Community Learning Disability Nurse

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs. We are looking to recruit a dynamic, motivated and dedicated Learning Disability nurse to join our West Kent nursing servicewithin the Learning Disability Team. The multi-disciplinary teams of occupational therapist, nurses, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and a specialist vision and hearing service work in four geographic localities across the county and work with the social care teams for Kent County Council (KCC) and the Learning Disability teams within Kent & Medway Mental health Trust to provide a co-ordinated and holistic combined service for people withlearning disabilities. The Nursing team provides specialist support to enable people to live their lives fully. We work with people with learning disabilities, their familiesand paid carers in community settings. This is a community Learning Disability nursing post. The post holder will providespecialist nursing interventions to adults with a learning disability. The post holder will hold a caseload which they will manage under clinicalsupervision. The role includes providing clinical support to facilitate access to generic services for this client group.

• Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of holistic care linked to packages of prescribed care
• The development of integrated care programmes in partnership with the client
• To support in the supervision and development of all junior staff including Health Care Support Workers and Students
• To actively work as a member of the multi-professional team to provide high quality care to clients
• To undertake a range of competent clinical interventions to support the outcomes of both individual and group therapy
• Manage a caseload of people with a learning disability on a daily basis consisting of clients with complex needs associated within a specificspeciality.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom. Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

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