Community Learning Disability Nurse

Job overview

Are you passionate about improving the health, wellbeing and outcomes of Learning Disabled Adults in Manchester?  Are you dynamic, forward-thinking and looking for your next challenge? If your answers are yes, then we want to hear from you.

Are you a Registered Learning Disability Nurse?

Are you a positive leader?

Are you a skilled communicator and an effective problem solver?

Are you passionate about providing excellent care?

We are looking for a registered Learning Disability Nurses to join  our Community Learning Disability Teams across Manchester.

You will be working as part of a nursing led team with wider support from the multi-disciplinary community based team. The role will involve leading and contributing to the effective provision of services to people with a learning disability, complex needs and Autism.

Manchester Local Care Organisation is a pioneering, new public sector organisation. We're improving care by bringing together NHS community health and mental health services, primary care and social care services in the city.

We are part of the public sector and partnership organisation powered by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Greater Manchester Mental Health, Manchester City Council, Manchester Health & Care Commissioning and the Manchester Primary Care Partnership

Main duties of the job

To provide and manage a caseload of people who use the service using evidenced based and person centred principles to assess, plan , implement and evaluate interventions.

This will involve working within a multi disciplinary team with the emphasis on quality service delivery through holistic assessment and identification of needs.

To participate in project and group work, to enhance service delivery, in order to meet national and local targets.

To contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of both professional and service developments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.  So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!