Children's Learning Disability Team Lead

We are pleased to announce an exciting job share opportunity has arisen to join our Children's Learning Disability leadership team. We are looking for a Clinical team manager to jointly lead our service for children & young people in the Wrexham area.

We would welcome applications from candidates who are NMC registered Learning Disabilities/Childrens/ Mental Health or nurse with qualifications appropriate to the service area managed (Community nursing qualification).

The Children's Learning Disability Service is a multidisciplinary service and offers assessment and intervention services to children and adolescents (0-18 years old). The team leader is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the team in partnership with clinical and admin leads and the service manager.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and self-motivated, sharing our passion for innovation and continuous service improvement. They will be able to demonstrate compassionate leadership skills and a commitment to facilitating an open learning culture that embraces the ideas and expertise of team members to improve care and service delivery. For this, you will need excellent relationship building and engagement skills and be capable of developing positive partnerships with a range of stakeholders. You will understand and embrace the challenge of delivering a service, which is high quality, efficient, and sustainable, in keeping with the principles of prudent healthcare.

A background of working within children's services and a knowledge of both regional & national Learning Disability pathways would be advantageous. However, we are also keen to hear from candidates from other clinical specialities connected to supporting children and young people with additional learning needs and Neurodivergence who can demonstrate transferable skills in managing performance, quality, and safety.

Highly developed communication and problem solving skills are necessary, along with resilience and emotional intelligence to work in emotionally challenging situations. The ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines is essential. Good organisational skills, reporting skills and offering supervisions to team members is required.

If successful, you will be joining an innovative and welcoming multidisciplinary team, in addition to being part of a supportive leadership team that values its member's contribution and is committed to achieving service objectives through engagement and collaboration with our teams and each other.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

You will be able to find a full Job description and full Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.