Senior Nurse - Community Health and Support Team

West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Health service discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Newport Pagnell Medical Centre is seeking a Senior Nurse to lead the Integrated Community Support Team and Community Matron functions. The role is part-time (21 hours per week) with a supportive, practice-employed nursing team and dedicated administration.

The successful applicant will have an NMC PIN, a relevant nursing degree and experience in community nursing, long-term conditions, and service improvement. CPD and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Nursing degree required.
• Active NMC PIN registration required.
• Experience supervising staff or teams is preferred.
• Experience working across health and social care boundaries.
• Compassionate, empathetic approach valued.
• Experience in community nursing and managing long-term conditions.
• Evidence of service improvement or audit involvement.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Advanced clinical assessment skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and oversee the Integrated Community Support Team (ICST) and Community Matron duties.
• Deliver proactive, holistic care for patients with complex needs.
• Support patients to stay independent at home and reduce hospital admissions.
• Drive integration between ICST and Community Matron services.
• Line-manage the team (nurse, HCA, and Care Co-ordinator) and support development.
• Lead service development and collaborate with GPs, social care, frailty teams and voluntary sector.
• Represent the service at MDTs and external forums.

Skills

Nurse leadership

Team supervision

Community nursing

Long-term conditions

Advanced clinical assessment

Audit involvement

CPD

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Empathy/compassionate care

Education

Nursing degree

NMC PIN registration

Job description

About the Role

Newport Pagnell Medical Centre are looking for a Senior Nurse for their Community Health and Support Team.

This position is offered on a part-time basis working 21 hours per week.

This is an exciting role that would see you working alongside a forward thinking and supportive practice-employed integrated nursing team and dedicated administration team.

Duties

• Provide clinical leadership and operational oversight for the Integrated Community Support Team (ICST) and Community Matron functions
• Proactive, co-ordinated and holistic care for patients with complex health and social needs
• Aim to improve health and wellbeing, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, reduce frequent GP attendances
• Supporting patients to remain living well at home
• Drive integration between ICST and Community Matron services
• Line management of the team consisting of a nurse, HCA and a Care Co-ordinator - conducting annual appraisals, mentorship and professional development
• Service development
• Collaboration - working closely with GPs, social care, frailty teams, district nurses and voluntary agencies
• Represent the service at MDT and external forums

About the Candidate

All applicants should have the following qualifications, registrations, skills and experience:

• A relevant nursing degree.
• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
• Experience of supervising staff/team management is preferred.
• Experience of working across health and social care boundaries.
• Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
• Experience in community nursing and managing long term conditions.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
• Evidence of service improvement or audit involvement.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Advanced clinical assessment skills

About Us

Newport Pagnell Medical Centre is a large GP training practice with three sites committed to providing excellent primary health care services with a strong emphasis on staff training and development. Based in excellent premises, our committed teams deliver a wide range of general medical services.

We are a large training practice based in the town of Newport Pagnell with another surgery in the Willen area.

Benefits include:

• NHS Pension Scheme
  • The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefits scheme
  • Life insurance
  • 20% employer contribution
• Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Health service discounts
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme - Wisdom offering counselling support.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.