Learning Disability Liaison Nurse

Learning Disability Liaison Nurse

The closing date is 29 January 2026

Specialist Learning Disability Liaison Nurse

Location:

Northern Care Alliance (Primarily Fairfield & Royal Oldham Hospitals)
Make a difference for patients with learning disabilities across our hospital network.

We're looking for a compassionate and skilled Specialist Learning Disability Liaison Nurse to join our dedicated team. This role is part of the wider Learning Disability Liaison Team, supporting patients of all ages across the four Northern Care Alliance hospital sites.

• Work collaboratively with patients, families, carers, and healthcare professionals
• Support senior specialist nurses to ensure care and treatment for patients with learning disabilities is well-planned and delivered
• Coordinate admissions and monitor key patient groups requiring day-case interventions, including case management responsibilities
• Provide support for both adults and children accessing planned or emergency admissions
• Primarily work within Fairfield and Royal Oldham Hospitals, with occasional cross-site cover as part of a planned approach
• Champion patient safety and positive experiences at every stage

What we offer:

• A supportive, multidisciplinary team environment
• Opportunities for professional development
• Flexible working options - please contact us to discuss

If you're passionate about improving care for patients with learning disabilities and want to work in a role that truly makes an impact, apply today and join our team.

We're seeking a dedicated Specialist Learning Disability Liaison Nurse to join our trust-wide Learning Disability Liaison Nursing team. This is a unique opportunity to influence positive change and improve patient experiences across the Northern Care Alliance.

• Provide expert knowledge and guidance to acute service teams, supporting the implementation of best practice for patients with learning disabilities
• Deliver specialist care across the NCA footprint, focusing primarily on Bury and Oldham areas with planned cross-site cover
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team, advising on reasonable adjustments and contributing to audits and service development
• Support patients of all ages, ensuring safe, inclusive, and person-centred care

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values
- care
, appreciate and inspire to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack (opens in existing window)

• Registered Nurse in Learning Disabilities (RNLD)
• Nursing degree or equivalent
• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act
• Working as part of a team
• Professional Self Development
• Knowledge of Acute Services

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Clear evidence of multidisciplinary working
• Ability to adapt communication
• Knowledge and implementation skills of the mental capacity act
• Experience of case hold management
• Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
• Experience at delivery of training
• Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salford Royal Hospital (and across the NCA)