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Job summary

Main area
Safeguarding
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
162-7537-CORP
Employer
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Across site
Town
Romford
Salary
£53,751 - £60,651 per annum inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/01/2026 23:59

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Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Band 7 Senior Learning Disabilities & Autism Nurse (Education)

Band 7

 

PEOPLE are at the HEART of everything we do

This video gives a flavour of what it is like to work at our Trust and why some of our staff love working here 💙

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lePIUCfMPLk

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and autonomous Senior Learning Disabilities Nurse to join the Trust’s Learning Disability & Autism Team with a focus also on Education. As we transition to the Olive McGowan training, the additional educational needs will develop in due course. 

Applications are invited from Registered Learning Disabilities Nurses and Allied Health Professionals with substantial experience of working with people with learning disabilities and autistic people at Band 6 or above in a healthcare environment. 

You will be working within the safeguarding team, a dynamic team, taking a lead on service improvement for the Learning Disabilities & Autism service across BHRUT’s two hospital sites. 

We are looking for someone who has excellent leadership skills, effective organisational skills, highly developed communication skills and the ability to interact with people from a wide variety of professional backgrounds.

You will be responsible for improving the quality of care received by individuals with a Learning Disability and autistic people within the acute hospital setting by ensuring both local and national best practice is integrated within the Trust.

You will act as a role model and clinical expert within the speciality of learning disabilities across all areas of the Trust, supporting clinical staff in the management of care planning for patients with Learning Disabilities and autistic people.  

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to contribute to teaching, supporting and providing development opportunities for the teams working Trust-wide within Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust in relation to supporting patients with learning disabilities and autistic people.

You will also be expected to work as part of the Learning Disability & Autism Team responsible for the operational co-ordination and delivery of support and advice working with people with a learning disability, including those with autism. This will include supporting the families, carers and Trust staff.

In addition, You will be expected to deputise in the absence of the Lead Nurse Learning Disabilities & Autism and also provide direct line management to the Learning Disability & Autism Nurse.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. 

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. 

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care. 

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.  

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in this film.  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role.  Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Louise Lucy Glavin, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5936. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Registered Learning Disability Nurse or Registered Children’s or Adults Nurse
Desirable criteria
  • • Current Practice Supervisor Assessor or equivalent

Skills/ Abilities

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to develop and provide education and training to multi-disciplinary staff
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience in completing audits

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • • Post-reg experience of working with people with a learning disability and autistic people
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience of working in an acute hospital environment at Band 6 level or above

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Daniela Capasso
Job title
Deputy Director, Safeguarding and Named Midwife
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01708435000

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
Essex
RM7 0AG
Telephone
01708 435000 5936