Community Learning Disability Nurse | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Kings Hill / Tunbridge Wells, ME14 9AE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	20 Oct 2026
Closing date:	21 Nov 2026

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Summary

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 currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation 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.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters.As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community differencehere.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

This advert closes on Monday 2 Nov 2026

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