We are seeking an Ambitious, dynamic, motivated and innovative nurse to join our friendly, forward thinking specialist nursing team providing a high quality, holistic, needs led service focusing on the behavioural and developmental needs of children and young people with learning disabilities, Autistic spectrum conditions and other neuro disabilities including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and. Our aim is to form a partnership with families and professionals to enable others to maximize the childs full potential and as a specialist service provide support and advice to the significant people in the childs life

Main duties of the job

The role will involve delivering a highly specialized service for children with a diagnosis of Autism spectrum condition/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder working within NICE guidelines - through assessment, planning and implementation of packages of care. This will involve developing and maintaining a high clinical profile and presence and acting as a role model for other CSU staff. The post holder will offer liaison, advice and support and clinical input to clients with a diagnosis of ASD and their parents/carers and colleagues, both internally and externally to the trust as required. The post holder will undertake prescribing, within agreed clinical management plans and with clear protocols and guidance, supported by the community paediatricians.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they were created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide..

E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide advice, support and information to the family at the early stages of diagnosis and to act as a key worker/ lead professional, when necessary, also signposting to other sources of support

To run nurseled clinics, demonstrating the ability to work as an autonomous practitioner including the on-going assessment of the effectiveness of treatment packages, ensuring compliance with professional practice and NICE guidance

To provide advice to parents on behavioural management, including challenging behaviours at home and sleep problems in children and young people

To take clinical responsibility for a varied paediatric caseload of differing complexities and to organise this effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time

To be a prescriber of medications having undertaken appropriate training and to work with the Consultant prescriber to an agreed Clinical Management Plan, contributing to the service offered by the whole team.

Person Specification

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across
• Bridgewater Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs, including some evenings and weekends

Qualifications

Essential

• First Level Registered Nurse
• Current NMC registration
• ENB 998 or other teaching and assessing qualification
• Degree or equivalent level of education/ experience in relevant area.

Desirable

• Specialist Practitioner Qualification in Health Visiting or School Nursing
• Registered Childrens Nurse
• Evidence of additional training / continuing professional development in Childrens disabilities
• Training in behavioural management and / or parent training
• Post registration training in supplementary prescribing
• ADOS trained

Skills & Attributes

Essential

• Highly Competent in working therapeutically with children and young people experiencing complex difficulties and their families throughout the process of assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation.
• Ability to independently make clinical decisions, generate treatment options, plan and review treatment programme
• Excellent interpersonal skills including
• observation, listening and empathy skills
• Ability to manage exposure to clients and environments that may be highly distressing, antagonistic, open to aggression and/or unpleasant.
• Negotiation and problem solving skills
• Good presentation skills, both written
• and verbal
• Good organisational and prioritisation skills
• Knowledge of assessment tools
• relevant to the client group
• Knowledge of national policies and
• procedures (relevant to the client group)
• Well established knowledge of a range
• of appropriate therapeutic interventions
• (relevant to the client group)
• Understanding of the roles of other
• professionals (relevant to the client
• group)
• IT skills
• evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Knowledge of Code of Practice and
• National Curriculum
• Alternative communication skills e.g. makaton, picture exchange system (pecs)
• Working knowledge of Family support model and/ or common assessment framework models of support
• Understanding of the
• principles of clinical
• governance/audit
• previous experience of NHS IT systems

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with families with children with behaviour difficulties, including Autism / ADHD
• Experience of working within a community, Childrens multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment
• Involvement in
• training/coaching other
• professionals / parents
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments
• including risk assessments

Desirable

• Experience in designing training
• Experience of involving users of the service in a meaningful way in shaping service initiatives and delivery.
• Experience/training in the monitoring of medication side-effects
• Previous experience in CAMHS or relevant experience of work with adolescents

Sponsorship

Essential

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)

Relationships

Essential

• If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:

Employer details

Employer name

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Child Development Centre

Sandy Lane

Warrington

WA2 9HY

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