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Community Learning Disabilities Nurse | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

Posting date:	20 May 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	19 June 2025
Location:	London, SW12 9HS
Company:	South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7225122/294-MHCA-7225122-JB-B

Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Wandsworth Community Learning Disability Team. We are looking to recruit a Band 6 Learning Disabilities Nurse to work within this multidisciplinary service, which providesexpert, caring and holistic support to adults with a diagnosed Learning Disability.



You will have post qualifying experience of working as a Learning Disabilities Nurse. You will be able to work autonomously and demonstrate enthusiasm and creativity in your approach to your work. You will be passionate aboutproviding specialist healthcare and support to people with a learning disability, as well as their families and staff teams, to help them live a fulfilling life.



You must be interested in working with external partners to develop supportive networks and have energy, drive and enthusiasm for working in a complex and challenging environment.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Only apply if you have read the person specification and can demonstrate you meet role requirements.



· To hold a client caseload, as agreed with the Team Leader, and deliver a competent and co-ordinated nursing service in partnership with service users, members of the multidisciplinary Community Learning Disability Team and other agencies.

· To provide advice and expertise in care planning and risk management to other health and social care professionals.

· To provide support, supervision and education to carers and clients with specialist care needs.

· The post holder will have responsibility for the assessment of care needs, riskassessment and the implementation and evaluation of client care for a defined caseload.

· Participate in the teaching and development of colleagues, students and colleagues in other agencies about this specialist area.



Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:

As a valued member of the team, you will access regular supervision, yearly appraisal and have opportunities for continuing professional development through both internal and external training events.

There will be the opportunities to develop your professional skills and participate in aspects of service development.



We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

· To act as a lead Health Care Professional to clients allocated at clinical meetings.

· To work within complex care networks including families, community and in-patient services, care homes, day centres and colleges.

· To work flexibly to meet the needs of the clients.

· To lead the development and audit of clinical standards within the nursing service, in relation to best practice.

· To advise on the clinical and resource issues that are required in order to respond to national and local targets.

· To contribute to care planning and risk management for adults with learning disabilities.

· To work within the multi-disciplinary team to carry out assessments and help design interventions for people with learning disabilities.

· To assess, develop and implement specialist programmes of nursing and social care to meet the needs of a diverse range of clients.

· To exercise appropriate professional autonomy when working with clients in the community and to provide advice to non-specialists and other specialists/ professionals within the clinical field.

· To ensure effective interagency working when clients are admitted and discharged from in-patient settings.

· To provide supervision to junior staff within the team.

· To contribute to care planning and risk management for adults with learning disabilities who may also present with physical health needs.

· To provide medication, monitor and administer medications as required.

· Under supervision, to monitor the progress of agreed treatment plans, prescribed medication, and report back on positive and adverse reactions to the prescribing doctor.

· To enter information onto RiO and write complex and sensitive reports reflecting specialist knowledge on a regular basis.

· To collect and compile observations and recordings as required.

· To provide advice, education, support and supervision to carers.

· To provide education across agencies and organisations on specialist area

· To participate in teaching and training as appropriate.

· To implement and contribute to policy and service development as appropriate.

· To work in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and act within local protocols and trust policies.

· To offer specialist advice and consultation on client placement issues, including clients placed in and out of borough.

· To advise and educate clients, carers and relatives (as appropriate) on the implementation of care-plans, health promotion and behavioural guidelines.

· To act as a first point of contact regarding assessment for clients and carers who access specialist learning disability services.


This advert closes on Sunday 1 Jun 2025