District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse - East District Nurse Team

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Community Nurse to join their East District Nurse Team. This role involves providing leadership, managing complex patient needs, and the opportunity to develop skills further with the potential for a District Nursing qualification. Competitive salary ranging from £38,682 to £46,580 per annum pro rata is offered, along with a supportive environment focused on quality patient care.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

27-33 days holiday depending on service

Generous relocation package

Learning and development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a community nursing setting is essential.
• Awareness of current issues within District Nursing and the NHS.
• Experience of triage and caseload management is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the team and manage complex patient cases.
• Participate in the development of new care models.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary environment.

Skills

Ability to organise and prioritise

Ability to delegate appropriately

Experience of Change management

Experience of clinical audit

Education

Registered General Nurse, Registered with the NMC

Degree in Community health care nursing

Willingness to attend training for District Nursing Specialist Practitioner qualification

V300 Non-medical prescribing

IT skills/qualifications (ECDL)

Mentorship Assessor qualification or equivalent

Job description

Go back York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse - East District Nurse Team

The closing date is 14 December 2025

Band 6 District Nurse (SPQ) or Band 6 Senior Community Nurse, development post

Contract type:

• District Nurse (SPQ) - Permanent.
• Senior Community Nurse-Development post. This is a Fixed Term post of 12 months with a potential to extend for a further 12 months.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Community Nurse to work within Community Services, Family Health.

The successful candidates will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust's Values in their day-to-day work.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced Senior Community Nurse with excellent clinical, communication skills and evidence of caseload management experience, wishing to develop their skills further in a team leadership position.

You should be innovative, enthusiastic and highly motivated with the drive to provide high quality evidenced based care and manage a team of varying skill mix.

You will need to provide strongleadership toyour team and tosupport and participate in the development of new ways of working following the recent service redesign. This will be in addition to embracingworking within a multi-disciplinary environment and managing acaseload of patients with complex needs.

As a Senior Community Nurse working in a development role, there is an expectation that within 2 years you will secure a place on a specialist practitioner course to become a qualified District Nurse.

Secondment opportunity is available for internal candidates only.

The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.

About us

To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link:

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants

27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)

A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.

A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave

Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme

An extensive range of learning and development opportunities

Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Job responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [e-mail].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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Person Specification

Skills & Attributes

• Ability to organise and prioritise
• Ability to delegate appropriately
• Experience of Change management or willing to gain experience with support from HR
• Experience of clinical audit

Education, Qualifications & Training

• Registered General Nurse, Registered with the NMC
• Willingness to attend training to attain a formal District Nursing Specialist Practitioner qualification within one year and any other training to do the role
• Degree in Community health care nursing
• V300 Non medical prescribing
• Training in HR policies or willing to attend HR training
• IT skills/qualifications (ECDL)
• Mentorship Assessor qualification or equivalent

Experience & Knowledge

• Experience in a community nursing setting
• Awareness of current issues within District Nursing and the NHS
• Experience of Triage
• Experience of caseload management
• Awareness of the speciality

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.

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearpro rata/per annum