Specialist Community RNLD or RMN Nurse - Learning Disability & Autism

HCRG Care Group; Swindon; On-site; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Swindon is seeking a compassionate Specialist Community Nurse. You will provide expert, person-centered care for adults with learning disabilities, collaborating with a dedicated multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate will have recent experience in a Learning Disabilities service and a full UK driving licence. This role offers a competitive salary plus benefits, and flexible working arrangements are available.

Benefits

Competitive salary of £37,338

NHS Pension

Discounts through My Reward Hub

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Essential experience working in a Learning Disabilities service within the last 5 years.
• Willingness to travel across the BSW patch.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic assessments and develop crisis plans for individuals.
• Provide tailored interventions and support to service users and families.
• Manage a caseload and monitor associated risk.
• Take a lead role in multidisciplinary team meetings.

Skills

Experience in Learning Disabilities service

Confidence in working with individuals with learning disabilities

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Join Our Team: Specialist Community Nurse, Learning Disabilities and Autism Service (Swindon)

Are you a compassionate and dynamic nurse with a passion for supporting adults with learning disabilities? We're looking for a motivated, confident Specialist Community Nurse to join our dedicated, small, and welcoming multi‑disciplinary Learning Disability and Autism team, primarily based in Swindon.

What You'll Do

Provide expert, person‑centred care to adults with diagnosed learning disabilities whose needs cannot be met through mainstream services. Collaborate with a supportive multi‑disciplinary team to deliver exceptional community healthcare. Make a real difference in the lives of individuals across the BSW (Bath, Swindon, and Wiltshire) patch.

What You'll Need

Essential recent experience (within the last 5 years) working in a Learning Disabilities service and confidence in working with individuals with learning disabilities. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (willingness to travel across the BSW patch is required).

Main Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic assessments, risk assessments, and develop crisis plans for individuals referred to the service.
• Provide tailored interventions, advice, and support to service users, families, and carers.
• Identify whether service user needs can be met within the team or require referral to mainstream services with reasonable adjustments in place.
• Manage a caseload, including the monitoring and management of associated risk.
• Take a lead role in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, interface meetings, and acute case meetings as appropriate.
• Work collaboratively within a diverse team comprising nurses (learning disability and mental health), occupational therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, physiotherapists, and administrative staff.
• Contribute to ongoing service review and improvement, particularly as we transition under the new HCRG Care Group structure.

What We Offer

• A supportive, experienced team environment.
• Opportunities to influence service development and process improvement.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Strong interprofessional collaboration across local services.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

Package Description

As a Band 6 Specialist Community RNLD or RMN Nurse (Learning Disability & Autism) you'll be part of our valued team based in Swindon. You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including a £37,338 (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions. Membership of My Reward Hub gives you access to discounts on everyday purchases such as grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.

Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.

Online and face‑to‑face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post‑trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling.

Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.

An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.

The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes.

We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

Sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

Safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance, so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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