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Community Learning Disabilities Nurse Developmental Post

Job details
Posting date: 11 December 2025
Salary: £31,049.00 to £46,580.00 per year
Additional salary information: £31049.00 - £46580.00 a year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 22 December 2025
Location: Milton Keynes, MK93HQ
Company: NHS Jobs
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: C9333-25-1561

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Summary

Communication To communicate effectively and compassionately with service users, families and carers. Building up positive therapeutic relationships. Liaise effectively with a wide range of professionals across health, social care, other agencies to ensure integrated care. Building up positive professional relationships. Demonstrate communication which is inclusive to meet the needs of all individuals. Consideration of accessibility, clarity, cultural sensitivity, and an understanding of diverse communication styles. Be able to recognise when barriers to understanding are present, and utilising a variety of resources to aid communication, including pictorial, sign along, and easy read. To also consider interpreting services when there are language barriers. Documentation Ensure documentation is clear and accurate and relevant to your practice. To maintain accurate supervision records (junior staff and students). To write clear nursing care plans, risk assessments, and clinical reports when required. Leadership and Management To offer support and guidance to junior members of staff. To undertake specific leadership roles and responsibilities within the team that have been identified by the team manager. (E.g. Health Passports and promotion of Learning Disability Annual Health Checks). Encourage and support innovation, promote networking and explore new ways of working and sharing of expertise. Clinical Governance To comply with and implement relevant trust and national policy legislation and guidance. To maintain and observe confidentiality of all information relating to service users and to adhere to CNWL Information Governance Policy. Research and Development To participate in and disseminate research and audit activities in line with local service priorities. Personal and Professional Development Undertake activities of Continuous Professional Development, including identifying own learning needs and recording learning outcomes withing the NMC Revalidation framework. To assume personal responsibility for maintaining a working knowledge of new statutory guidelines that influence clinical practice. To participate in mandatory and statutory training. To review own Nursing performance through effective use of professional supervision, DPD opportunities and annual appraisal; ensuring own learning and development needs are identified. Other To be flexible to additional and new ways of working within a developing Learning Disability Community Team and to stay in line with local and national initiatives and legislation.

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