Health Facilitation Nurse

Health Facilitation Nurse

The closing date is 03 February 2026

This is a fantastic strategic role opportunity, working across the city of Leeds to provide support to improve health inequalities for a person with a Learning Disability. The work is delivered in person and via the supportive framework of the Get Checked Out Leeds website, which receives around 20,000 visitors per year. We provide in person and online training to health professionals, social care organisations, universities, families and carers to ensure a positive understanding of the health inequalities experienced by people with a Learning Disability and to advocate for improved healthcare and reduced early mortality statistics.

• Use specialist knowledge of the problems and difficulties experienced by people with learning disabilities to make positive changes that mitigate health risks for this group.
• Identify and support necessary adjustments within mainstream healthcare services to meet the health needs of people with learning disabilities and help services deliver appropriate measures; this may include developing pathways and policies to increase access to benefits of reasonable adjustments.
• Apply knowledge of current policy developments and legislation that support people with a Learning Disability (examples:
  Mental Capacity Act, The Equality Act (Reasonable Adjustments), Accessible Information Standard).
• Develop and maintain good communication skills to build trusted relationships with services and service users who often experience communication barriers.
• Use and adapt a wide range of communication techniques to improve knowledge and communication with and for people with a Learning Disability to facilitate better working relationships with services.
• Lead and manage projects allocated to you.

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including excellent employee wellbeing support, 27–33 days annual leave, flexible and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching and opportunities for career development and training, and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including car-related offers, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department offering a variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support workers and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to the bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK require sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement; the Trust cannot offer a role if sponsorship or Home Office visa requirements are not met.

You will be a registered health professional with experience in the field of and working with people with learning disabilities.

You will have experience in self-directed management of your workload. This is a band 6 role and you should be able to operate autonomously; supervision and support are available to help you develop these skills. You will demonstrate sound, evidence-based health/clinical expertise to initiate direct and indirect care for health needs of learning disability service users. You will demonstrate experience of evidence-based practice with specific client groups, including autistic spectrum, dementia, challenging behaviour, communication problems, and clients with sensory needs.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills, written communication and high standards of record keeping, and you can use computer software to support record keeping and communication. You will create, lead and deliver specific training packages internally/externally to the Trust.

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