Community Staff Nurse - Out of Hours

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH); Warrington; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH) is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to join the Out of Hours District Nursing service in Warrington. The post requires autonomous, evidence-based nursing care and close collaboration with the wider health and social care team to support patients in their homes.

Key duties include comprehensive assessments of urgent calls, planning and evaluating care plans, mentoring and teaching staff, and maintaining accurate records in line with NMC

Qualifications

• Registered adult nurse with NMC registration.
• Evidence of level 5/6 study.
• Teaching and Assessing qualification.
• Previous community experience.

Responsibilities

• Undertake responsibility for a delegated caseload.
• Assess, plan and evaluate patient care.
• Liaise with District Nurse for information sharing and continuity of care.
• Mentoring, Teaching and Assessing.
• Liaise with health care professionals and other agencies for effective service delivery.
• Promote health and wellbeing within the family and community.
• Attend multi-disciplinary case conferences as the named nurse.
• Communicate with patients, relatives and carers in complex situations.
• Work without direct supervision.

Skills

Clinical skills

Venepuncture

Immunisation

NMC registered

Electronic records

Palliative care

IV Therapy

Tissue viability

Chronic disease

Teaching skills

Audit & research

Education

NMC registered adult nurse

Level 5/6 study

Teaching and Assessing qualification

Job description

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)

Community Staff Nurse - Out of Hours

The closing date is 24 November 2026

Are you a registerednurse looking for a role in District Nursing. We are looking for an experiencedand motivated individual who will be responsible for carrying out holistic andautonomous evidenced-based nursing care to patients under the care of theWarrington Out of Hours District Nursing service. You should be able todemonstrate ongoing professional development.

The post holder willprovide a high standard of care, utilising clinical skills in the assessment,planning and implementation of pro-active care to a community population withnursing needs referred into the district nursing service. The post holder willwork in close collaboration with other professionals/stakeholders within the Warringtonfootprint.

If you are looking forflexibility with your working hours to support your work life balance, allflexible working requests will be considered in line with the needs of theservice.

Main duties of the job

The OOH role focuses on promoting patient safety, healthand wellbeing through timely assessment and intervention in response to urgentand priority clinical needs. The postholder undertakes comprehensiveassessments of Priority 1 callouts, identifies changing or deteriorating healthneeds, delivers appropriate nursing interventions and evaluates outcomes. Theywork autonomously and without direct supervision, demonstrating clinicalcompetence, professional accountability and adherence to NMC standards, whilemaintaining accurate and contemporaneous records.

The postholder works collaboratively with the widermultidisciplinary team, patients, relatives, carers and relevant health andsocial care services to ensure safe and effective care. The role does notinvolve holding a caseload or undertaking planned chronic disease management;instead, it is focused on responding to urgent and unpredictable OOH demand,prioritising patients according to clinical need, managing potentially complexor challenging situations, and escalating concerns appropriately. Effective communication,sound clinical judgement and the ability to work independently are essential tomaintaining patient safety and continuity of care across the OOH service.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

The post holder actively supports the DistrictNursing team by undertaking responsibility for a delegated caseload.

Undertakes the assessment, planning andevaluation of patients care needs.

Liaises with the District Nurse to ensure information sharing in relation to patientcare / changes to care plan and the continuity of care and reviewing ofcomplex care packages.

Mentoring, Teaching and Assessing.

Liaises with all health care professionals andother agencies to ensure effective service delivery.

Duties andResponsibilities:

Topromote the health and wellbeing within the family unit and community as awhole.

Performcomprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs as the named nurse.

Plan, assess and evaluate programmes of careaccording to changing health needs under the direction of the District Nurse.

Tosupport the team leader in the co-ordination of complex and continuing carepackages.

Maintainaccurate records in accordance with NMC.

Attenda multi-disciplinary case conference as the named nurse if appropriate.

Tocommunicate and collaborate with other members of the PHCT, voluntary andstatutory organisations to support individual patient care.

Toestablish and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives andcarers in complex and potentially challenging situations.

Tocompetently perform clinical skills related to the post.

To beprofessionally responsible for a delegated caseload under the supervision ofthe District Nurse.

Toassess health needs at individual, practice and community level.

Toundertake chronic disease management reviews using appropriate template.

To work without direct supervision

Managerial:

To access support from the District NurseCoordinator or District Nurse within the group for the day-to-day workload inthe absence of the teams designated District Nurse.

Please see attached Full Job Description.

Right to Work

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

Relationships

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Skills and Knowledge

• Range of extended clinical skills & demonstrate clinical knowledge.
• Venepuncture and immunisation.
• Able to communicate sensitive information to patients, relatives and carers.
• Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate packages of care.
• Able to develop effective interpersonal skills/relationships across the health & social care setting.
• Experience of using Electronic Patient Records.
• Audit and research.
• Supra pubic catheterisation.
• Tissue viability qualification.
• IV Therapy
• Chronic disease management.
• Experience of
• working within palliative care.
• Teaching & assessing skills.

Experience

• Previous community experience

Qualifications

• NMC registered adult nurse
• Evidence of level 5/6 study.
• Teaching and Assessing qualification

Job Specific Requirements

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs

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.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)