Senior Learning Disability Nurse/Mental Health

Torbayandsouthdevon; Exeter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for a Senior Learning Disability Nurse/Mental Health in Exeter. This role focuses on supporting children and adolescents with learning disabilities and mental health challenges, ensuring the delivery of exceptional care through a collaborative approach. Candidates must be registered nurses, ideally with experience in the field, who are passionate about promoting positive outcomes for children with additional needs. Join a dedicated and supportive team to make a significant difference in the lives of young people in need.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with focus on learning disabilities and mental health.
• Experience working with children and adolescents.
• Ability to perform assessments and create care plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, advice, and specialist interventions to children with learning disabilities.
• Collaborate with children, young people, and their carers in care planning.
• Supervise and support clinicians within the service.

Skills

Assessment

Collaboration

Mental Health Support

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Senior Learning Disability Nurse/Mental Health

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We are excited to be advertising for a Registered Nurse for the Specialist Learning Disability Service with a focus on mental health and children with a Learning Disability.

The Service is a consist of Learning Disability and other registered nurses. Clinical Psychologists , Positive Behaviour Support Practitioners, Occupational Therapists & Assistant Practitioners who offer a range of services for children and adolescents with a diagnosed Learning Disability and Autism from assessment and intervention to consultation, liaison and training for other agencies.

The service can support Children & Adolescents with a moderate to profound Learning Disability, in conjunction with complex behavioural , health or sleep issues related to this diagnosis.

Please note that training may be considered if you are a registered nurse but without all of the essential criteria.

• Work within the Specialist Learning Disability Service, providing support and supervision to clinicians working across the Specialist Learning Disability Service and all other integrated pathways
• Ensure a strengths-based approach to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to support complex packages of care for children with additional needs in the community
• Contribute to risk assessment and care planning in collaboration with children, young people and their carers
  
  

Provide assessment, advice and specialist interventions to children, young people and their families and to hold a caseload of children with complex needs, leading on the mental health need’s for CYP with a Learning Disability. Provide case management of an identified caseload of children and young people with highly complex long-term conditions and complex needs by utilising and promoting evidence-based care

Why Work With Us

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children’s community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.

As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jenna Messenger Job title: Specialist Learning Disability/Mental health Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07866937290

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07866938004

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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