Community Learning Disability Nurse

Community Learning disability Nurse Based in Hartley hospital, working across the Sefton area.

The post-holder will be responsible for the assessment of health care needs and the development andevaluation of Care Plans for individuals referred to the Service.The post-holder will have responsibility for prioritising and managing caseload delegated by the Team Manager and be responsible and accountable both professionally and legally for all aspects of clinical and non-clinical activity in the service area, ensuring a high standard of clinical care is delivered to the people with learning disabilities under their management.The post-holder will be required to work in diverse environments away from the main area and not directly supervised but will have support from the team., The post-holder will be responsible for the assessment of health care needs and the development andevaluation of Care Plans for individuals referred to the Service.The post-holder will have responsibility for prioritising and managing caseload delegated by the Team Manager and be responsible and accountable both professionally and legally for all aspects of clinical and non-clinical activity in the service area, ensuring a high standard of clinical care is delivered to the people with learning disabilities under their management.The post-holder will be required to work in diverse environments away from the main area and not directly supervised but will have support from the team.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

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.