# Community Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Guild Lodge
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (community and district)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25T11:30:38.691Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Lytham_St_Annes/Lancashire_South_Cumbria_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Learning_Disabilities/Learning_Disabilities-v8253012
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8253012?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An opportunity has arisen with the service, for a Band 5 Learning Disability Nurse post to work within the Specialist Community Learning Disability Team and innovative. The Learning Disability Service strives to provide forward thinking high quality services, working in partnership with other agencies. In addition to working with children with learning disabilities and autism, we work closely with their families, and we have a strong commitment to health promotion through service development and training initiatives. We are committed to helping our staff develop and you will be part of an enthusiastic and experienced team.

The post holder will work within an integrated health team, providing clinical support to children with learning disabilities who have additional complex needs, which may include challenging behaviour, physical and sensory impairment, mental health and forensic issues. The post holder will play an integral role in delivery of care within these pathways within a variety of community settings.

### Main duties of the job

As a band 5 community nurse you will be expected to support the clinical activity of the teams in meeting the needs of local people with learning disabilities in the community. You will have skills in working with children with learning disabilities, and associated communication and behavioural needs. The post holder will undertake delegated duties by senior nurses, and will be accountable to the Operational Manager and Senior Community Nurse and Locality Lead Nurse, and will be providing administrative support within the integrated health team, to ensure effective and timely clinical outcomes are met.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

### 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

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to reflect own work practice
- Experience of assessment and care planning process.
- Ability to handle difficult situations

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge of national and local policy/good practice pertaining to health and social care.
- Good communication skills for use in a variety of settings with clients, carers and professionals of varying levels of understanding.
- Knowledge of NMC code and standards of professional practice.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Relevant post registration NMC Qualification

## Documents

- [jdps (pdf, 656.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10565695)
- [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256)

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