Children & Adult Learning Disability Nurse

To deliver evidence-based skilled specialist nursing care according to the individual child or young person's health needs. To ensure all children & young people receive nursing care promoting a valued lifestyle and independence, ensuring their cultural and religious needs are met.

To contribute to safe medicines management, providing nursing advice and troubleshooting for staff, including those within our partner organisation, Chailey Heritage Foundation. To provide education, training and support to non-registered and registered professionals, including student nurses and medical students.

To be able to work rotas shift patterns and to be able to respond to stressful situations, manage time effectively, make adjustments and re-prioritise as required, using considerable mental effort on a daily basis. To deliver direct personal and intimate care to children & young people.

To be proficient working in a variety of conditions including in school classrooms, outdoor areas and swimming pools. To be able to demonstrate negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations.

To support nursing staff in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for children & young people with complex health needs and their families, based on research and evidence of good practice. To respect each child or young person and their family's right to confidentiality.

To develop skills and knowledge within the field of complex fluctuating health needs and physical disability, ensuring the relevant clinical skills required for management of safe nursing care are maintained. To work within a rota covering 24 hours, 52 week nursing care to the children & young people accessing Chailey Heritage Foundation School and its associated residential bungalows or the Bluebells Short Breaks Service.

You may also be required to work in other 24 hour children's services to support patient safety. To be the designated specialist link for staff for an identified area of specialist practice such as epilepsy, enteral feeding, bladder and bowel care, respiratory or tissue viability.

You will work with the Matron, Clinical Specialist Lead Nurse, Team Leader and Clinical Leads to ensure staff are delivering specialist nursing care to the children & young people. The postholder will ensure staff are provided with up-to-date knowledge and skills around their specialist area of practice and nursing management of these children & young people.

To be responsible for attending all statutory and mandatory training and ensuring you remain in date with all that is required. To be responsible for ensuring you attend regular clinical supervision and undertake your annual Personal Development Plan. To maintain your registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

To be responsible for ensuring safe use of clinical and non-clinical equipment utilised whilst performing your role. To support the clinical supervision and education of team members, including student nurses and medical students in all areas of specialist clinical knowledge and skills. Participate in peer supervision and education sessions.

To take the lead, develop and contribute to a specialist area of expertise within peer review and reflective practice as part of the nursing teams at CCS. Deliver and actively support whole service delivery of excellent standards of nursing care and management practice.

Assess and interpret altered health care needs of the children & young people. To be responsive in updating care plans accordingly. Work together with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to ensure the consistent delivery of safe high quality nursing care and management.

Help implement and write clinical policies and standards; adhere to national standards, clinical policies and standard operating procedures, in line with SCFT requirements. Ensure health records are maintained and compliant with Trust policy and keep accurate, legible, contemporaneous records and written reports as required.

Participate in report writing for both internal and external requirements aligned to the needs of the children & young people and the service. Respond and upscale and/or report any concerns regarding child protection and adult safeguarding through the appropriate routes, in line with the Trust safeguarding policy and pan Sussex Procedures.

Attend health reviews, organising a representative who knows the child or young person concerned to attend if you are unable to attend. Evaluate the effectiveness of care and in consultation with the MDT, to adjust where appropriate.

Develop, implement and evaluate guidelines/teaching tools for children, young people, families, healthcare professionals and non-registered professionals. Participate in nursing research and audit projects, as required. Liaise with statutory agencies regarding the nursing/health needs of the children and young people.

To respond to incidents and report appropriately, in line with Trust policy. To work on other services managed by CCS as required, ensuring safe levels of nursing care.