Job summary
- Main area
- Learning Disabilities
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: on call rota
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (on call rota)
- Job ref
- 350-SC7793461
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hartley Hospital
- Town
- Southport
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Community Learning Disability Nurse
Band 6
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
We currently have a vacancy available for a Community Learning Disabilities Nurse to work within the Sefton community team, supporting adults who have a diagnosis of a learning disability with complex physical and mental health diagnosis. Work as part of a dynamic supportive MDT. Plus the participation in an on call rota.
The post holder will manage their own caseload with the support from the wider MDT.
Main duties of the job
Supporting individuals with a diagnosis of a learning disability with mental and or physical health issues. Maintaining a caseload with support from your supervisor and team. As a team we support individuals with a learning disability with many aspects of their life such as supporting with acute physical health issues, groups and also through a variety of pathways both within the trust and external.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a practitioner, to be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of the post holders own non-clinical activity.
To actively promote and ensure that all aspects of clinical care offered to people with learning disabilities are of a high clinical standard and
evidence based in line with professional codes of conduct and local policies and procedures.
To liaise with other members of the Learning Disability Team and other agencies, families and carers to support the development of Health Action Plans for people with learning disabilities incorporating specialist individual treatment plans and goals. To evaluate regularly and modify the aims and goals in consultation and agreement with the person with learning disabilities and carers.
To take responsibility for the safe administration of medication to service users ensuring that NMC Regulations are adhered to.
To facilities access to generic services where possible and to act as a link person for Primary Care Health Services.
To carry out specific Nursing interventions for people with more complex needs in terms of health, mental health, epilepsy and challenging behaviour.
To regularly evaluate progress using appropriate outcome measures and change care programmes.
To develop and monitor written information for patients and their families and/or carers. The postholder will provide written or verbal information and reports to the multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team and other external agencies as required. To identify the need for referral to other professions and agencies as required.
To be aware of psychosocial issues, cultural and social differences and consider the implications of these when formulating a care programme.
To ensure that professional practice promotes social inclusion and is person centred at all times and to attend planning meetings and case conferences, as required.
To develop risk management plans for clients on own caseload, and with more complex clients under the supervision of Senior Nurse.
To carry out intake assessments.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with Qualification R.N.L.D.
- Evidence of clinical experience in either challenging behaviour or mental health
- Evidence of working in a range of service environments
- Eclectic range of clinical competency
Desirable criteria
- Working with offenders
- Working in mental health services
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of Person-Centred Planning
- Experience of Care Programme Approach
- Experience in the development and implementation of complex care packages
- Working knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Act
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of supported living arrangements
- Experience of staff training and development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work with others as part of Multi-disciplinary team
- To work as part of the on-call team as required
- Values led approach
- Commitment to equal opportunities
Other
Essential criteria
- Advanced CRB clearance
- Flexible approach to hours/duties
- Must have the ability to travel within the area of work
- Ability to work in an unpredictable environment which may include people with challenging behaviour
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Howard
- Job title
- Team manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01704383114
- Additional information
Please make contact if you would like an informal chat
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