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.

A valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle insured for business use are essential, as travel across community settings is required.

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
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.

Job responsibilities
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Qualifications
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Experience
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.