Community Learning Disability Nurse

Recruitment Opportunities; Luton; Sur place; GBP 40 000 - 43 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Market supplement £3,500

Essential car user allowance £963

Résumé du poste

Luton Borough Council is recruiting an experienced RNLD or RNMH to join our Adult Social Care team at Luton Town Hall. You will assess needs, manage complex cases, and help adults with learning disabilities, dementia, and other care needs achieve positive outcomes, within the Care Act 2014 and MCA 2005 framework.

Working within safeguarding guidelines, you will deliver person-centred, strengths-based assessments and support plans that promote independence, wellbeing and choice, with a permanent

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse qualification (RNLD or RNMH).
• Significant post-qualification experience in Adult Social Care or nursing.
• Extensive experience working with people with learning disabilities.
• Strong knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and related legislation.
• Experience delivering training and supporting colleagues' development.
• Excellent assessment, decision-making and report-writing skills.
• Ability to manage complex and challenging cases confidently.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsabilités

• Complete person-centred, strengths-based and evidence-informed assessments.
• Develop outcome-focused care and support plans.
• Support adults to maintain independence and strengthen support networks.
• Deliver nursing training and competency assessments to care workers.
• Provide professional advice, coaching and mentoring to colleagues.
• Manage complex, high-risk and safeguarding cases.
• Produce clear, accurate reports and maintain high-quality records.
• Design effective and cost-efficient care packages.
• Represent the Local Authority in court and formal proceedings when required.

Formation

RNLD or RNMH Registered Nurse

Description du poste

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£40,444 - £43,149 a year plus £3,500 market supplement allowance and £963 essential car user allowance (subject to criteria)

Working Hours

37

Location

Luton Town Hall

Closing Date

25/10/2026

Job Category

Adult Social Care Operations

Directorate

Business Unit

Job Introduction

Salary: £40,444 - £43,149 a year plus £3,500 market supplement allowance and £963 essential car user allowance (subject to criteria)
Hours: 37 a week
Contract type: Permanent

Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.

What You’ll be doing

We are seeking an experienced RNLD or RNMH to join our Adult Social Care team. Using your clinical expertise, you will assess needs, manage complex cases, and help adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, dementia, sensory impairments, and other care and support needs achieve positive outcomes.

Working within the framework of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and safeguarding legislation, you will deliver person-centred, strengths-based assessments and support plans that promote independence, wellbeing, and choice.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete person-centred, strengths-based and evidence-informed assessments
• Develop outcome-focused care and support plans
• Support adults to maintain independence and strengthen support networks
• Deliver nursing training and competency assessments to care workers
• Provide professional advice, coaching and mentoring to colleagues
• Manage complex, high-risk and safeguarding cases
• Produce clear, accurate reports and maintain high-quality records
• Design effective and cost-efficient care packages
• Represent the Local Authority in court and formal proceedings when required

What we’re looking for

• Registered Nurse qualification (RNLD or RNMH)
• Significant post-qualification experience in Adult Social Care or nursing
• Extensive experience working with people with learning disabilities
• Strong knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and related legislation
• Experience delivering training and supporting colleagues' development
• Excellent assessment, decision-making and report-writing skills
• Ability to manage complex and challenging cases confidently
• Commitment to ongoing professional development

About us

Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?

Application Process

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.

Applicants for this public-facing post will need to demonstrate the ability to converse, and provide effective help or advice, fluently in spoken English

On occasions, we may close a vacancy early due to a very high number of applications being received.