Community Matron

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Matron to join our SEC District Nursing Teams across South East Central Northumberland, located in Cramlington. You will lead advanced clinical assessment and coordinate care for patients with highly complex needs, while supporting staff development and professional practice within a multi-disciplinary team.

The post involves proactive case management, collaboration with Specialist Nurses, Medical colleagues, Palliative Care,

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse 1st level
• First level degree in health-related subject
• Advanced Physical Assessment and history taking qualification
• Independent Prescribing qualification
• Registered mentor

Responsibilities

• Clinically supervise and develop the skill set of community nursing staff, students, patients and carers within a cluster of community teams.
• role model compassionate, inclusive leadership and coach staff to support practice across localities.
• Undertake advanced clinical assessment, needs identification, planning and case management for highly complex cases.
• Develop advanced professional practice including medicines management and interagency collaboration.
• Proactively reduce unplanned hospital admissions and facilitate earlier discharge from hospital.
• Foster collective leadership within the trust through engaging, empowering and team-based working.

Education

Registered Nurse 1st level

First level degree in health-related subject

Advanced Physical Assessment and history taking qualification

Independent Prescribing qualification

Registered mentor

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Matron to join our Community Nursing Teams across South East Central Northumberland; the Community Matron will be responsible for identification of vulnerable patients who are at risk and also those frequently admitted to hospital by proactive case management working with Specialist Nurses, Medical colleagues, Palliative Care, Intermediate Care, Social Care and AHPs, the aim is to reduce admissions and improve quality of life. They will provide support into the care homes. Northumbria Healthcare Trust are committed to lifelong learning and offer support to enhance your knowledge and skills, to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The Community Matron undertakes advanced clinical assessment, identifying needs, planning, case management and coordinating of care for patients with highly complex needs and co-existing long term conditions, working in partnership with other professionals and agencies to improve patient outcomes. The post holder will provide clinical leadership for staff within the Community Nursing service, supporting the development of staff roles with regular training and supervision and will contribute to the assessment of competence for registered and non registered staff.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Details

Date posted: 23 October 2026 Pay scheme: Agenda for change Band: Band 7 Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year Pro rata, per annum Contract: Permanent Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working Reference number: 319-8358130IO Job locations: SEC District Nursing Teams- Cramlington and Bedlington, Health and Care Academy, Cramlington, NE23 6NZ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• To clinically supervise and demonstrate specialist community healthcare knowledge and skills to develop the skill set of community nursing staff, students, patients and carers within a cluster of community teams.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership where team members are supported to work and develop clinical practice across all localities acting as joint supervisors to all Nurse Practitioners where needed.
• The post-holder will undertake advanced clinical assessment, needs identification, planning, case management and co-ordination of care for individuals with highly complex needs and co-existing long-term conditions.
• The post-holder will work towards advanced professional practice including advanced clinical skills, medicines management, leadership, supporting self-care management and forge interagency and partnership working to improve outcomes for patients with co-existing long-term conditions.
• In addition, the post-holder will work proactively to reduce unplanned hospital admissions and facilitate earlier discharge from hospital for patients identified through multi-disciplinary team meetings, high risk patient programmes or proactive care management.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse 1st level
• First level degree in health-related subject
• Advanced Physical Assessment and history taking qualification
• Independent Prescribing qualification
• Registered mentor

Desirable

• Relevant and additional post registration eg Advanced / Specialist qualification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Significant post-registration experience preferably with some experience in a community setting or clear understanding of Primary and community care
• In depth experience in the management of individuals with long term conditions
• Ensuring the delivery of 'Compassion in Practice' - Nursing, Midwifery and Care Staff Vision and Strategy, incorporating the 6C's.
• Specialist knowledge and experience in Community Care to Master's level equivalent or evidence that works at a Masters level equivalent

Desirable

• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Other Requirements

Essential

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

Employer details

Employer name: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer's website: https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Neighbourhood Matron- Bedlington, Lyndsey Wilkinson, [e-mail], 07500552961

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.