# Adult Community Learning Disability Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/adult-community-learning-disability-nurse/1a6f3c0d-f02a-4d73-a0fc-e0bb90b2c759 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/adult-community-learning-disability-nurse/1a6f3c0d-f02a-4d73-a0fc-e0bb90b2c759.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bury 3 Knowsley Place - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 PA, Pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9:00-17:00) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-03T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-21T11:20:44.313Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Bury/Pennine_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Band_Adult_Community_Learning_Disability_Nurse/Band_Adult_Community_Learning_Disability_Nurse-v8231074 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8231074?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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 ### Main duties of the job 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. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Person centred approaches - Commitment to multidisciplinary working - Knowledge of using LD specialist assessment tools - Knowledge of behavioural techniques /management - Ability to deal with complex sensitive and distressing situations which may include challenging behaviour, abuse and breaking bad news. - Knowledge and skills across a range of learning disability issues - Knowledge of child protection and adult safeguarding. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with people with a learning disability. **Desirable** - Previous experience of working within a community team for learning disabilities. ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Highly developed communication skills to support a range of activities - Experience in supporting people with complex and challenging needs - Experience in completing nursing assessments ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse in Learning Disabilities (RNLD) - Good standard of general education **Desirable** - Mentorship qualification - Training around Positive behavioural approaches ### Work Related Circumstances **Essential** - A willingness to undertake appropriate and relevant additional training. - Ability to keep yourself healthy in what at times will be an emotionally charged and challenging work. - Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs - Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies - Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 111.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10540929) - [person specification (pdf, 160.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10540930) - [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 117.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=440) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.