Learning Disability Health Screening Practitioner​/Community Nurse

Learning Disability Health Screening Practitioner / Community Nurse

We are seeking an experienced Band 6 Health Screening and Community Nurse to join our Community Learning Disability Team on a 12-month fixed-term contract for maternity cover. Full-time (37.5 hrs) with a blended focus:

Three days per week delivering health screening services, focusing on supporting service users, families, and care providers to engage with the five national screening programs across settings. Your role will include advocating for reasonable adjustments, using enhanced communication skills, and creating pathways to ensure equitable access to screening. You will also deliver specialist educational support and resources to mainstream services, promoting inclusion and better health outcomes.

Two days per week providing community nursing care as part of amultidisciplinary team (MDT). This senior clinical role is accountable for clinical effectiveness and service development for individuals with complex needs. You will deliver holistic care, covering both physical and mental health, through case management, person-centred planning, and coordination ofsupport. You will liaise with agencies and providers to ensure adjustments and continuity of care.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic nurse committed to reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for people with learning disabilities while maintaining strong clinical practice in community nursing.

Health Screening Role (3 days per week)This post focuses on improving uptake of the five national screening programmes for individuals with learning disabilities and supporting timely access to checks that promote early identification and treatment. You will work with GP surgeries, hospitals, screening teams, and third-sector organisations to reduce health inequalities. Working alongside National Screening Leads, Learning Disability Services, Care Coordinators, and clinical leads, you will review GP LD registers, identify cohorts for proactive contact, and use innovative approaches to raise awareness of screening programmes and their role in improving health outcomes.

Community Nursing Role (2 days per week)As part of the MDT, you will assess, plan, and manage risks for individuals care needs, including physical and mental health and behaviours that challenge services. This senior clinical role includes case management and care coordination for those fully health-funded, liaising with commissioners to ensure needs are met. You will advocate for individuals, ensuring reasonable adjustments by mainstream services, and work in partnership with families and providers while maintaining safeguarding and best-interest decision-making in line with legal frameworks.

Please note Livewell may close the advert early if high application numbers are received.

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across

Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values,kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, andcollaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, inshaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the righttime and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning…