Community Learning Disabilities Nurse

We currently have a vacancy available for a Community Learning Disabilities Nurse to work within the Sefton Borough, supporting adults who have a diagnosis of a learning disability with complex physical and mental health diagnosis. Work as part of a dynamic supportive MDT. Plus the participation in an on call rota.

The post holder will manage their own caseload with the support from their supervisor, whilst having the opportunity to undertake further training within their role, preceptorship is available., Supporting individuals with a diagnosis of a learning disability with mental and or physical health issues. Maintaining a caseload with support from your supervisor and team. As a team we support individuals with a learning disability with many aspects of their life such as supporting with acute physical health issues, groups and also through a variety of pathways both within the trust and external.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.