District Nurse/Senior Community Nurse

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse to lead community-based care in Warwick & Kenilworth. The role focuses on proactive care planning, population health assessments and reducing hospital admissions while championing innovation and improvements within a dynamic healthcare setting.

The successful candidate will lead in early intervention, staff development, and pathway redesign, with emphasis on social prescribing, signposting and

Qualifications

• Band 6 District Nurse role requiring leadership and clinical expertise.
• Focus on population health assessments and care planning.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage the health needs of an identified population and caseload.
• Supervise and provide support to regulated and unregulated team members with career development and supervision.
• Assist the Professional Lead with recruitment, retention, wellbeing, and budget management.
• Implement service improvement schemes and support pathway development.

Skills

Leadership

Population health assessments

Care planning

Public health

Health inequalities

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our fabulous community nursing team covering Warwick & Kenilworth.

Band 6 District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse

A Proactive And Inspirational Clinical Leader, The Band 6 Nurse Drives High-quality, Community-based Care Through Strategic Foresight And Responsive Action. They Lead Population Health Assessments And Care Planning With a Strong Focus On

• Public health and prevention
• Reducing hospital admissions
• Managing complex conditions holistically
• Addressing health inequalities
• Integrating social prescribing and signposting

They champion innovation and continuous improvement, ensuring care is anticipatory rather than reactive. Their leadership supports:

• Early intervention and proactive care planning
• Staff development through supervision and mentorship
• Recruitment, retention, and wellbeing strategies
• Quality improvement and budget efficiency
• Service transformation and pathway redesign

This role demands a forward-thinking mindset, resource mobilisation, and clear leadership in a dynamic healthcare environment.

The District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse is responsible for the assessment and management of the health needs of an identified population and caseload, focusing on public health, preventative care, and admission avoidance. They will support the team in implementation and evaluation of programmes of care within a range of target groups including preventative deterioration of complex health, health inequalities, social prescribing and signposting, management of comorbidities and supporting the prevention of an urgent care need.

The nurse will clinically supervise and provide support to regulated and unregulated team members with career development, clinical capabilities and behaviours, education and supervision. They will assist the Professional Lead with recruitment and retention, support the wellbeing of the team and improve quality outcomes and budget management as well as implementing service improvement schemes and supporting in pathway development.

In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As Part Of Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion We Encourage All Applicants To Complete a Short Survey.

We appreciate you completing the survey.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kirstie Holmes Job title: Professional Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07833196647