Community Learning Disability Nurse - IST | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Community Learning Disability Nurse to support individuals with learning disabilities in crisis. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, focusing on preventing hospital admissions and providing essential care and support. The ideal candidate will be a Registered Nurse with relevant experience and possess strong clinical and leadership skills. Opportunities for clinical and career development are available.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in learning disability and relevant clinical competencies.
• Ability to meet travel requirements of the role.
• Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Provide day to day clinical and operational support to the intensive support team.
• Deliver enhanced support to vulnerable people at risk of admission.
• Utilise clinical and leadership skills for delivering clinical interventions.

Skills

Clinical skills in learning disability

Leadership abilities

Positive behavioural support

Education

Registered Nurse (Band 6)

Job description

Overview

The Intensive Support Team (IST) is a service designed to support individuals with a learning disability who are struggling with mental health crisis and/or behavioural distress which is placing them at risk of admission to hospital. The team is expected to meet the holistic needs of service users and carers, avoiding hospital admission where possible. The post holder is a Band 6 Community Learning Disability Nurse in a permanent 1.0 wte role. The consultant nurse leads the team of dedicated practitioners to supporting a team caseload of people needing intensive support. There are three locality arms of the team (Spokes) who work in partnership with local service users and key agencies providing vital support in helping people remain safe in the community.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary group of nurses and allied health professionals, to reduce avoidable admissions to hospital, breakdown of community care, and provide support for those in hospital.

Responsibilities

• Provide day to day clinical and operational support to an all-age intensive support team.
• Deliver an enhanced model of support daily throughout the year for the most vulnerable people in the community at risk of admission to a mental health hospital.
• Offer in-reach to those admitted to hospital, working in conjunction with other learning disability teams, leading on formulation, training, and reasonable adjustments during the stay.
• Utilise clinical and leadership skills to ensure an evidenced based approach to delivering specialised clinical interventions, including positive behavioural support approaches, specialised adapted mental health assessments and interventions, and robust risk management.

What you will gain

• Opportunities to help the most vulnerable people at risk of care breakdown or hospital admission.
• Ability to provide a variety of direct patient care interventions.
• Be part of an innovative team striving to ensure people receive good quality care.
• Develop understanding of community and inpatient interventions for people with a learning disability, support risk mitigation actions, and work as part of a multiagency collective to achieve the best outcomes.

The clinical development of our employees is a high priority; the successful applicant will join a service that regularly provides clinical and career development opportunities. An ability to meet travel requirements of the role is essential, and applicants must be willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Qualifications and requirements

• Registered Nurse (Band 6) with experience in learning disability and relevant clinical competencies.
• Ability to meet travel requirements of the role.
• Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Employer information

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area, with specialist inpatient and community services. The Trust encourages flexible working and work/life balance, including patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. Applicants are encouraged to state their flexibility on the application and discuss options at interview.

For more information please visit the Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT website.

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025.