Adult Community Learning Disability Nurse | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	05 February 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£31,049 - £37,796 Pro rata
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	07 March 2026
Location:	Bury, BL9 0EJ
Company:	Pennine Care NHS FT
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7728128/311-F892-26

Summary

To be a core member of a multidisciplinary team in the Learning Disability
Service, promoting the health and well-being of people with learning
disabilities, helping them to become valued members of the community and to
achieve maximum independence.
The individual will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team working in community settings with service users, their families and their carers’. This involves working unsupervised in the homes of service users and other community settings.
This post involves working with people who are vulnerable, have
communication difficulties and may have challenging behaviour. The post
holder will be supported to manage a caseload

Give a high standard of specialist nursing care to those people referred to the learning disability team and to assist them to attain maximum
independence and quality of life by; assessing, developing, implementing
and evaluating programmes of care and Health Action Plans in conjunction with service users / carers.
• Offer support to families and service users in order for them to gain
maximum benefit from available services, resources etc.
• Take responsibility for the management of a caseload.
• Undertake a range of assessments in conjunction with service users,
carers / families, using a person centred approach and identify and
support Health Facilitators for people with learning disabilities in
accordance with the recommendations of “Valuing People – A New
Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century”.
AFC 23/05/17 JME-106-17 Community LD Nurse Band 5
• Provide a quality service in line with service philosophy and the principles
of “Valuing People – A new strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st
Century”.
• Contribute to the Risk Management and Critical Incident Analysis reporting
processes.
• Be involved in the setting, monitoring, maintaining and auditing of
standards.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Give a high standard of specialist nursing care to those people referred to the learning disability team and to assist them to attain maximum
independence and quality of life by; assessing, developing, implementing
and evaluating programmes of care and Health Action Plans in conjunction with service users / carers.
• Offer support to families and service users in order for them to gain
maximum benefit from available services, resources etc.
• Take responsibility for the management of a caseload.
• Undertake a range of assessments in conjunction with service users,
carers / families, using a person centred approach and identify and
support Health Facilitators for people with learning disabilities in
accordance with the recommendations of “Valuing People – A New
Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century”.
AFC 23/05/17 JME-106-17 Community LD Nurse Band 5
• Provide a quality service in line with service philosophy and the principles of “Valuing People – A new strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century”.
• Contribute to the Risk Management and Critical Incident Analysis reporting processes.
• Be involved in the setting, monitoring, maintaining and auditing of
standards.


Patient Care
• The post holder will be required to deliver a range of teaching sessions to individuals and carers of people with a learning disability.
• Support people with learning disabilities who may exhibit a range of
challenging behaviours, which may include verbal and/or physical
aggression.
• Devise in conjunction with carers, families and other professionals,
appropriate strategies to deal sensitively with the difficult to manage
behaviours.
• To provide an efficient, timely, and high quality community nursing service to people with a learning disability and complex needs. This requires a specialist knowledge base on which to practice.
• To develop and evaluate a range of interventions and care plans.
• The post holder will take an active role in identifying and managing risk.
• To provide comprehensive specialist assessments to individuals with a
learning disability.
• To work within a multi-disciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for the individual with a learning disability.


Education
• To work in accordance with Pennine Care Learning Disabilities policies
and procedures.
• Work in partnership with all members of the learning disabilities team to achieve “Good Health” objectives of “Valuing People”.
• To work collaboratively with primary care and secondary care services to ensure the health needs of people with learning disabilities are met.
• Attend study days and in-service courses as required.
• Identify own training needs with assistance from Line Manager.
• Take personal responsibility for being professionally up-to-date.
• Be involved in the education of the community about people with learning disabilities.
• Participate in training programmes.
• Educate service users, carers and others involved in their care, including Health Action Planning, Health Facilitation, Learning Disability Awareness and Challenging Behaviour.The post holder must comply with and support the development of the
performance standards within the service/department to ensure the
service is responsive to and meets the needs of its customers.
The post holder will be required to develop and maintain good working
relationships with all patients, service users, staff, contractors and
where appropriate, members of the public.
The Trust aims to maintain the good will and confidence of its own staff,
patients, service users, NHS contractors and the general public. To
assist in achieving this objective it is essential that at all times, the post
holder carries out their duties in a courteous, sympathetic and
professional manner.
All post holders who are members of a professional body must comply
with standards of professional practice / conduct. It is the post holders’
responsibilities to ensure they are both familiar with and adhere to
these requirements and maintain their professional membership to the
relevant body.







This advert closes on Friday 20 Feb 2026