Senior Community Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
The Senior Community Nurse will lead a team of community nurses, delivering high-quality, compassionate care to patients in their homes. This role involves autonomous practice within professional scope, managing an active caseload, and overseeing staff rostering. The post holder will also participate in triage, manage incidents, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives. It is a physical health role, not mental health, within a strong multidisciplinary team framework.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Post registration qualification or university degree
Desirable criteria
- Management/ leadership qualifications/ development programme
- Teaching and assessing qualification.
- Experience of working with long term conditions and frailty
- Evidence of innovative practice
- experience, underpinned by knowledge of working with and understanding the complex needs of patients in a primary care/community setting
- experience of caseload management including responsibility for complex care packages for vulnerable people
- Experience of initiating or participating in clinical audit/research relating to clinical practice
- Additional Criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Broad range of enhanced clinical skills
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills
- Demonstrate organisational skills including the ability to make decisions and to priorities work
- Clear understanding of community health services
- Registered Nurse
- Post registration qualification or university degree
- Management/ leadership qualifications/ development programme
- Teaching and assessing qualification.
- Experience of working with long term conditions and frailty
- Evidence of innovative practice
- experience, underpinned by knowledge of working with and understanding the complex needs of patients in a primary care/community setting
- experience of caseload management including responsibility for complex care packages for vulnerable people
- Experience of initiating or participating in clinical audit/research relating to clinical practice
- Additional Criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Broad range of enhanced clinical skills
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills
- Demonstrate organisational skills including the ability to make decisions and to priorities work
- Clear understanding of community health services
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Community Nurse
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
The Senior Community Nurse will play a key leadership role in managing a team of community nurses to deliver high quality, compassionate care to patients in their own homes. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated clinician who wants to contribute to safe, person-centred care within a strong MDT framework. We pride ourselves on being caring, competent and compassionate, placing patient and service users at the heart of everything we go. working with us means joining a service where your ideas are valued, leadership pathways, and opportunities for ongoing professional growth to help you perform at your best
Please note this is a physical health role and not mental health
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work autonomously within their professional scope, taking responsibility for all aspect of community health care delivery and the safe day to day running of the service. They will line manage a team of staff, support the management of an active caseload, and oversee staff rostering. They will also participate in the triage rota, carrying delegated authority to admit, refer and discharge patients. The Community Charge Nurse will be responsible for incident management, including reviewing incident forms and ensuri
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