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Senior Practitioner - CommunityCheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust • Leasowe Wirral, United Kingdom
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Senior Practitioner - Community

Senior Practitioner - Community

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust • Leasowe Wirral, United Kingdom
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Part-time
  • Temporary
Job description
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Practitioner - Community

Job summary
Are you an experienced and motivated Learning Disability Nurse?

Looking for a new challenge with rewarding prospects and opportunities?

Due to secondment, we have a 12 month fixed term vacancy for a 30hr week Band 6 Learning Disability Nurse, (Senior Practitioner) within the Wirral Community Learning Disabilities Team (CLDT), based in Leasowe on the Wirral.

The CLDT is an established and progressive team comprising of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists and Psychiatry.

You will work autonomously, managing a defined case load of adults with learning disabilities, complex health needs, neurodevelopmental difficulties and / or behaviours of concern, working in 3 core areas: direct clinical,training and development of others and project work to help develop services offered to people with learning disabilities.

Main duties of the job
Your enthusiasm for providing a high-quality service and addressing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities will be matched by your ability to work collaboratively with not only the adults we support, but also their advocates/families and other identified stakeholders.

An excellent understanding of the issues adults with learning disabilities may experience is essential for this post as is a good understanding of Positive Behaviour Support, Mental Health, Positive Risk Assessment and Case Management.

In addition to developed clinical skills, the successful applicants will demonstrate skills in sharing knowledge through training and consultation and be able to modify and evaluate practice in line with clinical and service needs in addition to supervision of band 5 nurses, clinical support workers and student nurses.

About us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

Details
Date posted: 23 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 373-LD0562
Job locations: Millennium Centre, Twickenham Drive, Leasowe Wirral, CH46 1PQ

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
  • First level nurse. RNLD/RNMH/ RMN (degree level)
  • Evidence of post registration module training in specialist area to diploma/degree level e.g. physical health in learning disabilities module; epilepsy module; dementia module.
  • Evidence of post registration training in e.g. - challenging behaviour - autism - epilepsy
  • Demonstrate commitment to ongoing learning & development

Desirable
  • Nurse prescribing qualification.

Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
  • Ability to assess/Plan/Evaluate care to clients and carers.
  • Ability to participate in and develop nursing practice
  • Support clients in crisis.
  • Excellent record keeping.
  • Ability to chair meetings and lead a team e.g. CPA.
  • Deliver training to other professionals and services
  • Special interests related to current service developments (e.g. epilepsy; challenging behaviour; autism etc).

Experience
Essential
  • A reasonable amount of post qualifying experience of working with adults with a Learning Disability in a community setting
  • Direct experience of working with clients with complex needs i.e. challenging behaviour, epilepsy, mental health problems, continuing health care.
  • Clinical supervision of staff
  • Delivery of training to other staff, service users and carers.
  • Positive attitude to people with LD.
  • Awareness of current issues
  • Awareness of relevant legislation and good practice relating to learning disabilities (Valuing People; Mental Health Act; Mansell 3 etc).
  • Appreciation of governance

Desirable
  • Participation in service developments.
  • Experience in delivery of quality initiatives.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Millennium Centre, Twickenham Drive, Leasowe Wirral, CH46 1PQ
Employer's website: https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/

For questions about the job, contact: Team Manager Hazel Naylor, hazel.naylor3@nhs.net, 01514888043
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