Job summary
- Main area
- Community Learning Disability Service
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 173-00926-LDS
- Employer
- Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St. Mary’s Hospital
- Town
- Leeds
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/05/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/05/2026
Employer heading
Community Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
The LYPFT Learning Disability Service provides specialist, multidisciplinary healthcare for adults (18+) with a learning disability across community settings, respite services, and the Intensive Support Team. We work in close partnership with service users, carers, Adult Social Care, and third sector and independent providers to support people with complex and often unmet health needs, including behaviours that challenge, mental health needs, dual diagnosis, and significant physical health conditions.
We are excited to offer an opportunity for three Band 5 Community Learning Disability Nurses to join our teams. Whether you are a newly qualified nurse at the start of your career or an experienced Band 5 looking for a new challenge, we would love to hear from you.
You will support adults with learning disabilities to live healthier, more independent, and fulfilling lives. You will work with individuals who have complex physical, sensory, communication, and behavioural needs, using your clinical skills and compassion to deliver care that is person-centred, respectful, and empowering.
There are two posts available within the West and South Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) and one post within the East North East CLDT. The service operates Monday to Friday, 9:00am until 5:00pm.
Main duties of the job
You will be supported to work both autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, developing confidence and independence within your scope of practice.You will manage a caseload, including care coordination responsibilities, ensuring individuals, their families, and carers are supported to understand and implement agreed care and treatment plans. You will build meaningful relationships and work in partnership with a range of health and social care professionals to deliver person centred care.
In this role, you will contribute to a range of clinical pathways undertaking holistic assessments, planning and delivering interventions, and reviewing outcomes. These include Complex Physical Health, Dementia, Positive Behaviour Support, Mental Health, Risk and Vulnerability, Health Desensitisation, Anger Management, and Anxiety Management.
Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of nursing intervention toolkits, helping to shape and improve the way care is delivered across the service.
As part of a supportive learning environment, you will play a role in supporting and developing others, including Student Nurses, Senior Support Workers, and Therapy Assistants sharing your knowledge, skills, and passion for high-quality care.
This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful difference every day while continuing to grow and develop professionally.
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments
As part of a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team, you will carry out holistic assessments and deliver tailored interventions for individuals whose needs cannot be met within mainstream services. You will receive regular clinical and managerial supervision, with opportunities for learning, development, and career progression.
In this role, you will not only provide direct clinical care but also play a vital part in reducing health inequalities and preventing avoidable hospital admissions. Through proactive, person centred planning, you will help ensure that people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
If you are motivated by making a meaningful impact and want to be part of a team that values compassion, collaboration, and continuous learning, this is an opportunity to build a rewarding and purposeful career.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Advanced Diploma or degree in Learning Disability Nursing. Other branches of nursing would be considered. Registered within the NMC.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Awareness of the Learning disability Nurse role and experience of working with people with a learning disability.
- Experience of working in an MDT.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills communicating with a range of service users.
- Driver with access to a vehicle for work purposes.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Doswell
- Job title
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- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01138555345
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