We are recruiting a Specialist Nurse within the West Midlands Learning Disability and Autism Community Forensic Service.
This service is being developed as a partnership between Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) and Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) .
We are seeking experienced nurses with a background in community and forensic work with adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic adults . Applications are welcome from staff who are currently working at Band 6 level or above .
This is a non-recurrent, two-year project funded via the Reach Out Collaborative, with the contract commencing upon appointment. This post is available as a fixed-term contract or 20-month secondment opportunity for internal applicants.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering specialist nursing care, supporting service development, and ensuring safe and effective clinical delivery across inpatient and community settings.

• Working with the clinical lead of the West Midlands Community Forensic LDA service to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
• Collaborating effectively with others to deliver the agreed nursing responsibilities of the West Midlands Community Forensic LDA service.
• Being operationally responsible for healthcare and nursing staff employed in relation to the service, as directed by the clinical lead and operational manager.
• Organising and overseeing the use of physical resources required to run the service.
• Contributing to future developments of offender group treatment programmes and the wider community forensic service.
• Providing teaching and training to staff and other professionals.
• Delivering specialist assessments and consultation across agencies including health, social care, third sector, and probation.
• Coordinating referrals into the service and liaising with relevant commissioners.
• Participating in the West Midlands-wide on-call rota , providing clinical advice and urgent support outside core hours.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• Working with the clinical lead of the West Midlands Community Forensic LDA service to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
• Collaborating effectively with others to deliver the agreed nursing responsibilities of the West Midlands Community Forensic LDA service.
• Being operationally responsible for healthcare and nursing staff employed in relation to the service, as directed by the clinical lead and operational manager.
• Organising and overseeing the use of physical resources required to run the service.
• Contributing to future developments of offender group treatment programmes and the wider community forensic service.
• Providing teaching and training to staff and other professionals.
• Delivering specialist assessments and consultation across agencies including health, social care, third sector, and probation.
• Coordinating referrals into the service and liaising with relevant commissioners.
• Participating in the West Midlands-wide on-call rota , providing clinical advice and urgent support outside core hours