Learning Disability Nurse

Learning Disability Nurse Job Description

Learning Disability Nurses Provide Care And Support To Adults And Children With Learning Difficulties Within Community And Residential Settings.

writing records and reports
meeting clients at home or at clinics to discuss progress
liaising with relatives, colleagues and other social welfare or healthcare professionals
monitoring and administering medication and injections
providing support to relatives
organising workloads
supervising junior staff
assessing and planning care requirements
tutoring student nurses
organising social activities and holidays for clients in residential care
helping to enable clients to have full and independent lives
advising about and organising appropriate care, resources or benefits
writing care plans that outline timescales
assisting with basic living skills.