Community Staff Nurse - Learning Disability

NHS; Lytham St Annes; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Community Staff Nurse specializing in Learning Disabilities. The successful candidate will join a dedicated team, providing essential support to adults with learning disabilities. This role requires excellent communication skills and a passion for improving patient outcomes in a community setting.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Career breaks available

Qualifications

• Registered Learning Disability Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Knowledge of contemporary learning disability health policy.
• Ability to support individuals with learning disabilities and/or Autism.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support around physical health and mental health.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Support adults with learning disabilities in various settings.

Skills

Communication

Adaptability

Motivation

Education

Registered Learning Disability Nurse

Current NMC Registration

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Community Staff Nurse - Learning Disability

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Job summary

Our Fylde and Wyre Adult Community Learning Disability Team are looking for a Learning Disability Nurse. If you are a student learning disability nurse due to qualify soon or are already a band 5 learning disability nurse and would like to join a community team, then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The team is hoping to recruit a learning disability nurse who is adaptable, highly motivated, with excellent communication skills and who is as passionate about working with adults with learning disabilities. The Learning Disability Service strives to provide forward thinking high quality services, working in partnership with people with learning disabilities, their families and carers and other agencies. You will work within a multidisciplinary team providing clinical support around physical health, mental health, and positive behaviour support.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

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

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Learning Disability Nurse
• Current NMC Registration

Knowledge

• Knowledge of contemporary learning disability health policy
• Demonstrates reflective practice
• Knowledge of legal frameworks applicable to the learning disabled population

Experience

• Ability to support people who have a learning disability and/or Autism on an individual and group basis.

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust