Special School Learning Disability Staff Nurse

Integrated Care System; Brierley Hill; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Brierley Hill is seeking a Special School Learning Disability Staff Nurse. The role involves supporting children and young people with complex health needs, providing care, and working autonomously in various settings. Candidates must be registered learning disability nurses with experience in managing complex health conditions. This position offers opportunities to enhance community health for children requiring specialized care.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered learning disability nurse with experience in special school nursing.
• Experience in managing complex health needs is essential.
• Ability to manage emergency health situations.

Responsibilities

• Access, plan, and implement care for children with severe learning disabilities.
• Maintain relationships between universal and specialist services.
• Work autonomously, managing own time and case-load.
• Provide advice on learning disability issues.
• Ensure timely planning for transition of care.

Skills

Learning Disability Nursing

Complex Health Management

Emergency Management

Education

Registered Learning Disability Nurse

Experience with Children

Job description

Go back Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Special School Learning Disability Staff Nurse

The closing date is 12 August 2025

An opportunity has arisen for a Learning Disability Nurse to join the Special School Nursing team in Dudley

The role is to support Band 6 nurses in the Dudley Special schools and the Community Children's nursing team. The team works as part of the Children's Community Nursing Team (ICCN Team) The nurse will support in managing the health needs of children and young people with complex health and profound learning disabilities. Some home visits and other community visits will be carried out as part of a holistic case management.

The nurse will be responsible for providing clinical skills in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the health needs of the children. The role will include teaching/training and supporting the team as well as the school staff to ensure the health needs of the children are met, this may involve complex epilepsy management, enteral feeding and tracheostomy care.

The nurse will require the experience and ability to be able to manage emergency health situations.

The candidate must be a registered learning disability nurse with recent experience of working with children with learning disabilities and complex health needs. Previous experience of special school nursing would be desirable.

Main duties of the job

• Access, plan and implement care for children and young people up to the age of 19 years , with a diagnosed severe or complex learning disability
• Implement interventions to promote the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families affected by learning disabilities
• Access and develop strategies to support children/families with specific issues i.e sleep strategies, behavioural strategies, continence issues, medication and epilepsy support
• To provide skills and strategies for young people/parents and carers to effectively manage their own/their child's condition

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

• Adult and older adult mental health services.
• Specialist learning disability services.
• Mental health services for children and young people.
• Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley.

Job responsibilities

• Access, plan and implement care for children and young people up to the age of 19 years , with a diagnosed severe or complex learning disability
• To maintain excellent working relationships between universal and specialist services,
• To work as an autonomous practitioner, regularly working alone and unsupervised in a variety of different settings, organizing and managing own time and case-load
• To provide advice, consultation and information to others on LD issues, to ensure that the health needs of individual children and young people with learning disability are met appropriately
• Working in conjunction with other agencies, ensure the appropriate planning for the transition of care takes place in a timely fashion and meets the ongoing needs of the child
• Implement interventions to promote the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families affected by learning disabilities
• Access and develop strategies to support children/families with specific issues i.e sleep strategies, behavioural strategies, continence issues, medication and epilepsy support

Person Specification

• Achieved qualification
• worked with complex health needs
• teaching and assessing

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.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Brierley Hill Health and Social care Centre

Brierley Hill Health and Social care Centre