Senior Charge Nurse - Change Champion Team (Learning Disabilities)

Fixed Term / Secondment Opportunity* for 12 months due to improvement in Service Delivery

*Secondment Opportunity Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager and complete the secondment request form prior to interview. The secondment request form and the associated secondment policy can be found on the HR/Recruitment intranet pages and must be completed and signed by the substantive line manager.  The Candidate should then take it with them to interview as confirmation that an agreement has been granted.

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Charge Nurse within Clacks and Stirling Health and Social care partnership (C&SHSCP), Change Champion Team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join C&SHSCPs new Change Champion Team.  You will be a part of a small multidisciplinary team delivering on the Coming Home Implementation working with adults with learning disabilities who have complex care needs.   The Change Champion Team will work closely with service users and carers, The Clacks and Stirling Learning Disability Team, The Transitions Team, health, and social work, third and independent sector colleagues. 

The teams mission will be to lead on transformational change, planning and collaboration across the entire system to improve outcomes and opportunities for adults with learning disabilities and their carers. 

The team will form strong local and national partnerships to deliver innovative, quality services, that are sustainable and truly person centred.   This work is based upon national policy linked to Same as You (2000), Keys to Life (2013) and Coming Home Report (2018).

This band 7 post is full time Monday to Friday 9-5, fixed term or secondment for one-year. We are seeking a highly motivated, innovative and experienced RNLD with evidence of post registration training in areas of study relevant to this post.

These can be clinical supervision, and mentorship, relevant knowledge and training in Adult Support and protection in LD. Further post registration training in a psychological modality, e.g. CBT, BFT, and PBS are essential.

Proven leadership skills are essential with evidence of professional development in leadership and a first degree as well as knowledge of current policy trends within learning disabilities.

Ability and willingness to travel throughout the area of service delivery is essential for this post.

The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.  More information on this scheme can be found at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk

To discuss any aspect of the post contact:

Anne Cook LD Service manager (specalist services) and Interim Service manager Clacks and Stirling LD Services and resource services

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Norah Quinn Forth Valley LD Senior Nurse and Clinical Nurse manager (specalist services)

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NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.  Please contact the Recruitment Office on if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.