Senior Community Nurse - Learning Disabilities

London Borough of Sutton Council; Sutton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Sutton is seeking an experienced Senior Community Nurse specializing in Learning Disabilities. This role involves leading and coordinating care for adults with learning disabilities, delivering expert assessments and interventions. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership qualities and at least 3 years of experience supporting this community, with a focus on improving health outcomes and promoting best practices. This position reflects a commitment to compassionate care across the region.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of post-registration experience supporting adults with learning disabilities.
• Experience managing a varied caseload in the community setting.
• Strong understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and safeguarding processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and improve health outcomes for adults with learning disabilities.
• Supervise and mentor nursing staff, ensuring high standards of care.
• Manage a varied caseload including hospital discharge follow-ups.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical practice

Autonomous work

Crisis management

Education

Registered Learning Disability Nurse

Job description

Senior Community Nurse - Learning Disabilities

We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Senior Community Nurse specialising in Learning Disabilities to lead and coordinate care for adults with learning disabilities within Suttons community services. This role involves delivering expert assessments, creating personalised care plans, and providing interventions to support individuals with complex health needs. Our objective is to deliver the best outcomes for the health of adults with a learning disability

Main duties of the job

• Lead, influence, and improve health outcomes for adults with learning disabilities through expert clinical practice and strategic leadership.
• You will play a key leadership role by supervising, mentoring, and supporting LD nursing staff and students, ensuring high standards of care and professional development within the team.
• Your clinical expertise will guide care delivery, help resolve complex cases, and promote best practice.
• Working autonomously in the community setting, you will manage a varied caseload, including hospital discharge follow-ups, transition planning, and ongoing health management.
• You will build strong relationships with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic, person-centered care.
• You will represent the service at multi-agency forums and meetings, advocating for the needs and rights of adults with learning disabilities.
• Your collaborative approach will support integrated care planning and service development initiatives aimed at reducing health inequalities.
• You will contribute to quality improvement projects and service development efforts to enhance care delivery, promote equitable access, and ensure best practice standards are met across the community team.

About us

Our Sutton Learning Disability Community Service in South West London provides comprehensive, patient-focused support through a multidisciplinary team including occupational therapy, physiotherapy (with access to hydrotherapy), speech and language therapy for communication and dysphagia, psychology and behavioural therapy, nursing and dietetics. We deliver personalised, holistic care spanning physical health, communication, mental wellbeing and coordinated support for people with complex needs. The team are focussed on quality-improvement, including projects to enhance annual health checks, increase pneumococcal vaccination uptake, and embed Universal Care Plans for older adults with learning disabilities. We are also developing a dedicated Learning Disability Complex Care Pathway to provide more proactive, specialist input for individuals with higher support needs. Our service is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), reflecting our commitment to delivering safe, effective and compassionate care across Sutton.

Job responsibilities

For full details on the role and the responsibilities , please review the role profile attached to the advert

Person Specification

Experience

• - Our ideal candidate is an enthusiastic, compassionate and highly skilled Registered Learning Disability Nurse with substantial post-registration experience supporting adults with learning disabilities (minimum of 3 years).
• - Experience in working autonomously in the community, managing a varied caseload and delivering specialist assessments and interventions.
• - Strong leadership qualities and be able to provide supervision, support and direction to others.
• - Excellent communication skills are essential, especially when presenting complex information clearly and representing the team in multi-agency meetings such as Integrated Neighbourhood Team meetings, safeguarding forums, Joint Intelligence Groups and MDT discussions.
• - A thorough understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding processes, risk management and positive behaviour support.
• - You will be proactive, resilient and committed to improving outcomes and reducing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities through evidence-based practice, collaborative working and service development.

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.