Community Learning Disability Nurse

London, England, United Kingdom

6/30/2025

• To manage a caseload of adults with learning disability referred into the service with unmet health needs using evidence based and person centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate creative and dynamic nursing interventions.
• To screen and prioritise new referrals on behalf of the service.
• To plan and facilitate training to groups of adults with learning disability and carers on a range of health promotion topics including long-term medical conditions, healthy eating and their sexual health.
• Contribute to and support planning, development and roll out of specialist community learning disability nursing services and pathways for people with learning disability across Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.
  
  

To assess the health and wellbeing needs of individuals with learning disability allocated to caseload.

To build a comprehensive case history through conversation with the person, their carers, colleagues in primary care and use of available clinical systems.

To plan, deliver and evaluate programmes and nursing interventions to address the identified health and wellbeing needs of those individuals.

To screen new referrals in accordance with current standard operating procedure.

To facilitate and lead groups of adults with learning disability to learn about their health needs and develop confidence and skill to self-manage long-term conditions.

To raise awareness of good health and wellbeing through health promotion activities (Individuals and groups)

To monitor the health and wellbeing of individuals and groups and contribute to protecting those groups and individuals whose health and wellbeing is at risk.

To carry out Nursing Procedures appropriate to role.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

The community team for adults with learning disabilities is comprised of health care professionals employed by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to work in an integrated way to support adults with learning disabilities to live full and meaningful lives, access health services and develop independence skills across the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. We provide specialist Audiology, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Community Learning Disability Nursing and Speech and Language Therapy Services.

The Community Learning Disability Nursing team provide;

• Health Facilitation (strategic and individual) in all areas of NHS provision.
• Comprehensive nursing assessment and intervention covering all aspects of physical health and wellbeing.
• Health promotion activities (both individual and groups).
• Health protection and surveillance
• Teaching and training for fellow healthcare professionals and social care support workers around the health needs of people with learning disability and how best to meet them
• Healthcare case coordination for people with very complex physical health presentations.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Patricia Okebu Job title: Community Learning Disability Nurse Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07714398804

Ziah Sodje

Community Learning Disability Nurse

[email protected]

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