Community Specialist Practitioner - District Nurse

Integrated Care System; Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Community Specialist Practitioner - District Nurse to lead the community nursing team in Harrogate and surrounding areas. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality, proactive care to patients, while managing a diverse team. Ideal candidates should have a degree in Community Health Care Nursing, along with excellent communication and leadership skills. This is a permanent position with a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum, dependent on experience.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Counselling service

Fast-track Physiotherapy service

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience of managing caseloads.
• Experience of working with patients with long term conditions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team in the provision of community nursing care.
• Establish high quality programmes of evidenced based care for individual patients.
• Ensure the implementation and evaluation of care in conjunction with other agencies.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Clinical Supervision

Leadership/Supervisory Experience

Education

Degree in Community Health Care Nursing

Job description

Go back Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Community Specialist Practitioner - District Nurse

The closing date is 05 August 2025

Are you a qualified District Nurse with the Specialist Practitioner Qualification? Are you looking for an exciting and challenging role in a friendly and supportive community care team? If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate District Nurses with excellent communication skills and great leadership skills to motivate and support others to maintain the delivery of high quality, proactive and safe care that we at HDFT strive to achieve.

Main duties of the job

To lead and manage a team in the provision of an community nursing care for a defined locality

Establish high quality programmes of evidenced based care for individual patients referred to the team.

Ensure the implementation and evaluation of care in conjunction with other agencies incorporating statutory and voluntary services

Line manage a team with varying skill mix

About us

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please note:

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
• Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.

Job responsibilities

We are a forward thinking service with a real sense of community and pride ourselves on our ability to support people in their own homes. Join us and support our vision of delivering the right care, first time, every time.

Bases in Adult Community Services include Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough, covering both rural and urban areas.

We strongly encourage you to contact us to arrange an informal visit to learn more about the service we provide and meet our teams.

For a list of all of the responsibilities of the role and a detailed job description and personal specification please refer to the attached documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration
• Degree in Community Health Care Nursing

Experience

• Experience of managing caseloads
• Experience of working with patients with long term conditions

Skills

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Clinical Supervision/Leadership/Supervisory Experience

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.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Community Care Team Knaresborough, Ripon and Harrogate

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time

Reference number

421-LTUCC-2008S-B

Job locations

Community Care Team Knaresborough, Ripon and Harrogate