Community Learning Disability Nurse

NHS; Bodmin; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Cornwall seeks a Community Learning Disability Nurse to join their multidisciplinary team. The role involves providing skilled nursing care to adults with learning disabilities, ensuring effective assessment and intervention. Newly qualified nurses are welcome, with support through a preceptorship program. Opportunities for professional development and collaboration with various healthcare teams are available.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC, ideally RNLD/RMN/RN.
• Experience in community or healthcare settings.
• Ability to mentor and teach others.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred assessment, intervention, and review for individuals with learning disabilities.
• Maintain evidence-based nursing practices and contribute to care pathways.
• Supervise and mentor healthcare assistants.

Skills

Mentoring

Teaching

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Understanding of health inequalities

Education

Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council - RNLD/RMN/RN

Mentoring qualification or willingness to work towards it

Teaching qualification

Job description

Go back Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Community Learning Disability Nurse

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Job summary

We have a vacancy to join our team to continue strengthening community support for adults with Learning Disabilities in the east community team in Cornwall. This is a band 5 community nurse post. The post will join an established nursing and multidisciplinary team within the west of Cornwall. If you are newly qualified, the trust offers an established preceptorship programme to support you at the start of your career. You will be responsible for undertaking nursing duties in line with agreed Care Processes and Pathways. You will work actively with individuals and their families and/or carers, providing person-centred, skilled, and effective assessment, intervention, monitoring, and review. You will deliver evidence-based practice within an innovative, multidisciplinary team with robust supervision and appraisal culture. There are CPD, research, and audit opportunities within the team and wider trust. The role involves good levels of service user engagement and joint working with other teams including Acute and Primary Care liaison, Social Care, Mental Health, Forensic, and Children's services. Clinical work is multidisciplinary, involving assessment of complex cases, formulation, and provision of therapeutic interventions as part of care planning and delivery. You will also plan, direct, and supervise work for HCAs and deliver patient-centred training packages to care providers.

The fixed-term contract end date will be 30/04/2026.

Main duties of the job

As part of the Community Learning Disability Team, you will provide person-centred, skilled, and effective assessment, intervention, monitoring, and review for designated individuals eligible for the Learning Disability Service. You will maintain evidence-based learning disability nursing practices, contribute to and facilitate Care Processes and Pathways, manage and supervise others, and act as a mentor and preceptor.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve physical and mental health, providing specialist support for dementia and learning disabilities. We are committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of the local population. The Trust employs over 4,000 staff, including doctors, nurses, therapists, admin, and support staff. Our services are delivered in people's homes, community clinics, bases, and some staff work from 13 community hospitals. Our goal is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work, and a great partner. Cornwall has a population of just over 568,000, with many residents supported by hospital services in Devon. We work closely with our Devon partners. During holidays and summer, service demand increases due to visitors.

Job responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification, including main responsibilities, please see supporting documents.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

• Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council - RNLD/RMN/RN
• Ability to act as a mentor for learners; mentoring qualification or willingness to work towards it, including attending mentorship updates.
• Teaching qualification

Knowledge and Abilities

• Relevant clinical experience in community or healthcare settings
• Understanding of health inequalities
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team for individuals with complex needs

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure check will be required to identify any previous criminal convictions.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust