# Community Learning Disability Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-learning-disability-nurse/b5a32291-0f4d-47ab-82cb-6722942b2b47 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-learning-disability-nurse/b5a32291-0f4d-47ab-82cb-6722942b2b47.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust - **Location:** Newtown Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Learning disability nurse - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T14:10:42.279Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Herefordshire/Worcester/Herefordshire_Worcestershire_Health_Care_NHS_Trust/Community_Learning_Disabilities/Community_Learning_Disabilities-v8377776 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8377776?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hacw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the South Worcestershire Community Learning Disabilities Team as a Band 6 Community Learning Disability Nurse. In the role you will have the opportunity to work alongside an experienced group of Learning Disability Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Psychiatrists. The successful applicant will become part of a committed team who are passionate in ensuring that individuals with a learning disability receive equitable health care, alongside managing an effective caseload and maintaining regular visits to service users and their carers. The team is currently involved in exciting service developments, including RcPsych QNLD Accreditation, STOMP, Dementia pathways, and transitions pathways to better meet the needs of individuals with learning disabilities. Regular individual and group supervision and support will be provided as well as on-going CPD and training to help further develop your skills and competencies in this specialist field. Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements. ### Main duties of the job Actively manage an effective caseload, maintaining regular visits for service users. Facilitate/teach effective systems to carers to enable the transfer of skills required for the management of service users’ healthcare needs. Facilitate Health Action Plans for each service user on caseload, to enable access to the full range of community care services available. Promote and maintain good working relationships and systems of effective communication through liaison with service users, carers, and other professionals/agencies. Maintain accurate and up to date clinical records in line with Trust/NMC standards of practice. Record activity to meet the requirements of the Electronic Patient Recording System. Attend team, MDT and multi-agency meetings as appropriate. For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Ensure the process of referral, assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care is efficiently and effectively delivered with clear quality outcomes. Promote the values and principles of person-centred planning approaches, maintaining effective continuity of care. Undertaking specialist healthcare assessments, ensuring referral evaluation, data analysis and intervention planning is identified to enable service access. Implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of therapeutic nursing interventions based on a comprehensive assessment using a recognised nursing model of care. Put patient care at the heart of the work to improve health care outcomes and service delivery. Deliver the highest standards and quality outcomes possible. Encourage others to develop themselves and the service through improvement, innovation, and continuous development. Joint working with others, e.g. patients, carers and colleagues in the delivery of high-quality healthcare. Build positive working relationships, respecting and valuing others, being helpful and inclusive. ### 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** - Good knowledge of working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers - Good knowledge of making reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities and vulnerabilities - A good level of knowledge of current policies and legislations that impact upon people with a learning disability - A good level of knowledge in a wide range of common health care conditions in people with learning and other disabilities and vulnerabilities including common long term conditions - Child protection and vulnerable adults’ procedures - National guidelines re: role of Community Nurse - Mental Health Act ### Experience **Essential** - Considerable experience as a practising Community Nurse - Comprehensive assessments - Cognitive therapy - Nursing models / theories - Therapeutic intervention planning - Clinical governance initiatives/projects - Child protection procedures - Vulnerable adults procedures - Health facilitation - Clinical supervision/reflective practice - Mentor / supervisory role - Monitoring and reviewing case management - Risk management strategies - Research - Audit / outcome measures - Delivery of staff training - Evidenced based clinical practice - Non-aversive behavioural approach - Cultural needs of minority groups - Person centred approaches **Desirable** - Dual diagnosis - Staff development reviews - Person centred planning - Primary care initiatives/ projects etc ### Qualifications **Essential** - RNLD - BSc in Community Health Studies or equivalent relevant experience - Evidence of post registration training/qualifications **Desirable** - Student mentorship - NVQ Assessor - Diploma in Epilepsy ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Report writing - Clinical documentation - Developing assessment formats ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - Able to meet the travel requirements of the post ## Documents - [dbs policy (pdf, 645.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3075) - [job description (pdf, 197.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10706445) - [applicant guidance notes (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3076) - [health and wellbeing support (pdf, 361.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3086) ## 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.