Lead Community Learning Disability Nurse

Lead Community Learning Disability Nurse

The closing date is 06 February 2026

A rare and exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Lead Community Nurse has arisen within our Children and Young Peoples Services with Learning Disabilities in NE Hampshire. We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated nurse to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary service.

The successful applicant will be joining an innovative team of specialities providing high quality health interventions as part of the wider forward thinking, diverse multi-disciplinary team, working collaboratively with nurses and other professional clinicians as well as multiple agencies.

You will be able to demonstrate that you are able to apply your nursing skills to a wide range of situations, working with a range of children with a learning disability living within the community. You will be responsible for managing a caseload across the geographical area of NE Hampshire working closely with other agencies as well as members of the multi-disciplinary team.

There is an emphasis on the importance of clinical supervision and continued professional development, which we regard as a vital part of the delivery of care. You will be part of an innovative and dynamic team which utilises an evidence-based perspective. We will support and encourage you to develop specialist experience and expertise as appropriate.

This role will be responsible for leading the nursing provision within a service, irrespective of size, by ensuring relevant clinical supervision is provided to staff, standards of service provision are set, monitored and maintained and that people, who use the service, and their carers, are involved in the service in the way they wish to be. This role will also deliver high quality nursing assessments, interventions, and consultation within generic and specialised services.

The job will be within our Children and Young Peoples Division and will be within the Community Children and Young Peoples Learning Disability Service (CLD).

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

To plan and deliver a highly specialist nursing service (in leadership or advanced nurse role) and to oversee its clinical governance.

To be responsible for the professional leadership and continued development of a team I service area.

To lead in the supervision and Individual Performance Review/Appraisal of all nursing staff.

To ensure that the healthcare needs of people with learning disabilities are communicated to service commissioners and providers. To positively contribute to divisional developments in relation to nursing practice. To advocate and represent the service.

To be responsible for the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways.

Contribute to appropriate staff recruitment and contribute to the wider strategic plans regarding nurse recruitment.

To ensure that the needs of people with protected characteristics are addressed within local services and future developments.

To oversee KPIs being met for the service.

• RNLD Nursing Degree/Diploma
• Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of practice
• Additional leadership/management study

• 5 years minimum relevant post qualification clinical experience, 2 of which within LD community team
• Experience of leading clinical practice/service development/project work
• Experience of supervising junior staff
• Interest/Skill in a specialist area
• Experience with ASD/ADHD assessments within LD
• Experience of LD within Children and YP community services.
• Experience of developing/delivering specialist teaching/training packages

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.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

£50,008 to £56,908 a year

Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.