Community Learning Disability Nurse Practitioner

Community Learning Disability Nurse Practitioner | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Employer:

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Prescot, L35 2YZ

Pay:

Contract Type:

Contract

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

13/02/2026

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 looking for an exciting opportunity in community LD services following your preceptorship completion, 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, with the guidance from a Senior Nurse.

There team also offers regular opportunities for continuing professional development and clinical supervision.

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.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Clinical Duties:
As a community practitioner, you will be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of the post holders own non-clinical activity.

To actively promote and ensure that all aspects of clinical care offered to people with learning disabilities are of a high clinical standard and evidence based in line with professional codes of conduct and local policies and procedures.

To liaise with other members of the Learning Disability Team and other agencies, families and carers to support the development of Health Action Plans for people with learning disabilities incorporating specialist individual treatment plans and goals.

To evaluate regularly and modify the aims and goals in consultation and agreement with the person with learning disabilities and carers.

To take responsibility for the safe administration of medication to service users ensuring that NMC Regulations are adhered to.

To facilities access to generic services where possible and to act as a link person for…