Key Responsibilities

• Manage a dedicated caseload of children and young people with learning disabilities, delivering high-quality, person-centred care and support.
• Undertake holistic assessments, develop and review evidence-based care plans, and coordinate appropriate referrals to other services where required.
• Work in partnership with children, young people, families and carers to ensure individual needs are understood, supported and reflected in care planning.
• Provide specialist health advice, interventions and health education to promote wellbeing, independence and improved health outcomes.
• Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams and external partners, including schools, early years settings, social care and voluntary organisations, to deliver coordinated care.
• Advocate for children and young people, ensuring their voice is heard and their dignity, choice, safety and wellbeing are always upheld.
• Deliver training, guidance and support to families, carers and professionals to enhance understanding of learning disabilities and promote inclusive, safe care practices.
• Maintain accurate clinical records, contribute to service improvement initiatives, audits and evaluation activities, and work in line with NMC standards, safeguarding requirements and evidence-based practice.

Person Specification

Essential

• Registered Learning Disability Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Postgraduate diploma or equivalent level of knowledge and experience in learning disability nursing.
• Teaching and assessing qualification, or experience supporting learning and development within clinical practice.
• Experience of working with children and young people with learning disabilities in a community setting.
• Sound knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable young people.
• Experience of managing a caseload, including assessment, care planning, intervention and review.
• Ability to develop and deliver person-centred, evidence-based care plans that meet complex health needs.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage effectively with children, families, carers and multidisciplinary professionals.
• Knowledge of positive behaviour support, mental health, transition planning, sleep management, toileting, independence skills and supporting children with complex needs.
• Competent in the use of clinical and IT systems, including SystmOne, Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to maintaining clinical competencies.
• Flexible, adaptable and able to work independently, prioritising workload effectively across a varied caseload.
• Full driving licence and ability to travel throughout Wiltshire to meet service needs.

Desirable

• 2-3 years' post-registration experience within a learning disability, children's or community healthcare setting.
• Postgraduate Community Nursing Qualification or equivalent.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience of leading, supervising or supporting a team.
• Experience of delivering training and education to families, carers or healthcare professionals.
• Knowledge of current legislation, policy and best practice relating to children and young people with learning disabilities.

For full details of the role, responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the attached Job Description.

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

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