Community Learning Disability Nurse

Main area: Learning Disability Nursing

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (FTC ending on 16th December 2025 to cover maternity leave.)

Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Working hours will be 09:00 - 17:00 - 3 working days will be confirmed upon being appointed after interview.)

Job ref: 277-6876439-ALD

Site: Queen Mary's Hospital

Town: Sidcup

Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 03/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

Community Nurse - Learning Disabilities (Complex Physical Health)

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a learning disability nurse to work as a Community Nurse in Complex Physical Health within Bromley. You will be part of a small team of motivated nurses supporting people with their physical health. This is a fixed term contract, finishing on 16th December 2025 to cover maternity leave for 1 year. This Community Nurse role will provide high quality health care to adults with learning disabilities to improve outcomes. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team and will enable people with learning disabilities to access primary and secondary care. You should be enthusiastic and show an understanding of the complex needs of people with learning disabilities. We offer a range of training and development opportunities both within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and externally. You will receive regular supervision and join our learning disability nursing council across three boroughs.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will work in the Bromley CTLD Complex Physical Health (CPH) of Learning Disability nursing team, focusing on the additional needs of people with complex physical health needs.
• The post holder will be expected to manage a caseload of adults, working autonomously with a broad spectrum of physical health issues.
• They will provide holistic, high calibre, evidence-based, skilled nursing care, assessments, and interventions.
• The post holder will be expected to facilitate a variety of health education and health promotion training and group work, with clients and carers as needed.
• The post holder will support students and junior staff as required and will undertake to provide a rich learning experience for them.
• The post holder will work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with other agencies/services.
• The post holder will lead on providing robust health liaison to acute and primary care to ensure our service users are able to access mainstream health services.
• The post holder will have a good awareness of the issues surrounding diversity and multi-cultural communities.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing, and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils, and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We Listen We Care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To apply national strategies, frameworks, and plans to identify to meet the needs of service users in relation to their Physical Health and Wellbeing.
• To identify and provide appropriate support to the social well-being of individual service users.
• Work alongside the MDT and wider services to address issues to service users accessing services relevant to their individual health and wellbeing needs, as well as their social needs.
• Provide health promotion relevant to the individual needs of the service user, and provide support to their support network to more widely promote and improve their health, and prevent avoidable hospital admissions where possible.
• Liaise with mainstream services, and advocate the individual needs of the service users to promote their access to these services where required.
• Develop own professional skills and knowledge by engaging in continued professional development that are both mandatory and relevant to the role.
• To work in line with the NMC Code of Conduct at all times.

Person specification

• Registered Learning Disability / Mental Health Nurse
• Additional qualification relevant to the role being applied for

• At least 3 years post-registration experience of working with people with learning disabilities
• Experience of supervising junior staff and students
• Experience of working in a community setting
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

• Planning and organisational skills
• Experience of using clinical nursing skills

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request. If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs. We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

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.

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high volume of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.