Team Lead/Learning Disability Nurse (Children and Young People)NHS
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Registered Nurse in Learning Disability (RNLD) to join the established CALDS (Child and Adolescent Learning Disability Service) which is a community based multi-disciplinary team within the Children, Young People (CYP) and Family Health Service. We are seeking a dynamic, compassionate, and experienced clinician to join our service in a Team Lead role for our tertiary response pathway (called Cyfuno). This is a key leadership role, providing clinical, operational, and strategic oversight to a specialist multidisciplinary team. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring that vulnerable children and young people receive timely, coordinated, and effective support during periods of crisis.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a forward thinking RNLD who has in-depth knowledge of factors effecting the health and wellbeing of children with LD, reasonable adjustments that may be required, behaviours that are challenging and complex needs, along with an interest in supporting the development and improvement of the service. The post holder will have the ability to support CYP and their families; delivering good quality, individualised and evidenced based care. The post holder will have the skills to work in a team and as an individual, be confident to work within their competencies and be able to adapt to the changing needs of the service. Roles will include leading on risk assessment, decision-making and crisis planning, liaising with Safeguarding and Risk & Governance Leads, chairing and contributing to multi-agency meetings for complex and high-risk children, driving quality improvement, audit, and governance processes, working with professional leads to manage workload, co-developing service delivery and outcome measures, and fostering strong inter-agency relationships to support integrated care. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job description
As Team Lead, you will work closely with the Consultant Psychology Service Lead to:
- Provide leadership to a multidisciplinary team of psychology professionals and an occupational therapist. (They receive individual line management and clinical supervision from within their professional group).
- Lead delivery of high-quality, evidence-based interventions for children and young people with complex needs.
- Act as a key link withpartner agencies - social care, education and the wider health service, including transition to the adult teams.
- Take a central role in safeguarding, risk management, and clinical governance.
- Ensure safe, effective, and responsive service provision, particularly in high-risk and acute presentations.
- Support staff through reflective practice, promoting a culture of learning and resilience.
- Contribute to service development, transformation, and system-wide pathways.
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About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.