Community Staff Nurse

NHS; Wallsend; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Wallsend seeks a compassionate professional to join their Community Learning Disability Team. The role involves managing a personal caseload, providing specialized care, and working collaboratively with families and multi-agency teams. Candidates must have relevant nursing qualifications and experience in positive behavioral support. This part-time position offers flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with advanced practice and specialist knowledge in learning disabilities.
• Desirable: Experience working in a community setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialised nursing care and Positive Behavioural Support plans for adults.
• Support the skills of the Integrated Community Learning Disability Team.
• Manage own caseload and complete health and risk assessments.

Skills

Experience of working with people within a PBS framework

Experience working with adults who have a learning disability

Multi-agency working experience

Ability to drive

Education

R.N.M.H/R.N.L.D. Qualification

Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification

Teaching Qualification

Job description

The post holder will be welcomed as a member of the friendly Community Learning Disability team in North Tyneside offering regular team meetings, robust support and supervision, and a commitment to continued professional development.

As an integral part of North Tyneside Community Learning Disability Team, the post holder will work into community with families and carers. They will be responsible for a personal caseload. They will work across primary and secondary healthcare services to ensure equity of access for those with a learning disability. They will assess, plan, implement & evaluate high quality care for adults who have a learning disability.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

This post will be based with the Community Learning Disability Team in North Tyneside but the post holder will be required to work in a range of settings in North Tyneside.

The post holder will manage their own caseload, complete health and risk assessments.

The post holder will support the STOMP (Stopping the overmedication of people with a learning disability) team in delivering assessment, PBS care planning and overseeing peoples medication management. The post holder will also be required to provide STOMP training to parents, carers and wider stakeholders.

The post holder will support the skills of the wider CLDT service to ensure physical health and wellbeing is prioritised and embedded within all aspects of specialist work.

Chair, attend and contribute to all relevant meetings

Provide supervision and appraisal for junior staff

Be involved in developing and delivering training

Partake in group work

Be involved in audit and quality improvement projects

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

Details

Date posted: 06 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 319-7509786IO

Job locations: Community Learning Disability Team, Wallsend Health Centre, The Green, Wallsend, NE28 7PD

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide specialised nursing care and Positive Behavioural Support plans for adults living within the North Tyneside area.

The post holder will have supervisory responsibilities for junior staff and also work within the Integrated Community Learning Disability Team ensuring the service continues to provide the highest possible of care to the patients we support.

There is an expectation the post holder will chair, attend and contribute to all relevant meetings and be involved with service development, audits and quality improvements.

Car driver essential.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• R.N.M.H/R.N.L.D. Qualification
• Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification
• Advanced Practice with specialist knowledge in the provision of care for people with learning disabilities
• Registered Nurse

Desirable: Teaching Qualification

Experience and knowledge

• Experience of working with people within a PBS framework.
• Experience working with adult who have a learning disability.
• Experience of multi-agency working.

Desirable: Experience of working in a community setting.

Other

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.