Community Nurse - LD
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 02/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 RNLD to join the Ealing Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities. The role involves assessing and case managing individuals with learning disabilities, ensuring their physical health needs are met, and supporting mainstream health services. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team and collaborate with external colleagues to provide holistic care.
Essential criteria
- RNLD or due to qualify as an RNLD this year
- Experience of working with people with a learning disability
Desirable criteria
- Further education relating to common physical health conditions associated with people with a learning disability.
- Community setting experience
- Knowledge and Experience
- Good understanding of the needs of people with learning disabilities.
- An awareness of the common physical health needs of people with learning disabilities.
- Basic understanding of mental health needs of people with learning disabilities.
- Basic understanding of health care systems and structures.
- Experience of safeguarding
- Experience of facilitating training
- Experience of working with the Mental Capacity Act
- Experience of lone working
- Awareness of policy and legislation relating to learning disabilities care
- Skills and attributes
- Ability to assess the health needs of people with a learning disability
- Ability to formulate care plans based on a holistic assessment
- Plan, organise and prioritise own workload
- Record and report on clinical information as required
- Excellent IT skills - ability to use Word, Excel, MS Teams, SystmOne and other programmes as required
- Awareness of local and national legislation relating to the care of people with learning disabilities
- Qualifications and Training
- RNLD or due to qualify as an RNLD this year
- Experience of working with people with a learning disability
- Further education relating to common physical health conditions associated with people with a learning disability.
- Community setting experience
- Knowledge and Experience
- Good understanding of the needs of people with learning disabilities.
- An awareness of the common physical health needs of people with learning disabilities.
- Basic understanding of mental health needs of people with learning disabilities.
- Basic understanding of health care systems and structures.
- Experience of safeguarding
- Experience of facilitating training
- Experience of working with the Mental Capacity Act
- Experience of lone working
- Awareness of policy and legislation relating to learning disabilities care
- Skills and attributes
- Ability to assess the health needs of people with a learning disability
- Ability to formulate care plans based on a holistic assessment
- Plan, organise and prioritise own workload
- Record and report on clinical information as required
- Excellent IT skills - ability to use Word, Excel, MS Teams, SystmOne and other programmes as required
- Awareness of local and national legislation relating to the care of people with learning disabilities
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £36,943 – £44,900 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 10d ago · Closes in 4d
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Ealing Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities within the Learning Disabilities Nursing team. The CTPLD is looking for a Band 5 RNLD to join the team, to support the assessment and case management of people with a Learning Disability.
The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing the nursing model to assess, plan implement and evaluate care, ensuring people's physical health needs are met; to support mainstream health services to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities and to support hospital admission and discharges.
You will work alongside the multi-disciplinary team including psychiatry, nursing, psychology, PBS, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy to ensure a holistic approach is taken to manage health needs.
The successful candidate will work closely with external colleagues; social services, hospital liaison, acute physical health services and other stakeholders.
Main duties of the job
Key roles will include:
Under taking initial nursing assessments independently.
Care planning and implementation
Supporting mental capacity assessment and best interest meetings
Supporting family members, carers and providers
Health promotion
Health facilitation
Implementation of care pathways
Support service users to manage their physical health
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