Community Learning Disability Nurse | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Sidcup is seeking a skilled nurse to join the Learning Disability team. The role involves managing a caseload of adults with complex physical health needs, providing holistic care, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have experience in evidence-based nursing and health promotion, as well as the ability to supervise students and junior staff. This position aims to enhance physical health outcomes for individuals with learning disabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing caseloads of adults with complex physical health needs.
• Ability to provide holistic and skilled nursing care.
• Understanding of local healthcare pathways and recording systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of adults, providing holistic nursing care.
• Support health promotion and education in clinics and group settings.
• Supervise junior staff and students in a team environment.

Skills

Evidence-based nursing care

Assessment and evaluation

Health promotion

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Supervision of staff

Job description

Overview

The post holder will work in the Bexley CTLD Complex Physical Health (CPH) of Learning Disability nursing team, focusing on the additional needs of people with complex physical health needs.

The post holder will be expected to manage a caseload of adults, working autonomously with a broad spectrum of physical health issues. They will provide holistic, high calibre, evidence based, skilled nursing care, assessments and interventions. They will facilitate a variety of health education and health promotion training and group work with clients and carers as needed. They will support students and junior staff as required and will undertake to provide a rich learning experience for them. They will work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and in partnership with other agencies/services. They will lead on providing robust health liaison to acute and primary care to ensure service users can access mainstream health services. They will have a good awareness of the issues surrounding diversity and mult-cultural communities.

Responsibilities

• Applies evidence-based nursing care to promote physical well-being, utilising LD specific and mainstream health targets.
• Utilises a range of specialist assessments to identify health needs for service users.
• Builds on skills in assessing, implementing and critically evaluating intervention outcomes to maintain and improve the physical well-being of service users.
• Provides and delegates, where appropriate, care delivery to ensure that the health needs of people with learning disabilities are met.
• Advises and collaborates with colleagues, carers, professionals and other agencies around complex clinical interventions and outcomes.
• Assesses and manages clinical risk for service users with complex physical health needs.
• Implements NHS health care policies and strategies into nursing practice, including targets outlined in ‘Valuing People’ (DoH, 2001) and National Service frameworks.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and willingness to implement NHS health care policies (e.g. NHS Long Term Plan), continuously working within the national policy agenda.
• Develops an understanding of local complex physical healthcare pathways and the clinical patient information & recording system (RIO).
• Supports in meeting the physical health needs of adults with learning disabilities and complex physical health needs within the borough of Bexley, working collaboratively with the MDT and key stakeholders.
• Supports in assessing and reviewing the physical health of adults with a learning disability, using clinical skills and appropriate evidence-based assessment tools to aid in identifying needs and how these can be met to maintain and improve physical health and wellbeing.
• Participates in health promotion with individuals in clinic and group settings to provide education around various health needs and long-term conditions.
• Provides supervision to junior staff and students; receives regular supervision from line management.

Qualifications and Context

• Works within the Bexley Community Learning Disability nursing team based at Queen Mary's Hospital with a skilled and experienced nursing team.
• Supports in meeting the physical health needs of adults with learning disabilities and complex physical health needs within the borough of Bexley, in collaboration with the MDT and key stakeholders.
• Assesses and reviews the physical health of adults with a learning disability, using clinical skills and evidence-based assessment tools to identify needs and how to meet them.
• Participates in health promotion with individuals and groups to raise awareness of health needs and long-term conditions.
• Provides supervision to junior staff and students, with ongoing supervision from line management.

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Sep 2025