Senior Community Nurse for Children with Disabilities
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Early Years Nursing team within Conwy and Denbighshire Learning Disabilities Service, for an experienced, enthusiastic NMC registered nurse. The Early Years Nursing teams are based within Child Development Centres in Llandudno and Denbigh and are part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team who work together to support young children (0-5) who have significant developmental delays in two or more areas, and their families. The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge about early child development, developmental delay and complex presentations
To work within a multi-disciplinary team closely with staff from other agencies to promote and maintain high standards of care for children up to the age of 0-5 who have 2 or more areas of significant developmental delay, learning disabilities and complex needs. This will involve assessing developmental / associated health needs, planning, implementing and evaluating appropriate programmes of care and were applicable provide more specialist assessment and intervention. Such work will be underpinned by ordinary life principles and evidence based practice. The post holder will be expected to work with children, their families, carers, staff teams and other professionals in a variety of community settings. In addition the post holder will provide management and supervision for junior colleagues and actively engage in service development activities within the team
Main duties of the job
To take responsibility for allocated referrals from source to discharged in line with agreed protocols and documentation including assisting Clinical Psychologist in diagnosis of Learning Disability and assessing eligibility. This may involve interpreting complex cognitive assessment information or conducting assessments indicating of levels of functioning
To conduct initial "choice" appointments (or equivalent) with carers to agree suitability of the service to meet the child's needs and agree outcome focused goals which to work towards.
To undertake an initial assessment of physical, psychological and social well being in order to accurately identify the child's needs and associated health needs.
To carry out this assessment utilising evidence based tools and where appropriate to provide more detailed specialist assessment of specific areas of difficulty such as behavioural difficulties using functional assessment tools, rating scales, collection and analysis of data such as ABC records. The post holder will then collate the information into a cohesive formulation of the problems to enable development of plans / programmes to address issues.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full-time
Salary
£34,212 to £41,197 a year per annum
Closing date
08/06/2023