District Nurse / Caseload Holder
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a District Nurse / Caseload Holder to work within new Integrated Care Teams in Croydon. The post holder will provide efficient and effective nursing care to patients in their own homes, focusing on promoting independence and managing caseloads. It requires excellent clinical, leadership, and communication skills to contribute to the transformation of Adult Community Services. The role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care, and working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals.
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse-Adult.
- Specialist Qualification in area of Practice or significant experience in nursing adults in the community.
- Mentorship qualification.
- Willingness to undertake further training relevant to this post.
- Nurse Prescribing or willingness to undertake
- Live registration as a sign off mentor.
- Relevant Knowledge/ Awareness
- Understanding the role and responsibilities of a Caseload Holder in relation to patients and colleagues
- Must have knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety responsibilities
- Understanding of the need for confidentiality in relation to work activities.
- Understanding of Equality and Diversity in relation to work activities.
- Understanding of the principles of promoting independence
- Awareness of own level of knowledge and competency and of when to seek guidance from senior colleagues.
- Awareness of current issues affecting Community care and the NHS.
- Knowledge of the principles of reflective practice.
- Demonstrate knowledge of management and leadership strategies and styles.
- Demonstrate knowledge of management and leadership strategies and styles.
- A minimum of 2 years nursing experience at Band 5 in the Community
- Experience as a Mentor for Student Nurses
- Experience of caseload management.
- Experience as a sign off Mentor for Student Nurses.
- Experience of financial and human resources issues.
- Skills / Abilities / Aptitudes
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for patients in their own home.
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical competence.
- Understand the change management process.
- Must be able to demonstrate clear verbal communication skills with patients, carers and staff at all levels including feeding back information
- Ability to prioritise own and teams workload and organise time effectively
- Ability to work without direct supervision, e.g. when in patients home and use initiative.
- Ability to keep calm and logical in emergency and stressful situations.
- Ability to actively plan health promotion and self-care activities with patients.
- Ability to work in partnership with patients and their families, respecting their choices and preferences.
- IT skills (e.g. data entry, Word, email, use of internet)
- Ability to deal with challenge and conflict in an appropriate manner.
- Ability to lead an effective team.
- Ability to maintain accurate, concise and contemporaneous records and other relevant written documentation.
- Ability to work effectively and co-operatively within the primary health care team and with others within a diverse population
- Ability to support, teach and motivate others.
- Knowledge and awareness of the principles of audit and evidence based practice.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the complex issues involved when working across organisations
- Ability to acknowledge own strengths and weaknesses
- Knowledge and awareness of managing complaints
- Other Factors
- Car driver, current full UK licence and access to car for work purposes.
- Ability to work flexibly including unsocial hours and weekends.
- Willingness and ability to actively participate in team and service development activities.
- Evidence of commitment to professional development.
- Qualifications / Education / T
- Registered General Nurse-Adult.
- Specialist Qualification in area of Practice or significant experience in nursing adults in the community.
- Mentorship qualification.
- Willingness to undertake further training relevant to this post.
- Nurse Prescribing or willingness to undertake
- Live registration as a sign off mentor.
- Relevant Knowledge/ Awareness
- Understanding the role and responsibilities of a Caseload Holder in relation to patients and colleagues
- Must have knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety responsibilities
- Understanding of the need for confidentiality in relation to work activities.
- Understanding of Equality and Diversity in relation to work activities.
- Understanding of the princi
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £45,953 – £54,254 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
District Nurse / Caseload Holder
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
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The post holder will offer education and support to patients, carers and other health care professionals.
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Interviews: tbc
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