Community Matron

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

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Community Matron to lead advanced clinical assessments and manage care for patients with complex needs across North Northumberland. You will partner with Specialist Nurses, medical colleagues, palliative and social care teams to reduce admissions and improve quality of life, including support to care homes.

The post offers lifelong learning support, clinical leadership responsibilities, and a Band 7 salary with comprehensive NHS benefits.

Qualifications

• Essential nursing qualification and registration as a nurse.
• Advanced assessment and prescribing qualifications are preferred.
• Mentor status or ability to mentor staff is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced clinical assessment and care planning for high-need patients.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision within community nursing.
• Coordinate care with multi-professional teams and care homes.
• Work to reduce hospital admissions and improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Professional leadership

Nurse mentoring

Case management

Education

First level degree in health-related subject

Advanced Physical Assessment qualification

Independent Prescribing qualification or ability to achieve

Registered mentor

Tools

None listed

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Matron to join our Community Nursing Teams across North 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, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?

Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!

Details

Date posted: 15 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 319-8353159LH

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 or an ability to achieve this within 2 years of appointment.
• Registered mentor

Qualifications - Desirable

• Relevant and additional post registration eg Advanced / Specialist qualification

Experience and Knowledge - Essential

• Specialist knowledge and experience in Community Care to Master's level equivalent or evidence that works at a Masters level equivalent
• Significant post-registration experience preferably with some experience in a community setting or clear understanding of Primary and community care

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Amble Health Centre, Percy Drive, Amble, NE65 0HD, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Neighbourhood Matron, Alison McKenzie, [e-mail], 07876501438

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