Community Learning Disability Nurse Practitioner

Are you a Nurse Practitioner with a passion for delivering outstanding care that brings the 6 Cs (care, compassion, commitment, courage, communication and competence) to life? Whether you are already an experienced registered learning disability nurse and are looking for a change, or a newly qualified nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to complete your preceptorship then we would like to hear from you.

The post holder will be required to deliver evidence based health and behavioural assessments and interventions to adults with a learning disability who have complex and challenging needs. You will be working in a multi disciplinary context with an the expectation to be person centred, creative and innovative in meeting the health needs of individuals whilst offering support to families and carers. There will be an opportunity to work across a range of settings and with a range of provide services, not directly supervised but under the guidance of a Senior Nurse. There team also offers regular opportunities for continuing professional development and clinical supervision.

This post is a fixed contract for 12 months.

Shortlisting planned for 25 July 2024

Interviews planned for 2 August 2024

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible for the assessment of health care needs and the development and evaluation of Care Plans for individuals referred to the Service.

The post-holder will have responsibility for prioritising and managing a supervised caseload delegated by the Team Manager/ Clinical Lead 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 be under the guidance of a Senior Nurse.

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.