You will be a professionally credible and experienced Registered Learning Disability Nurse with the strategic outlook and specialist knowledge needed to influence practice across a large, geographically dispersed organisation.
Essential qualifications and experience include:
- Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Learning Disability Nurse
- A degree-level qualification in Learning Disability Nursing or an equivalent professional qualification
- The ability to produce clear professional reports, recommendations and strategic papers
- Evidence of continued professional development and compliance with NMC revalidation requirements
- Significant post-registration experience supporting people with learning disabilities and autistic people
- Extensive experience working with people who have complex health, behavioural, social or support needs
- Experience providing specialist consultation, advice and professional leadership across multidisciplinary or multi-agency settings
- Experience supporting service development, quality improvement or organisational change
- Experience helping operational teams manage complexity, risk, safeguarding and adult protection concerns
- Experience delivering education, coaching, mentoring or practice-development support
- Experience contributing to audits, reviews, investigations or other quality-assurance activities
- Experience working across health and social care systems
- Experience contributing to organisational strategy, policy or governance arrangements
You will bring expert knowledge of contemporary Learning Disability Nursing practice, alongside a strong understanding of autism, neurodiversity and the health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
You will also understand Positive Behaviour Support, least restrictive practice, trauma-informed support, safeguarding and rights-based approaches. Knowledge of the relevant legal and regulatory frameworks in England and Scotland will be important, including mental capacity and incapacity legislation, adult protection requirements, human rights, equality, medicines optimisation, clinical governance and CQC and Care Inspectorate standards.
You will be able to:
- Translate complex research, policy and clinical guidance into practical advice
- Exercise sound professional judgement in complex social care situations
- Balance safeguarding, clinical risk, autonomy and quality of life
- Influence senior leaders and provide respectful, constructive challenge
- Analyse information, trends and outcomes and make evidence-based recommendations
- Communicate clearly with operational, strategic and external audiences
- Build workforce capability through training, coaching and reflective learning
- Work autonomously and manage competing priorities effectively
A relevant postgraduate qualification, or progress towards one, in Learning Disability, Autism, Leadership, Quality Improvement, Public Health or a related field would strengthen your application. A leadership, coaching, management or quality-improvement qualification would also be valuable.
Above all, you will be values-led, collaborative and committed to advancing person-centred, inclusive and least restrictive support. You will bring professional integrity, resilience and the confidence to challenge practice while helping colleagues build their own capability.
If you are ready to use your Learning Disability Nursing expertise to influence national practice, reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for people, click Apply to submit your application.
Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible! Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date.
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