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Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Windsor; On-site; CAD 79,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

27 days annual leave

Car leasing

Training and development

Job summary

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Windsor is recruiting District Nursing Sister SPQ to lead the Windsor and Maidenhead Community Nursing Team, delivering high-quality home-based care and leading clinical decision-making. You will manage a complex caseload, supervise staff, promote evidence-based practice and ensure patient-centred care in patients’ homes.

A valid NMC PIN, driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

Qualifications

• Qualified Registered Adult Nurse with NMC Pin.
• Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle for work.

Responsibilities

• Maintain required competencies within the Band 6 Community Nurse framework to assess, plan and provide care.
• Support staff to reassess and document patient health and nursing needs.
• Manage a complex and diverse caseload of patients.
• Provide information and support to patients, families and carers to inform care choices.
• Provide clinical leadership to ensure evidence-based care within Community Nursing Teams.

Skills

District Nursing

Leadership

Clinical assessment

Independent travel

Job description

District Nursing Sister SPQ | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £41,957 - £50,387 per annum (incl of HCAS)

Join our CQC-ratedOutstandingTrust as aDistrict Nursing Sisterwithin the Windsor and Maidenhead Community Nursing Team and play a vital role in delivering exceptional care to patients in their own homes.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Nurse to combine clinical expertise with leadership responsibilities. Working under the delegation of the Team Leader, you will manage a clinical caseload while providing day-to-day leadership and management to the District Nursing team. You will ensure high standards of patient care, promote evidence-based practice, and support the delivery of safe, effective, and responsive community services.

As part of our supportive Community Nursing Team, you will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for patients with a wide range of health needs. You will be passionate about delivering person-centred care, enabling patients to remain independent and receive treatment in the comfort of their own homes.

We offer a welcoming environment, excellent training opportunities, and a strong in-house development programme to support your career progression.

You will be a qualified District Nurse with a valid NMC PIN with strong leadership, clinical decision-making and organisational skills and hold a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

If you are looking for a rewarding leadership opportunity where you can make a real difference in your community, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Maintain required competencies, asidentifiedin the Band 6 Community Nurse competency framework, in order toeffectively undertake patient assessment, care planning and immediate care needs.
• Support staff to complete holistic assessment and reassessment of all health and nursing needs, ensuring that every patient has an overview of health and nursing need recorded.
• You will manage a complex and diverse caseload ofpatients
• Support teams to provide information to patients, theirfamilies,and carers both formal and informal, so that they can make informed choices about current and future care needs.
• Provide clinical support, leadership, and guidance to all staff to ensure that evidence-based care and clinical practice aremaintainedin Community Nursing Teams.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The “must haves” for this role:

• Hold a full UK Driving Licence and have use of a car for work purposes.
• A passion for community nursing, that matches our passion to provide excellent healthcare for patients within their own homes.
• Willing to undertake training to fulfil the requirements ofthese role.
• Qualified Registered Adult Nurse with NMC Pin

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise thatAItools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants.However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process.AImust not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call:Tammy Hartshorne on 07717 695105 or email: [e-mail]’ll be delighted to help.

This advert closes on Wednesday 23 Sep 2026

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Hours: Full-time

Location: Windsor, SL4 3DP

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 8 Sept 2026

Closing date: 8 Oct 2026

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.