Job Introduction
As a Band 6 Neurodevelopmental Practitioner Nurse you will take a prime role in the ongoing transformation and development of the ADHD service across B&NES and Wiltshire, with colleagues from Community Paediatrics.
This is a part time opportunity working 29 hours across the week according to the service’s needs. Your base location will be at one of our vibrant Wiltshire hubs, either in Trowbridge or Chippenham, with the possibility of travel as necessary.
We recognise the importance of flexibility in today's work environment so we welcome discussions during the interview stage to explore the best way to structure your hours and determine the most suitable base location for you.
If you're eager to be a part of something exciting and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of pediatric neurodevelopmental care in our region, contributing to innovative approaches and driving positive change, we want to hear from you!
If you would like to know more about this role, please contact Sarah Robins at Sarah.Robins@hcrgcaregroup.com
Main Responsibility
As a Neurodevelopmental Practitioner Nurse you will:
- Deliver specialist support to children and young people with ADHD and their families in Wiltshire as part of a multidisciplinary team
- To support children and young people and their families with sleeping difficulties associated with neurodevelopmental conditions (Autism and ADHD)
- To support the Neurodevelopmental pathways team in developing the Neurodevelopmental Specialist Nursing Services to children with neurodevelopmental conditions - particularly ADHD.
- To work collaboratively with paediatric colleagues to identify children and young people (CYP) where ongoing assessment and support is required. This may include collecting information to support medicines review or monitoring care and treatment plans.
- To work collaboratively with other colleagues in the neurodevelopmental pathways team to integrate services to maximise efficiency and optimise the experience of the service for CYP and their families.
- To work therapeutically with children and young people (CYP) and their families to identify strengths and strategies for management at home and educational setting.
- To keep clinical records in line with records keeping policy and support the team to do so.
For a full list of responsibilities please see attached Job Description.
The Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will be:
- Registered Children’s Nurse or Specialist Public Health Nurse
- Highly motivated and committed individual, with a solution focused approach
- Comfortable with ambiguity and supporting others through this
- Experience of working with CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions
- Passion in improving the outcomes for CYP with ADHD
- Experience of using strong leadership skills to support service development and transformation
- Able to evidence ability to plan and complete workplan
- Aware of recent national and professional guidance and evidence related to field of practice
- Experience of working in the community and across teams and services
- Able to confidently assess and prioritise using guidelines and protocols, and support colleagues in this
- Able to evidence recent CPD to validate professional practice
- Able to demonstrate a wide range of adaptable communication skills
- Ability to develop sustainable professional relationships both internally and externally
- Car driver and able to access a vehicle for work purposes
Desirable
- Non Medical Prescriber v 100/ 150 or independent prescriber V300 - Willing to support successful applicants to achieve this.
Please see the attached job description for a full person specification
Package Description
As a Band 6 Neurodevelopmental Practitioner Nurse you’ll be part of our valued team in Wiltshire
You will feel valued as a Band 6 Neurodevelopmental Practitioner Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £35,392 - £42,618 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
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.
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