Senior Children's Community Learning Disability Nurse

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider is looking for a Band 6 Senior Children’s Community Learning Disability Nurse to support clinical activities within community teams serving adults with learning disabilities. The role demands excellent communication skills and NMC registration. Flexible working patterns are supported, and candidates should expect to travel independently across the service area.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Support for personal development

Qualifications

• Must be able to use IT clinical record systems.
• NMC registration is required.
• Ability to travel within the Lancashire & South Cumbria area.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support to adults with complex needs and learning disabilities.
• Work within an integrated health team.
• Support the clinical activity of teams in the community.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work with learning disabilities

Clinical support skills

Education

NMC registered

Tools

IT clinical record systems

Job description

Position Overview

A Vacancy at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

Role Overview

An opportunity has arisen with the service, for a Band 6 Senior Children’s Community Learning Disability Nurse post to work within the Specialist Community Learning Disabilities Team based in Barrow and covering South Cumbria and Lancaster and Morecombe and therefore must be able to travel independently of public transport. We are looking for a highly motivated and a conscientious team player who has excellent communication and clinical skills, looking to build experience in working with community teams.

Service & Responsibilities

The Children’s Learning Disability Service strives to provide forward-thinking high-quality services, working in partnership with other agencies. In addition to working with adults with learning disabilities and autism, we work closely with their families, and we have a strong commitment to health promotion through service development and training initiatives. We are committed to helping our staff develop and you will be part of an enthusiastic and experienced team.

The post holder will work within an integrated health team, providing clinical support to adults with learning disabilities who have additional complex needs, which may include challenging behaviour, physical and sensory impairment, mental health and forensic issues. The post holder will play an integral role in delivery of care within these pathways within a variety of community settings.

As a band 6 Senior Children’s community nurse you will be expected to support the clinical activity of the teams in meeting the needs of local people with learning disabilities in the community. You will have skills in working with adults with learning disabilities, and associated communication and behavioural needs. The post holder will undertake delegated duties by senior nurses and will be accountable to the operational / clinical leads and will be providing administrative support within the integrated health team, to ensure effective and timely clinical outcomes are met.

Required Skills and Qualifications

It is expected you will be able to use IT clinical record systems.

Applicants must be NMC registered.

Applicants need to have the ability to travel within LSCFT.

Additional Information

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.

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

This advert closes on Monday 3 Nov 2025