Band 6 Nurse

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust seeks an experienced Integrated District Nursing Sister (Band 6) to manage an integrated caseload in Luton. The role emphasizes clinical leadership, home‑based assessment, and coordinated care planning to support patients in the community.

You will work within a dynamic team, requiring a UK driving licence and access to a vehicle. The service operates 8am–6pm, 7 days a week on a rotating rota.

Qualifications

• Degree level nursing qualification or equivalent (e.g., Community Specialist Practitioner / PgDip).
• Evidence of CPD and ongoing professional development.
• Desirable post graduate study and experience in community nursing.

Responsibilities

• Provide scheduled and unscheduled community nursing care to housebound residents in Luton.
• Manage a defined caseload and coordinate care with a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Provide clinical leadership within Integrated Community Nursing Service.
• Assess needs, plan and evaluate care to prevent hospital admissions and support home living.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Caseload management

Team leadership

Community nursing

Decision making

Non-medical prescribing

Communication

Education

Degree-level nursing

Independent nurse prescribing

Job description

Are you an experienced and compassionate nurse ready to take the next step in your career? We are looking for an Integrated District Nursing Sister looking for a new challenge. Keen to work with motivated caring staff. If you are an experienced, dynamic enthusiastic Nurse and are able to utilise sound clinical decision making to provide evidence based treatment and care planning in response to clinical assessment, we would like to hear from you. In Luton we are looking for a dynamic, motivated Band 6 Nurse to caseload manage within an integrated team with a strong ethos of quality care provision. This role will give you the opportunity to assist with the development of Integrated Community Nursing within Luton. This role requires you to hold a UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle. Our service works from 8am - 6pm, 7 days a week on a rota basis. (Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 16/10/2026)

Main duties of the job To support the provision of Community Nursing care within the Integrated Community Nursing Team, providing scheduled and unscheduled care to the house bound population of Luton. To manage a defined caseload of patients To prevent avoidable hospital admissions by providing a holistic assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care packages to meet the individual needs of the patient in accordance with Trust guidelines. To provide clinical leadership within the Community Nursing Service To organise and coordinate the overall care to meet clients' care needs, which may be complex involving other professionals and agencies in an integrated and co‑ordinated way.

About us

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives. There’s one reason why our services are outstanding - and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey. If you share our passion for innovative and high‑quality care delivery, then we would like to offer you a role as part of our exciting journey as a leading‑edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development. Please be aware that East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust will never ask applicants to pay fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including job applications, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. All recruitment communications and job applications should only be made through our official careers website and published contact details. If you receive a suspicious job offer or recruitment‑related communication, do not make any payments, share personal information, or provide identity documents. We encourage you to report the matter to your local police or relevant law enforcement agency. Any concerns relating to potential recruitment fraud should also be reported to our Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS) as soon as possible.

Management and leadership responsibility for a team of nurses

To contribute to the development and implementation of policies as required. To be accountable and responsible for the management of work priorities for self and team members. To take a lead in the setting of standards of care amongst the team and to teach, deploy, co‑ordinate and supervise the team, recognising their knowledge/skills and development potential. To assess and implement care interventions to meet identified health needs of individuals, families and communities. Maintain associated records. To provide clinical supervision and mentorship to pre‑ and post‑registration nursing students. To assess and identify any complications surrounding patient care and to act accordingly to enable the patient to remain at home where appropriate. To assess and prioritise unscheduled requests for nursing intervention and allocation to an appropriately skilled clinician as required. To work in partnership with other agencies to deliver strategic national and local health priorities To refer patients to other services / agencies as appropriate To elevate risk appropriately To ensure that patients are treated with care and compassion at all times. If you have a non‑medical prescribing qualification, you will be expected to practice as a prescriber as part of this role.

Job description, ‘Please see JD and PS for detailed responsibilities’

Qualifications & Training

• Educated to degree level or equivalent e.g. Community Specialist practitioner /PgDip
• Independent Nurse Prescribing or willingness to undertake
• Evidence of CPD
• MSPP or equivalent
• Desirable
• Post Graduate study in relevant area
• Experience Essential
• Significant post registration experience including community experience
• Understanding of staff and resource management
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary Primary Health Care Team.
• Awareness of implications of DOH directives
• Ability to work within a skill mixed team, working within quality standards.
• Able to demonstrate a knowledge of clinical / governance and audit
• Demonstrate an understanding of research and its impact on clinical practice.
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Children/Vulnerable Adults and procedure for reporting
• Evidence of involvement in project development work or health promotion group work
• Desirable
• Experience of working within a high ethnic population
• DN/ Community experience
• Knowledge and Skills Essential
• Evidence of involvement in project development work or health promotion group workAbility to lead a team and to work as an autonomous practitioner.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries
• Systematic approach to work and Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others
• Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
• Encourages others to express themselves openly
• Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems
• Shows respect for others' feelings, views and circumstances
• In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down.
• Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so
• Listens to personal comments without becoming defensive

Person Specification

• Educated to degree level or equivalent e.g. Community Specialist practitioner /PgDip
• Independent Nurse Prescribing or willingness to undertake
• Evidence of CPD
• MSPP or equivalent
• Desirable
• Post Graduate study in relevant area
• Experience Essential
• Significant post registration experience including community experience
• Understanding of staff and resource management
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary Primary Health Care Team.
• Awareness of implications of DOH directives
• Ability to work within a skill mixed team, working within quality standards.
• Able to demonstrate a knowledge of clinical / governance and audit
• Demonstrate an understanding of research and its impact on clinical practice.
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Children/Vulnerable Adults and procedure for reporting
• Evidence of involvement in project development work or health promotion group work
• Desirable
• Experience of working within a high ethnic population
• DN/ Community experience
• Knowledge and Skills Essential
• Evidence of involvement in project development work or health promotion group work
• Ability to lead a team and to work as an autonomous practitioner.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries
• Systematic approach to work and Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others
• Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
• Encourages others to express themselves openly
• Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems
• Shows respect for others' feelings, views and circumstances
• In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down.
• Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so
• Listens to personal comments without becoming defensive

• Educated to degree level or equivalent e.g. Community Specialist practitioner /PgDip
• Independent Nurse Prescribing or willingness to undertake
• Evidence of CPD
• MSPP or equivalent
• Desirable
• Post Graduate study in relevant area
• Experience Essential
• Significant post registration experience including community experience
• Understanding of staff and resource management
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary Primary Health Care Team.Awareness of implications of DOH directives
• Ability to work within a skill mixed team, working within quality standards.
• Able to demonstrate a knowledge of clinical / governance and audit
• Demonstrate an understanding of research and its impact on clinical practice.
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Children/Vulnerable Adults and procedure for reporting
• Evidence of involvement in project development work or health promotion group work
• Desirable
• Experience of working within a high ethnic population
• DN/ Community experience
• Knowledge and Skills Essential
• Evidence of involvement in project development work or health promotion group work
• Ability to lead a team and to work as an autonomous practitioner.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries
• Systematic approach to work and Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others
• Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
• Encourages others to express themselves openly
• Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems
• Shows respect for others' feelings, views and circumstances
• In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down.
• Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so
• Listens to personal comments without becoming defensive