Community Sister

Cddft; North East; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Sister to join the Derwentside East Community Nursing Team. The post covers Derwentside locality with duties from an office base in Stanley, on a 8am–9pm seven days roster.

You will manage complex clinical care and supervise staff while delivering nursing care at patients' homes and in residential settings. Applicants must hold NMC 1st level Registration (Adult) and may receive role-specific training.

Qualifications

• First level Registration with the NMC (Adult) is required.
• Professional knowledge of community nursing via degree or equivalent experience.
• Diploma level specialist training or short courses in community nursing.
• Non-medical prescribing and leadership training are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver high-quality community nursing care.
• Manage a caseload and supervise junior staff across bands 3–5.
• Provide expert clinical advice and support to the team to ensure patient safety.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical assessment

Caseload management

Supervisory skills

Flexible working hours

Education

NMC registration (Adult)

Job description

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Community Sister

The closing date is 17 November 2026

We arecurrently seeking a Community Sister to join the Derwentside East CommunityNursing Team. The successful applicant will work across the Derwentsidelocality and the surrounding areas from an office base in Stanley. The teamcover 8am until 9pm 7 days a week on a duty roster.The post holder will be acaseload holder to ensure the provision of clinical management to CommunityNursing and Intermediate Care Services. The role involves providing holisticnursing care to adult patients in their own home or residential care setting. Successfulapplicants will be required to hold a first level nursing registration with theNMC, additional training specific to the role can be provided.

Main duties of the job

To support coordination and delivery of highquality nursing care that, where possible, meets identified patient need,supports the aims and objectives of the integrated health and social care team,and remains within the boundaries of available resource. Predominantly complex clinical care andcaseload management with some coordination and supervisory responsibilities forhealth care staff between Bands 3 to Band 5.The Community Nursing Team provide both planned and reactive careincluding Urgent Community Response.

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

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Please note that we may close any vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Job responsibilities

Thesucessful candidate will provide a variety of nursing care to patients;including wound care, administration of medication, palliative care, managementof bowel and catheter care. The role involves assessment of patient care needs,care planning, delivery of care and review. The sucessful candidate will berequired to work independently as part of the wider Nursing team reporting backto the Team Lead. To support patient safety and clinical effectivenessproviding expert evidence based clinical advice and support staff within theteam.

Person Specification

• Communicates complex sensitive, confidential information concerning patients/clients displaying empathy persuasion and reassurance (Some may have special needs; patients/clients may be hostile, antagonistic)
• Demonstrates skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients/clients
• Plans provision of care for patients/clients,
• Assess, plans, implements and evaluates clinical care of patients/clients;
• Provides specialist advice to patients /clients /carers
• Develops and implements specialist programmes of care
• Imparts unwelcome news, care of terminally ill/ safeguarding issues
• Follows policies, makes comments on proposals for change
• Implements policies and proposes changes to working practices or procedures in own work area
• Supervises work of others; clinical supervision of staff, students; provides training to others
• Works within codes of practice and professional guidelines
• Leads an area or team; manages a caseload in the community
• Occasional participation in R&D activity
• Physical Skills
• Driving, carries out immunisations/ Restraint of patients/clients using approved techniques; Dexterity and accuracy required for, e.g. intravenous injections, syringe pumps and infusion, insertion of catheters and removal of sutures.
• Ability to work hours flexibly when service needs require
• Ability to travel independently
• Community specific skill set
• Experience of HR management

Experience

• Experience working as a Nurse in a community setting/team
• Experience of managing a team and staff
• Experience of audit/research
• Experience of clinical supervision
• Evidence of recent on-going nursing development

Qualifications

• 1st Level Registration with the NMC (Adult)
• Professional knowledge of community nursing acquired through degree or equivalent level of demonstrable professional knowledge/experience
• Supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses which indicate a clear passion for nursing in the community
• Physical skills course or equivalent
• Non-Medical Prescribing
• Management and leadership course

Statutory Registration

• 1st Level Registration with the NMC (Adult)

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.

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust