Senior Community Nurse - Learning Disabilities

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Senior Community Nurse specialising in Learning Disabilities to lead and coordinate care for adults with learning disabilities within Suttons community services. This role involves delivering expert assessments, creating personalised care plans, and providing interventions to support individuals with complex health needs. Our objective is to deliver the best outcomes for the health of adults with a learning disability

Main duties of the job

• Lead, influence, and improve health outcomes for adults with learning disabilities through expert clinical practice and strategic leadership.
• You will play a key leadership role by supervising, mentoring, and supporting LD nursing staff and students, ensuring high standards of care and professional development within the team.
• Your clinical expertise will guide care delivery, help resolve complex cases, and promote best practice.
• Working autonomously in the community setting, you will manage a varied caseload, including hospital discharge follow-ups, transition planning, and ongoing health management.
• You will build strong relationships with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic, person-centered care.
• You will represent the service at multi-agency forums and meetings, advocating for the needs and rights of adults with learning disabilities.
• Your collaborative approach will support integrated care planning and service development initiatives aimed at reducing health inequalities.
• You will contribute to quality improvement projects and service development efforts to enhance care delivery, promote equitable access, and ensure best practice standards are met across the community team.

About us

Our Sutton Learning Disability Community Service in South West London provides comprehensive, patient-focused support through a multidisciplinary team including occupational therapy, physiotherapy (with access to hydrotherapy), speech and language therapy for communication and dysphagia, psychology and behavioural therapy, nursing and dietetics. We deliver personalised, holistic care spanning physical health, communication, mental wellbeing and coordinated support for people with complex needs. The team are focussed on quality-improvement, including projects to enhance annual health checks, increase pneumococcal vaccination uptake, and embed Universal Care Plans for older adults with learning disabilities. We are also developing a dedicated Learning Disability Complex Care Pathway to provide more proactive, specialist input for individuals with higher support needs. Our service is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), reflecting our commitment to delivering safe, effective and compassionate care across Sutton.