# Band 6 Community Learning Disability Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-community-learning-disability-nurse/aea85da4-c9c9-4156-b607-3fa3469cf960 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-community-learning-disability-nurse/aea85da4-c9c9-4156-b607-3fa3469cf960.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust - **Location:** The Beacon - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £37,338 to £44,962 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-28T21:01:53.740Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9313-26-0388 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.leicspart.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=7287&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary Job Overview The Community Learning Disability Nursing Team supports people with learning disabilities to improve and maintain their health, promote independence, reduce health inequalities, and improve wellbeing. The team also works closely with families, carers, and partner agencies to provide holistic, person-centred care. As a Band 6 Community Learning Disability Nurse, you will manage a caseload, provide clinical leadership, and deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to service users with varying and complex needs. Key responsibilities include: - Managing and coordinating care for a designated caseload. - Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care programmes. - Promoting patient safety, positive outcomes, and patient experience. - Providing clinical advice, support, and professional leadership. - Contributing to service development and quality improvement. - Supporting, supervising, and mentoring students and colleagues. - Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders. - Developing effective partnerships with internal and external services. - Supporting individuals, families, and carers to achieve positive health outcomes. For further information, please contact: Rebecca Mitchell 07769 139409, rebecca.mitchell45@nhs.net ### Main duties of the job Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities) - Co-ordinate, prioritises, facilitate and monitor the delivery of care for patients on a designated caseload and to other patients as deemed appropriate. - Function asa professional and clinical role model to all staff, patients, carers, and the public always. - Supervise the performance standards of own team members where appropriate. - Maximise use of clinical and staff resources, implementing best practice in patient pathways, admission, and discharge arrangements. - Plan and promote the development of new services within the designated area. - Maintain efficient and effective communication on issues related to patient care, caseload, and organisation management. - Participate in staff recruitment and selection processes and wider recruitment and retention strategies. - Act in a professional manner and ensure self and colleagues always adhere to the LPT Uniform Policy. ### About us We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview. ### Details - Date posted: 28 August 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 6 - Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 007271 - Job locations: Bassett Street Social Services, Bassett Street, Wigston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE18 4PE, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto “Apply for this job” and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification. ## Person Specification ### Mobility **Essential** - You must demonstrate how you would meet the stated mobility requirement on your application form. The mobility requirement will depend on the role and will be specified in the job advertisement. ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post registration experience in relevant area of practice - Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centre care and patient education - Demonstrates understanding of efficient and effective use of resources - Experience in teaching and supervision - Act as a clinical role model, mentor assessor and support for learners **Desirable** - Audit experience/ research skills - Experience of Patient and Public Involvement in Service Delivery - Knowledge of budget management ### Trust Values **Essential** - Demonstrates a commitment to the Trust’s Values: Compassion - Demonstrates a commitment to the Trust’s Values: Trust - Demonstrates a commitment to the Trust’s Values: Respect - Demonstrates a commitment to the Trust’s Values: Integrity ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse / Midwife (for Health Visitors only) Level 1 - Degree or Equivalent - Post Registration Qualification - For District Nurses / Health Visitors / School Nurses Posts Only – Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Post Registration Qualification - Evidence of continuing professional development within the last 12 months - Hold an ‘NMC approved’ mentoring qualification **Desirable** - Leadership or Management Qualification or willingness to work towards ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Emotional resilience - Physically capable for performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder, ie manual handling of patients ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to lead team and work effectively with others - Demonstrates initiative and ability to work independently, able to problem solve and prioritise own and others work - Demonstrates planning and organisational skills - Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility dependent upon work priorities - Able to make judgements based on evidence based practice and translate this for use in the clinical team environment - To be able to demonstrate understanding of current developments in the NHS and their implications for leadership and quality care for patients - Ability to motivate self and others. ### Standard Requirements **Essential** - Commitment to Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles - Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection - Understanding of the service users of the Trust (which could include lived experience of conditions the Trust deals with or of receiving services relevant to those the Trust provides) ## Documents - [Information for applicant (PDF, KB)](https://www.jobs.leicspart.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=22138&JobId=7287) - [Clinical Practitioner Specialist JDPS (PDF, KB)](https://www.jobs.leicspart.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=22144&JobId=7287) ## 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.