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Band 6 Community Learning Disability Nurse, Leicester
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Client:
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
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Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
710c0b6d037e
Job Views:
5
Posted:
18.07.2025
Expiry Date:
01.09.2025
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Job Description:
Job Overview
The role of the community LD nursing team is to support the holistic delivery of care to service users across a range of needs.
The role of a community learning disability nurse involves improving or maintaining a person’s health, reducing barriers to them living an independent life, supporting the person in living a fulfilling life, improving the well-being and social inclusion of people with a learning disability, offering help and support to their family and carers and health facilitation. Please note this job will be based in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
As a band 6 community learning disability nurse, your role will involve completing the following tasks:
* To work autonomously taking responsibility for care, quality and clinical activity for a designated caseload / team.
* To contribute to care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional nursing leadership and guidance, clinical advice, and management in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality:
* The effectiveness of all health care interventions
* The environment in which are is delivered
* To participate in the effective clinical leadership and management of the team.
* To actively contribute to the improvement of the service and quality of care provision to meet the needs of patients, service users and their families.
* To act as a role model, mentoring, teaching, assessing and supporting students and learners on placement and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff.
* To work and collaborate with other senior nurses across LPT as appropriate and promote the role of their speciality nursing to all stakeholders.
* To foster a culture of networking in an open and transparent approach with internal and external partnerships and between all stakeholders.
* Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidence-based care to a group of patients according to changing healthcare needs and varying levels of complexity.
As part of this role you will be required to hold a valid UK driving license and have access to your own vehicle, which requires business insurance.
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.
* Act as a professional and clinical role model to all staff, patients, carers and the public at all times
* 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 adhere to the LPT Uniform Policy at all times.
For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number f applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
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.
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