Learning Disability Nurse Duties & Responsibilities
The role and function of a Learning Disability Nurse includes the following duties and responsibilities:
- Using expert communication skills to engage with vulnerable people
- Interpreting and understanding behaviour and evidence-based outcomes to develop individual care packages
- Coordinating healthcare reviews/care plans with other health and social welfare professionals, and completing appropriate paperwork
- Carrying out group work on issues such as problem solving, anxiety management, healthy living and behaviour management
- Supporting staff and carers in the community
- Assisting with tests, evaluations and observations
- Maintaining awareness of local community activities and opportunities
- Organising home visits and attending GP clinic appointments to monitor and discuss progress with patients, their carers and their GP
- Planning activities, social events and holidays with service users (in supported living settings)
- Liaising with hospital admissions staff to plan patients' care needs on admission and discharge (e.g. housing and medication)
- Supporting the agenda for equality and equal access to all community and public services.
Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Learning Disability Nurse duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Learning Disability Nurse roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.