District Nurse

First Community Health and Care; Limpsfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

First Community Health and Care in the United Kingdom is seeking a Band 6 District Nurse with Specialist Practice Qualification. The post covers a 7‑day service, part-time 22.5 hours (potentially 30), with travel across the patch.

You will manage a caseload in patients’ homes, collaborating with other professionals to provide high-quality NHS community care. Experience as a District Nurse, line management responsibilities, and driving with a suitable car are essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead and manage a team.
• Organise workload, delegate and prioritise.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Holistic assessment to plan, implement and evaluate care.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver high standard community nursing care.
• Maintain caseload across neighbourhood to avoid hospital admission.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate episodes of care.
• Line manage staff and support team development.

Skills

Communication

Team leadership

Workload management

Written and verbal communication

Holistic assessment

Patient, family teaching

Time management

Independent working

Education

RN1

Specialist Practice Qualification in District Nursing

Mentor - Practice assessor and supervisor

Job description

Areyou a motivated and enthusiastic District Nurse with a Specialist PracticeQualification looking to continue developing you career providing NHS care?

Weare looking for a highly skilled and enthusiastic Band 6 NMC registered DistrictNurse to join our South Tandridge team.

Youwill need to be forward thinking, motivated and able to work collaborativelywith patients, their carers and health and social care colleagues.

Youneed to have a flexible approach to working some weekends and bank holidays asthe teams provide a 365 day service.

This role is part-time, 22.5hours per week (potentially 30 hours) across a 7 day a week service, with anexpectation to travel across the geographical patch.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of a team, you will be supported by the Team Lead to beresponsible for the continued management of a caseload of patients. You will beworking with other health care professionals across the neighbourhood, providinghigh standards of care to people in their own homes who have a wide range ofnursing needs; aiming to avoid hospital admission, promoting self-care andenabling people to be cared for in their preferred place.

As a District Nurse you will have line management responsibilities andwill support the Team Lead with theteams ongoing development and well-being.

Due to the nature ofthe role, it is essential that you can drive, have a car suitable for businesspurposes, and a valid driving licence.

About us

First Community is a staff-owned social enterprise, ratedGood by the CQC, providing NHS community services across east Surrey and partsof West Sussex. We are looking for people who share our values: First-ratecare, First-rate people, First-rate value.

Recognised as one of the country's leading communityhealthcare employers in the 2025 NHS Staff Survey, First Community offers asupportive workplace where everyone has a voice and opportunities to developtheir full potential.

We offer: NHS terms and conditions, excellent training anddevelopment, flexible working, NHS pension, flexible retirement options, and arange of employee benefits.

If you need flexibility, please talk to us when you apply orat interview. We will consider all requests carefully and accommodate themwhere possible, depending on the role.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds,including Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, andcandidates with disabilities. We are committed to fair recruitment, includingthe consideration of reasonable adjustments.

Sustainability is central to our work as we support the NHSNet Zero ambition.

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Job responsibilities

The District Nurse is responsible for the management and delivery of a highstandard of cost-effective nursing care in the community.

You will be responsiblefor the continued management of a caseload of patients, working within aneighbourhood providing care closer to home aiming to avoid hospital admission.

You will ensure that patients receive safe, individualised, and effective standardsof care by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating episodes of care.

You will work as part of a highly skilled team, working closely with patients andcarers, linking with acute hospitals and primary care, actively encouragingeffective communication at all times with all relevant agencies.

You will promote and develop evidence-based practice in line with current policyand procedures and NMC code of conduct.You will line manage staff and be responsible for the development andcompetencies of staff within their team.

The service currently operates 365 days a year between 8am and 6pm and youwill be required to work shift patterns between these times.

Person Specification

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead and manage a team
• Ability to organise the workload, delegate and prioritise
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to assess holistically to plan, implement and evaluate care
• Ability to motivate and teach patients, families and carers to support self-care
• Time management and prioritisation
• Ability to work without supervision

Other

• Reliable and flexible
• Ability to work well in stressful situations
• Innovative and assertive
• Motivated, and enthusiastic
• Respectful to colleagues and supportive of senior managers

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN1)
• Specialist Practice Qualification in District Nursing
• Mentor- Practice assessor and supervisor

Knowledge

• Good understanding of current nursing workforce issues
• Experience in quality improvement
• Experience of risk management

Experience

• Evidence of post registration experience and study at level 6
• Evidence of professional development with a broad range of clinical skills
• Evidence of team management and MDT working
• Experience of initiating and participating in quality improvement

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.

£39,959 to £48,117 a year+5% HCAS per annum, pro rata