CLDT Nurse

Job Title: CLDT Nurse Band 6
Starting Salary: £38,682 progressing to £46,580 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37.5
Location: Apsley, Hemel Hempstead
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

About the team

This is an exciting opportunity to join Hertfordshire’s Community Learning Disability Nursing service in Hertfordshire County Council working with people who live in West Herts. As a Band 6 Nurse you will work with other nursing and social care colleagues within the Adult Disability Team to reduce health inequalities for people living in the team locality.

About the role

As a Community Nurse you will work alongside paid and family carers to support people with learning disabilities to access mainstream health services by advising how to make reasonable adjustments to achieve equitable outcomes. Your skills in adapting and creating the right approach for the individual will help bridge the gaps and reduce the risk of avoidable health conditions. You will be working with social work and Occupational Health colleagues applying the Connected lives principles to empower people with learning disabilities to understand health risks and make healthy choices. As a Senior nurse you will be expected to be a Practice Assessor for Student Nurses to keep clinical standards high and ensure research-based practice.

We require people who can be creative and flexible to different approaches for different situations as no day in community learning disability nursing is the same. As the post is in the community driving is an essential requirement.

As a Band 6 Nurse you will be responsible for triaging and managing referrals to the service along with supervising and supporting junior colleagues. We welcome applications from registered nurses who are not a registered learning disability nurse if you can demonstrate experience and an understanding of the issues for this population.

About you

Essential:

• Qualified Registered Nurse
• Full UK Driving Licence and access to own car
• Some experience and knowledge in working with people with learning disabilities
• Multi-disciplinary Team working experience
• Able to cite evidence-based practice

Desirable:

• Community health care experience
• Knowledge of social care model of disability
• Teaching skills

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

To hear more about this opportunity please contact elisa.farrell@hertfordshire.gov.uk or hannah.bridle@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: TBC

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job outline, to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employerand guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.

Available documents

• Community Learning Disability Nurse Band 6 Job Outline.pdf