Senior Community Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Senior Community Nurse within the Warrington District Nursing Service, focusing on managing complex patients and providing clinical leadership. The successful candidate will conduct holistic assessments, develop care plans, and mentor junior staff. It requires proven district nursing experience, strong communication, and clinical reasoning skills. The position offers an opportunity to develop leadership potential within community-based care.
Essential criteria
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.
- Right to Work
- Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
- If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
- Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.
- Demonstrable experience in the clinical field or a closely related clinical area as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.
- Experience in supervising and delegating to other members of staff.
- Experience of clinical leadership skills e.g., leading/supervising junior staff and students.
- Working in community setting.
Desirable criteria
- Working in primary care-based teams
- Experience of acting in an advocate/champion role
- Practical and Intellectual Skills
- Specialist assessment, planning and evaluation skills.
- Complex analytical and creative problem-solving skills in unpredictable situations
- Leadership skills and excellent decision-making capabilities.
- Competent IT skills in order to collect and interpret data, present reports, and compile simple presentations.
- Effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex or potentially distressing information to patients / carers and managing conflict when appropriate.
- Risk assessment skills
- Reflective practice skills able to give clear and effective feedback.
- Able to research, understand and evaluate evidence in order to contribute to practice development
- Experience in research and/or clinical audit
- Workload management including delegation of tasks and day-to-day team leadership.
- Registered Nurse
- Post Graduate qualification in specialist field or working towards
- Evidence of proficiency in core skills required for delivery of care within a district nursing service such as, tissue viability, palliative care, diabetes management.
- Mentorship qualification / skills and/or experience or committed to undertaking appropriate mentorship programme.
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent
- Non-medical prescribing
- Formal qualifications in:
- Clinical examination
- Clinical Skills
- Tissue Viability
- Palliative Care
- Diabetes management
- Frailty
- Knowledge and Understanding
- Detailed theoretical and clinical knowledge appropriate to District Nursing service
- Knowledge of relevant current issues in health and social care, ethics, and innovation
- Demonstrates awareness of limits to knowledge base
- Application of clinical governance and quality measures in practice
- Attitude and Behaviour
- Displays care, compassion, sensitivity, and responsiveness to other peoples feelings and needs.
- Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate appreciating the value of diversity in the workplace.
- Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with others both internal and external to the organisation and with patients and their careers.
- Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload managing unpredictable service demands.
- Positive and flexible attitude to dealing with change explore new ways of doing things and approaches.
- Able to respond to the changing needs of the patient in a proficient and timely manner.
- Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust.
- Ability and willingness to adopt a flexible approach to work on the occasions it may be required.
- Relationships
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.
- Right to Work
- Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
- If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
- Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.
- Demonstrable experience in the clinical field or a closely related clinical area as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.
- Experience in supervising and delegating to other members of staff.
- Experience of clinical leadership skills e.g., leading/supervising junior staff and students.
- Working in community setting.
- Working in primary care-based teams
- Experience of acting in an advocate/champion role
- Practical and Intellectual Skills
- Specialist assessment, planning and evaluation skills.
- Complex analyt
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.
Posted 2d ago · Closes in 13d
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Job summary
Are you a Registered Nurse looking to take the next step in
your career within District Nursing? Do you have recent
experience within a district nursing service and a passion for delivering
high-quality community care? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to
join our Warrington District Nursing Service as a Senior Community Staff Nurse.
We are seeking committed and skilled nurses with proven
district nursing experience, including areas such as palliative and end-of-life
care, wound management, and catheter care. In this role, you will be
responsible for managing a cohort of higher-acuity and complex patients, under
the guidance of the Team Leader (caseload holder), demonstrating clinical
confidence and sound professional judgement.
The successful candidate will bring excellent communication
skills, strong clinical reasoning, and the ability to prioritise and manage
their own workload effectively. You will be expected to carry out comprehensive
holistic assessments, develop and lead on personalised plans of care, and
provide support, guidance, and mentorship to junior colleagues within the
service.
If you are looking for a role that challenges you, develops
your leadership potential, and places you at the heart of community-based care,
we would be delighted to receive your application. We are committed to
supporting worklife balance, and all flexible wo
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