Sirona care & health CIC

Clinical Specialist Community Disability Nurse

The closing date is 21 July 2025

Job summary

The Sirona Adult Learning Disability Health Service (ALDHS):

The ALDHS is a centre of excellence for specialist learning disability health needs. We are organised in 3 localities where multidisciplinary teams enable our service users to access health services through direct care, liaison with other services and offering support and training on how to work with people who have a learning disability (LD) and how to make reasonable adjustments.

We are looking for a Clinical Specialist Community Disability Nurse for our community learning disability nursing team to support the Clinical Lead Learning Disability Community Nurse with day to day Operational management and co ordination of resources making sure that the service is responsive to the needs of the service users and their Carers and to the changing demands of the local health community

To provide Learning Disability specific advice and support to the other staff in the SALDHS and wider Sirona teams as necessary.

The successful applicant will provide clinical and managerial supervision of the ALDH community nursing staff and contribute to a matrix supervision approach for all staff within the ALDH service. This will also include responsibility for directly supporting the care and treatment of service users, carrying a small complex clinical caseload for those requiring a high level of expertise and experience.

Main duties of the job

Provide leadership, clinical support, and supervision to motivate team members and develop effective team working and personal development.
To triage referrals & be a key point of contact for the SALDHS.
Undertake highly skilled and specialist holistic assessment of service users to formulate individualised management and treatment plans using evidence based clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options.
Assess, develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based programmes of care for individuals with complex needs who have a learning disability referring to other services or professionals as appropriate.
Ensure that service users, and if appropriate their caregivers and family, have access to the information they need in order to make informed choices about their care and promote shared decision making with individuals regarding their care plan. Encourage independence and enable service users and their carers to manage their condition
Act as expert resource, providing specialist LD Community Nursing information and advice to other community teams, their staff regarding the management and treatment of people with a learning disability who have complex health needs
Have a comprehensive knowledge of other agencies and services available, and how to access them appropriately.

About us

We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist healthcare services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, it's about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care we would expect for ourselves and our families.

At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, people and communities. We welcome applications from all who feel they have the skills and attributes to make a real difference.

Benefits:

We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and the NHS pension scheme plus much more!Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for details.

We offer NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) salary including annual leave supplement, Stakeholder pension, a range of health and wellbeing incentives, high street discounts, plus much more!

Date posted

07 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

083-7297175-SL

Job locations

New Friends Hall

Heath House, Lane Stapleton,

Bristol

BS16 1EQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Diploma/ degree in LD Community Nursing
Evidence of study at Masters level or willingness to undertake
To be able to travel between a variety of locations within BNSSG. A motorised vehicle is required.
NMC Registration

Skills Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of highly competent clinical reasoning skills and be able to communicate this to other professionals
A high level of effective communication and an ability to develop relationships with people with Learning disabilities, carers and staff in other teams and organisations.
Able to work collaboratively within own and multidisciplinary health and social care teams
Evidence of Computer skills including e-mail, word processing, power-point and the use of data bases to search for literature.
Demonstrable people management skills: you will need to be able to supervise and manage junior staff and students.
Documented evidence of CPD in accordance with NMC recommendations
Significant experience of the core areas of LD Community Nursing

essential

Essential

To be able to travel between a variety of locations within BNSSG. Motorised vehicle is required

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Diploma/ degree in LD Community Nursing
Evidence of study at Masters level or willingness to undertake
To be able to travel between a variety of locations within BNSSG. A motorised vehicle is required.
NMC Registration

Skills Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of highly competent clinical reasoning skills and be able to communicate this to other professionals
A high level of effective communication and an ability to develop relationships with people with Learning disabilities, carers and staff in other teams and organisations.
Able to work collaboratively within own and multidisciplinary health and social care teams
Evidence of Computer skills including e-mail, word processing, power-point and the use of data bases to search for literature.
Demonstrable people management skills: you will need to be able to supervise and manage junior staff and students.
Documented evidence of CPD in accordance with NMC recommendations
Significant experience of the core areas of LD Community Nursing

essential

Essential

To be able to travel between a variety of locations within BNSSG. Motorised vehicle is required

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

New Friends Hall

Heath House, Lane Stapleton,

Bristol

BS16 1EQ

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

New Friends Hall

Heath House, Lane Stapleton,

Bristol

BS16 1EQ

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)