Locality Lead Learning Disability Nurse

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Manchester is seeking a Locality Lead Learning Disability Nurse. The role requires an experienced nurse to coordinate care for adults with learning disabilities, lead a community nursing team, and enhance service delivery. Applicants should have strong leadership skills and a passion for improving patient outcomes. The position offers a salary range of £47,810 to £54,710 per year (Pro Rata).

Qualifications

• Experience as a registered Learning Disability Nurse.
• Dynamic and problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage nursing resources in community learning disability.
• Coordinate care for learning disabled adults.
• Develop nursing service within Community Learning Disability Service.

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Locality Lead Learning Disability Nurse

The closing date is 07 October 2025

Are you passionate about improving the health, wellbeing and outcomes of adults with learning disabilities?

Are you:

Dynamic, forward-thinking and looking for your next challenge?

An experienced leader?

A skilled communicator and an effective problem solver?

Passionate about providing excellent care?

We are looking for an experienced registered Learning Disability Nurse with the above passion and skill set to be a care coordinator in the adult learning disability service. Come and join us and experience the difference that we can make together.

The role will involve leading and contributing to the effective provision of services to people with a learning disability and additional needs e.g. autism.

Using your broad range of communication skills and an evidence-based approach to care, you will work directly with individuals that use the service, their families and the people who support them in the assessment and planning processes including supporting people with complex and changing health care needs.

Together with the Community Matron you will develop the nursing service within the designated Community Learning Disability Service to manage the waiting list and referrals through allocation of work, supervision and support.

Main duties of the job

In collaboration with the senior nursing and health managers, develop, lead and manage the nursing resource within the community learning disability team. To receive and respond to the needs of referred learning disabled adults to develop positive lives in their local community. This involves allocation of clinical work to nursing colleagues, to ensure appropriate allocation of nursing resources and the effective deployment and development of nursing skills. To ensure maintain clinical excellence in the Learning Disability nursing field, and lead of pathways of care. In the absence of the Professional Lead the post holder may cover identified responsibilities.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We\'re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you\'ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We\'ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We\'re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What\'s more, we\'re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registration with the NMC:
• Registered nurse, learning disability (RNLD)
• PG CERT/ Degree
• Clinical Supervision Certificate
• Specialist Community Practitioner Award or Equivalent qualification in advanced Clinical study.
• MSc or equivalent study in clinical area.
• Qualification/ evidence of studies in leadership
• Qualification/ evidence of studies in management
• Advance positive Behavioural Support analysis
• Best Interest Assessor (BIA)

Experience

• Three years post qualification experience.
• Two years community experience with extensive experience of working with people with learning disabilities
• Ability to respond to organisational demands
• To be able lead and participate in project and service development.
• Proven experience in facilitating training at all levels in order to improve services and service delivery.
• Proven experience and development of professional networking to improve inequalities and health improvement for people with learning disabilities.
• Experience in working as part of a multidisciplinary team and have comprehensive understanding of their roles and responsibility.

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata)