# Registered Nurse (LD)

**Company**: Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Radlett
**Job type**: Permanent
**Salary**: £33677.00 to £40996.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a compassionate, motivated, and enthusiastic Registered Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD) to join the team at Elm Ward, based in Radlett, Hertfordshire. Elm Ward is an 8-bedded specialist Learning Disability inpatient service providing assessment, treatment, and support for adults with learning disabilities and associated mental health, behavioural, and complex care needs.

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality nursing care to individuals with learning disabilities and complex needs. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will support service users through assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and discharge planning, promoting positive outcomes and enhancing quality of life.

Key responsibilities include:

- Acting as the Named Nurse for an identified group of service users

- Delivering person-centred nursing interventions that promote wellbeing, independence, positive risk-taking, and recovery

- Supporting service users with complex physical, mental health, behavioural, and emotional needs

- Ensuring compliance with the Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding legislation, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (where applicable), and Trust policies

- Contributing to Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) approaches and least restrictive practice

- Working collaboratively with families, carers, advocates, and community services to support positive outcomes and discharge planning

Requirements:

- Registered Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD) with current NMC registration

- Knowledgeable and experienced in caring for individuals with learning disabilities and complex needs

- Skilled in assessment, care planning, risk management, and person-centred interventions

- Passionate about improving outcomes for people with learning disabilities

- Excellent communicator who can establish effective therapeutic relationships

- Organised, adaptable, and able to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team

Salary: £33,677 to £40,996 a year per annum, pro rata (inclusive of 5% HCAS)

## Skills

### Required
- Registered Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD)
- Mental Capacity Act
- Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
- person-centred care

### Nice to have
- Practice assessor and Practice supervisor (Or equivalent)
- Additional training in Positive Behaviour Support, Autism, or Learning Disability Practice

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