Senior Children & Young People's Learning Disability Nurse

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative individual to work as a Senior Children and Young People's Learning Disability Nurse within the Children and Young People's Learning Disability Nursing Service. We are seeking an experienced nurse and highly motivated individual who will embrace the challenge of this dynamic opportunity.

You will be a first level registered nurse, learning disability or mental health trained with post registration community based experience in working with children and young people with learning disabilities. The post requires the ability to work across professional boundaries, a strong team work ethic and the aspiration to develop your own clinical skills. The post requires leadership skills to support the day to day service delivery and management of nursing and supporting team members, and also commitment to service development and improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment, care planning, and care evaluation to children and young people with a learning disability who require additional support with mental illness, autism, challenging behaviour or ADHD.
• Lead day to day service delivery and management of nursing and supporting team members; work across professional boundaries and contribute to service development and improvement.
• Collaborate with the wider Health and Social Care Team, Education and Voluntary Agencies; work autonomously, utilising own initiative and clinical judgement.
• Travel across Fife as this is a community post.
• Support ongoing supervision, provide ongoing supervision and contribute to continuous professional development.

Requirements / Qualifications

• First level registered nurse, learning disability or mental health trained with post registration community based experience in working with children and young people with learning disabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills; ability to communicate effectively and work autonomously as well as within multidisciplinary teams.
• Membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to appointment.

As this is a community post you will be required to travel across Fife. For informal enquiries please contact Claire McCulloch on .

Please note the salary for this post is pro rata to part time hours if applicable.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visas and Immigration Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. This is only possible if the employer is a licensed Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or 'going rate'. Further information on these criteria can be found here. It is essential that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.