The closing date is 09 March 2026
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year Per annum, pro rata
Job summary
To work within the Learning Disability care hub as member of the Children’s Learning Disability Team in Bury.
The post holder will provide specialist health and behaviour assessments to children and young people with a learning disability who are referred in to the team.
Interventions will be delivered across different settings including the person’s home. There will be a requirement to liaise with and work collaboratively with partners and stakeholders to ensure responsive, effective, safe and child centred services are delivered.
Main duties of the job
o To work in accordance with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures at all times.
o To provide a safe, effective, responsive, efficient and timely community nursing services to children and young people with learning disabilities, their families and carers.
o To undertake a range of comprehensive assessments for children and young people with a learning disability and complex and challenging needs. This assessment work requires a specialist knowledge base on which to practice.
o o The post holder may be required to undertake additional training in implementing high quality Positive Behavioural Support
o The post holder will be expected to offer behaviour support training to identified others including teams around the child
o To develop a range of interventions and specialised care plans.
o To embrace the public health role, promoting health and wellbeing and where possible, prevent ill health.
o To support the work of the Community learning disability nurses, in reducing the health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities.
o To work collaboratively with primary care and secondary care services to ensure the health needs of people with learning disabilities are met.
o The post holder will undertake an active role in identifying and managing risk.
o The post holder will be required to work in close partnership with Social Services and Child Safeguarding.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities
- Post registration training, willingness to undertake training to post graduate diploma level
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience supporting children wiht a learning disability
- Experienced in managing risk and working in partnership wiht all partners
- Knowledge of LD specialist assessment tools and of behavioural techniques
- Ability to deal with complex sensitive and distressing situations which may include challenging behaviour,abuse and breaking bad news
- Knowledge of child safe guarding
- Ability to complete complex assessments and formulations
- Experience of supporting people wiht complex and challenging needs
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility across the trust footprint
Desirable
- Trained in positive behavioral approaches
- Training in clinical supervision
- Previous community nursing experience
- Knowledge of transforming care/SEND/EHCPs
- Experience in delivering training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).