Community Learning Disability Nurse Practitioner

Main area Learning Disabilities Community Team Liverpool Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 10 months (full time) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri 9-5) Job
-SC7714710

Employer Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Norris Green Community Hub Town Liverpool Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 06/02/2026

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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, 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 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…