Senior Community Nurse

NHS; Pershore; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Pershore is seeking a Senior Community Nurse to join their Neighbourhood Teams. The role involves providing high-quality care to patients in their own homes, mentoring junior team members, and managing caseloads. Applicants should possess significant clinical experience and hold a relevant nursing qualification. This part-time position requires flexibility with shift patterns and the ability to travel independently.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Significant post registration experience in a variety of clinical settings.
• Experience in management of caseloads or wards.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate care to patients in their own home.
• Lead team meetings and support junior members.
• Manage caseloads and ensure optimal patient care.

Skills

High level of clinical skills

Teaching skills

Time management

Ability to work independently

Ability to challenge poor behaviour

Education

Registered Nurse (RN1)

Specialist practitioner District Nursing

Non-medical prescriber (V150)

Job description

Go back Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Senior Community Nurse

The closing date is 07 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community Nurse to join the Neighbourhood Teams in Pershore and Upton.

We are looking for applicants with a passion for community nursing and delivering a high standard of care for patients. This role involves being a role model for junior members of the team and managing with a compassionate leadership style and a positive outlook to drive continual service improvement.

The successful applicant will have the ability to manage caseloads with evidence of strong clinical skills and decision making. This role will give you the rewarding opportunity to provide optimal care to patients in their own home and to develop your career to the next step. Shift patterns are between 07:30-18:30.

Due to the nature of the posts the applicant must be able to travel independently / have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes and hold a full UK driving license.

If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with the Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert

These are part time posts working 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

Working flexibly to provide the service delivery need across the local area (the service operates from 7:30 to 18:30, Monday to Sunday, including bank holidays).

Your typical working day will include home visits for adults over 18 years needing a range of nursing interventions. These include leading on caring for people reaching the end of their life, managing their pain relief and other symptoms in a sensitive and compassionate manner, all types of wound care – post operative wounds, leg ulcers, pressure ulcers and complex dressing regimes and urgent care response work. You will undertake holistic assessment of a person’s needs, taking into account their environment and social circumstances.

Back at your base, you will lead team meetings, goal/care planning and evaluation and handover meetings. You will also support the teaching and learning of nurse students pre and post registration. You will oversee patients and assist in decision making regarding their nursing care.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Job responsibilities

Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and act as a professional role model to colleagues.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide.

Demonstrate expert clinical knowledge, health promotion and holistic assessment skills and will work with the patient and their carers to assess, plan, implement and evaluate their ongoing care and support needs in their own home or temporary/usual place of residence.

Supervise, mentor and teach junior members of the team key clinical nursing skills and will support the management of performance.

Support the Operational and Clinical Team leaders in the delivery of best nursing practice, be involved in triage, allocation of work and leadership of other staff, manage team resources and deputise in their absence.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant post registration experience in a variety of clinical settings
• Experience of management of caseloads or wards and teams
• Experience of active participation in interdisciplinary team working
• Transcribing medication training
• Clinical audit/service improvement and development work

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• Role modelling good behaviour that supports teamworking
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others
• High level of clinical skills
• Time management and organisation skills
• Ability to work independently and set own priorities
• Teaching skills
• Advanced assessment skills

Additional Criteria

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN1)
• Specialist practitioner District Nursing (degree / diploma) or equivalent level nursing qualification
• Non-medical prescriber (V150) or will be required to undertake this qualification on commencement in post
• Evidence of on-going continuing professional development
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
• Prescribing Qualification or willingness to undertake
• Post-graduate modules in Leadership

Knowledge

• High level of clinical knowledge and skill
• Clinical Governance
• Good knowledge of community services and care pathways
• Health Improvement
• Good working knowledge of positive risk taking and effective risk management strategies
• Understanding of National and local health and social care strategies
• Working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Care Act
• Understanding of an Integrated Care System and the Neighbourhood Teams role within the wider system.

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.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust