Community Learning Disabilities Nurse

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Learning Disability) with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration
• Postgraduate level in specialist area
• Evidence of ongoing professional development relevant to nursing practice
• Understanding of the health needs of people with learning disabilities, including associated health inequalities
• Knowledge of person-centred care and the importance of therapeutic relationships
• Awareness of safeguarding responsibilities for children and adults and how to escalate concerns
• Understanding of risk assessment and clinical risk management within community settings
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Mental Capacity Act, Equality Act, and Human Rights-based approaches
• Understanding of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working in community services
• Knowledge of accurate record-keeping and digital documentation requirements
• Completed PBM training

Desirable

• Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor qualification (or willingness to undertake)
• Additional training relevant to learning disability nursing (e.g., Positive Behavioural Support, sensory needs, physical health skills)
• Training in behaviour support, mental health awareness, or communication approaches for people with complex needs
• Awareness of trauma-informed practice and its relevance to people with learning disabilities
• Awareness of public health initiatives relevant to people with learning disabilities

Essential

• Significant experience supporting people with learning disabilities in any care setting (including during training/placements)
• Significant experience of working with individuals with complex health needs and those with challenging behaviour
• Contributing to the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex or sensitive information clearly
• Managing changing priorities in a clinical environment, including responding to urgent or unexpected situations
• Risk management
• Experience/knowledge of the Mental Health Measure Wales
• Working with families, carers and support providers

Desirable

• Working within a community learning disability team or community-based service
• Supporting individuals with complex needs, including behaviours of concern, mental health needs, or dual diagnosis

Essential

• Carry out holistic nursing assessments and deliver person-centred interventions
• Build and maintain therapeutic relationships with people with learning disabilities
• Prioritise, manage and organise a caseload in a community setting
• Identify, assess and respond appropriately to clinical risk
• Work both autonomously and effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Adapt communication to meet diverse and complex communication needs
• Motivated to engage in reflection, supervision and continuous professional development
• Exercise sound nursing judgement
• Assess clients, develop and monitor care plans
• Establish feedback processes from referrers, people using service and providers

Desirable

• Some ability to speak, read and/or write Welsh, or an eagerness to learn
• Contribute to audit, quality improvement or service development projects
• Support health promotion activities tailored to people with learning disabilities

Essential

• Reliable and works flexibly to meet the needs of the service, including occasional adjusted hours in response to clinical priorities
• Travels independently across the locality to visit individuals in a range of community settings
• Uses initiative to resolve day-to-day issues and seeks guidance appropriately for more complex matters