Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
Candidates needing sponsorship are encouraged to apply.
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“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.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Registered Learning Disability Nurse to join the Specialist Children's Short Break Team. The role involves providing overnight short breaks for children and young people with severe learning disabilities and complex needs. You will work as part of a team of nurses and healthcare support workers, collaborating with multi-agency teams to meet patient needs and support families. The role is diverse, offering opportunities to develop clinical skills and support children with personal hygiene, diet, communication, and daily living skills.
Key responsibilities
- To act as a named LD nurse / care co-ordinator, responsible for assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care.
- To oversee the nursing care process and provide direction and supervision to junior staff.
- To provide supervision and leadership in maintaining and developing standards of practice and implementing change.
- To act as Nurse in Charge of the clinical area on a regular basis.
- To act as a Change Agent and actively seek to develop practice.
Essential criteria
- Valid nursing (RNLD) registered qualification
- Evidence of post basic education and further professional development
- Experience of working with children or adults with learning disabilities.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
Staff Nurse
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 Registered Learning Disability Nurses (RLDN)to join the Specialist Childrens Short Break Team at Dragon Square full time and part time hours avaialble.
The service provides overnight short breaks for children and young people with severe learning disabilities and other associated complex needs such as behaviours of concern and complex health needs.
The role involves working as part of a team of Registered nurses and Health Care Support workers in conjunction with the wider multi-agency team such as school, social workers, consultants, specialist nurses, community nurses and parents/carers to meet the needs of the children and young people and achieve positive outcomes for them, as well as supporting families and minimising the risk of family breakdown.
The role of the registered nurseis very diverse and varied and creates lots of opportunity for developing clinical skills.
It involves supporting the children and young people to meet their personal hygiene needs, diet and nutrition, communication, religious, cultural needs, health and wellbeing as well as social ,sensory needs and developing daily living skills and independence. There are lots of opportunities to support the children to have fun when they are o
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