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Band 6
Full-time

Clinical Lead

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation TrustCustom House Ellesmere Port, Merseyton Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 3AD, United Kingdom£39,959 - £48,117Closes 11/09/2026

At a glance

Band
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Pattern
Full-time
Hours / week
37.5
Posted
01/09/2026
Closes
11/09/2026

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Role summary

This Clinical Lead role is for a full-time Community Nurse, Band 6, working 37.5 hours per week in Ellesmere Port. The post holder will provide clinical leadership and oversight, focusing on preventing hospital admissions, supporting end-of-life care, and facilitating hospital discharges. The role involves working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide person-centred care at home, requiring excellent communication and teamwork.

Essential criteria

  • First level registered general adult nurse
  • Evidence of teaching and assessing
  • SPC qualification in District Nursing or equivalent; demonstrating robust evidence of caseload management, community profiling and application of health needs assessment
  • Knowledge and Expertise
  • Proficiency in delivering high quality evidenced based care
  • To be able to demonstrate continuing professional development
  • Ability to work and communicate effectively within a MDT setting
  • Significant experience of working within a community healthcare setting
  • Experience of making autonomous decisions
  • First level registered general adult nurse
  • Evidence of teaching and assessing
  • SPC qualification in District Nursing or equivalent; demonstrating robust evidence of caseload management, community profiling and application of health needs assessment
  • Knowledge and Expertise
  • Proficiency in delivering high quality evidenced based care
  • To be able to demonstrate continuing professional development
  • Ability to work and communicate effectively within a MDT setting
  • Significant experience of working within a community healthcare setting
  • Experience of making autonomous decisions

Useful to know

Band 6 pay context

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.

Application window

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Job summary

Due to investment and development in our new Community Response Hubs we are looking to recruit a full time Community NurseBand 6, Clinical Lead working 37.5 hours per week between the hours of 8am - 8pm.

Based in Ellesmere Port visiting the patients of the Ellesmere Port and Neston areas. Travel is an important part of this role. Access to a car for work purposes is essential.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a clinical resource, providing a visible clinical profile, having advisory, leadership and clinical oversight of the caseload.

The team focus is on prevention of unnecessary acute hospital admission, End of Life Care and Facilitating discharge from hospital.

By working collaboratively with the wider healthcare team we ensure person centred care for those patients whose preferred place of care is at home.

A high level of communication is essential for the role, with Team work at the core of our practice.

About us

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpo

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