Community Learning Disability Nurse

455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 May 2025

Job summary

Band 6 Community Nurse - Learning Disabilities (12 months Maternity Cover)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Community Learning Disability Nurse to work in the Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership (ILDP).

This is a fixed-term contract for a duration of one year to cover maternity leave. We welcome applications from motivated and experienced Band 5 learning disability nurses seeking career progression into a Band 6 role, as well as those looking to gain valuable experience in a community setting.

ILDP is a forward thinking, fully integrated health and social care community team whose dedicated staff and service providers were awarded the Camden & Islington Team of the Year (2021). We are a well-resourced service and are passionate about delivering high quality support to adults with global learning disabilities and their networks. We are a multidisciplinary team (MDT) consisting of psychiatry, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, speech & language therapy and physiotherapy and we pride ourselves on our high levels of collaboration, working alongside social work and the Community Support Outreach teams.

Our MDT has reputation for being friendly, inclusive and sociable. We are located in Islington beside the Arsenal and enjoy the benefits of our own building with many of our day provisions and residential services being a short walk away.

Main duties of the job

Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership aims to provide accessible, non-stigmatising local services that contribute to the assessment, continuing care, rehabilitation and enablement of people with learning disabilities, who may also have physical and / or mental health challenges. The service is wholly committed to the use of Person-Centred approaches, enabling service users to maximise their potential.

The post holder will:

Be a member of ILDP multi-disciplinary integrated health and social care team.

Participate in new initiatives to improve the nursing and wider service, such as quality improvement projects.

Be accountable for a caseload comprising of people with learning disabilities, who may have complex physical and / or mental health needs.

Act as a Care Coordinator.

Incorporate health promotion, facilitation, teaching and service development into your role.

Be aware of previous initiatives and policies that are now embedded into RNLD practice; such as the LeDeR programme and STOMP, etc.

To complete continuing health care assessments and reviews, as part of the wider MDT.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-CANDI-1278

Job locations

Islington Learning Disability Partnership

52D Drayton Park

Islington

N5 1NS

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be accountable and responsible for a defined caseload that reflects the priorities of the local population bycarrying responsibility for the assessment of care needs; the development, implementation and evaluation of programme of care; setting standards of care; and liaison with other agencies, particularly in relation to:

Close working with other services aiming to reduce health inequalities and improve access to mainstream mental health, acutecare and primary care services.

Providing an effective in reach service to people with learning disabilities who have been admitted to mental health and forensic wards, therebyfacilitating effective and timely discharge.

The provision of early intervention aimed at promoting andmaintaining the physical and mental health of individuals and their families or carers.

To work as a member of the multi-professional team, to attend regular team meetings, supervision forums, participate constructively in team processes and contribute positively to overall service developments.

To receive referrals as an autonomous practitioner for service users who experience health care difficulties, prioritising workload to meet service priorities and respond to changing needs.

To contribute to a nursing assessment within the multi-disciplinary team by providing a nursing perspective and expertise, specialist knowledge, experience and skills.

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Close working with other services aiming to reduce health inequalities and improve access to mainstream mental health, acutecare and primary care services.

Providing an effective in reach service to people with learning disabilities who have been admitted to mental health and forensic wards, therebyfacilitating effective and timely discharge.

The provision of early intervention aimed at promoting andmaintaining the physical and mental health of individuals and their families or carers.

To receive referrals as an autonomous practitioner for service users who experience health care difficulties, prioritising workload to meet service priorities and respond to changing needs.

To contribute to a nursing assessment within the multi-disciplinary team by providing a nursing perspective and expertise, specialist knowledge, experience and skills.

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications/ Registrations

Essential

RNLD qualification with current NMC registration

Desirable

Practice Assessor / Supervisor qualification, or willingness to work towards

Skills

Essential

Experience working with people with learning disabilities

Work experience

Essential

Experience working as a Band 5

Person Specification

Qualifications/ Registrations

Essential

RNLD qualification with current NMC registration

Desirable

Practice Assessor / Supervisor qualification, or willingness to work towards

Skills

Essential

Experience working with people with learning disabilities

Work experience

Essential

Experience working as a Band 5

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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