative firm values integrity, teamwork, and best practices in nursing, making it an ideal place for passionate professionals looking to thrive in their careers.

Benefits

Excellent supervision and peer support

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Paid NMC membership

Access to RCNi Learning platform

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Must have a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.
• Experience in providing person-centred nursing care is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess and implement care plans for individuals with complex needs.
• Administer medication safely and promote health and wellbeing.
• Lead a small unit and manage challenging behaviors.

Skills

Person-centred nursing care

Clinical skills

Assessment and planning

Medication administration

Crisis management

Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act

Education

First-level nursing registration

Job description

Registered Learning Disability Nurse - RNLD
Care Home: Hylton Grange
Location: Sunderland (SR4)
Contract type: Full Time - 12 hour shifts
Rate/Salary: £19.74 per hour

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a forward-thinking and growing provider, who’ll support you to be the best Nurse you can be! Join us as our new Registered Nurse at Hylton Grange care home in Sunderland.

Hylton Grange is a care service for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

As a Registered Nurse with us, you’ll be empowered to really make a difference. Our high staffing levels give you the time to provide truly person-centred nursing care, with a supportive team around you. Our excellent training and career development pathways support you to be the best Nurse you can be.

About the role

This is a highly skilled nursing role where you’ll be accountable and responsible for supporting people’s holistic needs. It requires a range of clinical and nursing skills.

You’ll provide the highest standards of nursing care for adults living with complex care and health needs. Our care focuses on maximising independence and building everyday living skills. No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

1. assessing, planning and implementing care for the people we support
2. providing person-centred and evidence-based nursing care
3. developing collaborative needs-based care plans through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
4. safe administration of medication
5. promoting health and wellbeing
6. being the Nurse in Charge of a small unit whilst on shift
7. managing situations when people display behaviours which may challenge
8. promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect.

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork. You’ll also be:

• a great role model – able to coach, teach and support your colleagues
• someone with a calm nature who can deal with, and defuse, challenging situations
• an advocate of best practice in nursing
• able to demonstrate a range of clinical skills
• knowledgeable about assessment, admission and discharge processes
• knowledgeable of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and committed to working within its Codes of Practice.

To apply for this role, you must have a first-level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN. We’re looking for Registered Nurses, from all backgrounds (Adult, Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurses).

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• free DBS check
• electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• paid NMC membership
• paid access to the RCNi Learning platform
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, you can call our Nurse Talent Specialist Nicole on 07949 530 193 or email [e-mail]

Please note, this role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without an existing visa or right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable for the post.