East London NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
**Community Learning Disability Nurse**
The Community Learning Disability Service provides integrated specialist health and social care for adults with learning disabilities in Tower Hamlets. The service also manages a specialist day activity project called CREATE.
**Key Responsibilities:**
i. Utilize specialist nursing skills to work with individuals with learning disabilities, focusing on the maintenance, promotion, and improvement of their health.
ii. Support people with learning disabilities in reaching their full potential by minimizing the impact of their impairments, which could hinder their social inclusion. This will be achieved through a person-centered approach that promotes choice, independence, and inclusion.
iii. Facilitate access to healthcare services by collaborating and partnering with primary and secondary health services, as well as other relevant organizations.
iv. Contribute to the development of local health services by shaping protocols and policies to promote an inclusive service for individuals with learning disabilities.
v. Actively participate in planning and developing shared care with primary and secondary health services, including roles such as GP Link, Nurse-Led Epilepsy Clinic, and Sexual Relationship & Health Promotion.
vi. Conduct assessments as required by the service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a qualified learning disability nurse but work with clinical supervision provided by a specialist community practitioner in learning disability to undertake:
Promote health facilitation to reduce health inequalities for the learning disability population in tower hamlets
To use nursing skills in working with people with learning disabilities to maintain, promote and improve health.
To support people with learning disabilities to develop their full potential by reducing the impact of their impairment, that could limit their social inclusion.
To facilitate access to health services through collaboration and partnership with primary and secondary health, and other relevant services.
To use a person-centred approach to promote choice, independence and inclusion, reflecting the key principles of Valuing People Now (DOH 2011).
To contribute to shaping local health services in the way they are organised and run to promote an inclusive service for people with learning disabilities.
The role may involve undertaking a number of different assessment and reviews as per CLDS clinical pathways.
Person Specification
essential
Essential
- RNLD ( DIPLOMA or DEGREE
- Mentorship Course
- Community Specialist Practitioner – Learning disability
Desirable
- Post graduation experience of working as a nurse with people with learning disabilities
- experience of working as part of a team
- Experience of networking with other services and organisations
- Managing a caseload in a community setting
- Experience of supervising staff
- Ability to effectively undertake nursing assessment and formulate nursing interventions
- ability to organise and develop new initiatives
- ability to prioritise, manage and organise workload effectively and efficiently
- ability to provide advice and support on various aspect of health care to individuals with LD, their carers and other professionals.
- To have effective interpersonal skills
essential
Essential
- Community specialist Practitioner
Closing Date: 2 August 2026
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