Learning Disability Liaison Nurse
Closing date: 20 May 2026.
An exciting opportunity for a registered nurse to join the Learning Disability Liaison Nurse Team in Oxford. Passionate about supporting people with learning disabilities to access healthcare and aspiring to provide person‑centred care in an acute hospital setting.
Work in an experienced team delivering high‑quality patient care across emergency departments, inpatient and outpatient settings within the John Radcliffe Hospital, Horton General Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Churchill Hospital.
Alongside the clinical element, opportunity to develop skills in delivering training, audits, quality improvement projects and policy and pathway development.
Main duties
- Provide exceptional patient care underpinned by evidence‑based practice and OUH values.
- Work proactively and person‑centred to ensure the needs of patients with learning disabilities are identified and met.
- Collaborate with carers, family and support staff, ensuring care is coordinated across agencies.
- Provide specialist nursing care for the team’s caseload of patients.
- Communicate effective information to patients, relatives, carers and multidisciplinary team members.
- Contribute to the development of services.
- Maintain specialist knowledge of learning disability nursing practice, acting as a clinical expert and professional resource.
- Serve as a mentor and preceptor, reflecting professional nursing practice and patient care beliefs.
- Conduct oneself in a professional manner, being a role model in accordance with the NMC Code (2015).
Job responsibilities
- Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times.
- Lead on assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care from pre‑admission to discharge, demonstrating collaborative communication and decision‑making with the multi‑professional team, patients and significant others.
Professional Practice
- Develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge to provide person‑centred, evidence‑based nursing care.
Leadership and Management
- Promote effective interpersonal relationships with all members of the multi‑professional team, ensuring good team spirit, collaborative and person‑centred working practices.
Education and Training
- Be actively involved in the development, delivery and support of training for all OUH staff to raise awareness and develop skills and knowledge of the needs of people with learning disabilities.
Improving Quality and Developing Practice
- Keep up to date with professional issues influencing nursing practice, management education and research.
- Demonstrate a commitment to evidence‑based practice and clinical excellence, promoting innovation within the nursing team in line with OUH values.
Person Specification
- Registered Nurse for People with Learning Disability.
- Post‑graduate experience with people with learning disability.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous convictions.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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