Sister/Charge Nurse/District Nurse - Primary Care Home

NHS; Beccles; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking healthcare provider as a Sister/Charge Nurse/District Nurse. This role involves delivering high-quality nursing care in the community, supporting patients in their homes, and collaborating with GPs and multidisciplinary teams. The successful candidate will demonstrate leadership and organizational skills while managing a diverse caseload. With a commitment to person-centered care and ongoing professional development, this position offers the chance to make a significant impact in community healthcare. If you're adaptable and motivated, this could be the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Employee benefits

Staff ownership options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with community experience and leadership skills.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and training.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and manage a caseload of community patients.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for effective patient care.

Skills

Patient Management

Clinical Leadership

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Assessment Skills

Education

BSc in Nursing Practice

Registered Nurse with NMC (Adult) registration

Leadership/management qualification

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Sister/Charge Nurse/District Nurse - Primary Care Home

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC

This job is now closed

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sister/Charge Nurse/District Nurse to join our Primary Care Home team, delivering high-quality nursing care and providing care at home to patients registered with GP surgeries in Waveney. The PCH team collaborates closely with GPs and other multidisciplinary team members to provide person-centered nursing care to adult patients in their homes, residential care, or clinics, supporting self-management whenever possible. The service utilizes SystmOne as a clinical IT system to support mobile working.

The successful candidate will manage a caseload, ensuring high standards of evidence-based nursing care. They should demonstrate leadership, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to influence and manage change.

District Nursing is a challenging, varied, and rewarding field; the service needs to be flexible to meet patient needs. East Coast Community Healthcare is committed to developing integrated, multidisciplinary working to address the evolving health needs of the local population. Knowledge of local and national initiatives, along with evidence of lifelong learning and personal development, is essential.

If you are motivated, adaptable, forward-thinking, and see yourself leading in community healthcare, then this role could be ideal for you.

Main duties of the job

The post is full-time, within a multidisciplinary team providing community services 7 days a week from 07:00 to 20:30.

You must be a registered nurse with at least 2 years of community experience and a desire to develop further.

The role offers variety daily, including clinical practice, triage, leadership, and management. Responsibilities include line managing several clinicians, participating in HR processes such as recruitment and appraisals, and supporting junior staff.

The main duties include:

• Providing clinical leadership, operational management, and professional support within the Primary Care Home.
• Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team for expert case management of community patients requiring planned and unplanned nursing care.
• Working autonomously within your clinical competence and scope of practice.
• Carrying out rapid assessments in patients' homes to prevent hospital admissions, considering physical, physiological, and social needs.
• Being an autonomous practitioner responsible for your caseload and leading service improvement projects.
• Contributing to service evaluation to ensure it remains fit for purpose.

About us

ECCH is a well-established healthcare provider delivering NHS community care since 2011, mainly across Norfolk/Suffolk borders. We align with NHS terms, offer employee benefits, and are a staff-owned social enterprise, allowing staff to become shareholders and influence organization development.

Our aim is to enable patients to remain in their homes whenever possible. Community Nurses are central to our services. We encourage early applications, as the role may close earlier once sufficient applications are received.

We value authenticity and accurate reflection of skills and experience, including disclosures of AI use in applications.

Job responsibilities

• Support ECCH’s strategic direction, values, and culture.
• Discuss treatment options with sensitivity, acting as a patient advocate while respecting confidentiality and cultural diversity.
• Provide leadership and effective team management within the Primary Care Network.
• Serve as a resource for community nursing colleagues and contribute to caseload management and service development.
• Participate in clinical supervision, clinical governance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Implement research findings and national guidelines into practice.
• Create a positive working environment, supporting staff to deliver high-quality care.
• Lead and foster innovation within proactive and reactive care.
• Deputize for senior nursing leaders as needed.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop care pathways and promote high standards of care in partnerships with residential and Bed with Care colleagues.
• Contribute to policy review and clinical pathway development.
• Assess clinical training needs and facilitate staff development.
• Formulate individualized care and treatment plans, ensuring patient independence and re-ablement.
• Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary teams and patients, planning complex clinical activities across community settings.
• Undertake holistic patient assessments, including complex cases, and manage environmental aids provision.
• Maintain professional competence, ensure legal and ethical practice, and keep accurate records.
• Manage medication prescribing and review within scope of practice, ensuring safe use of equipment and resources.
• Contribute to staff training, clinical audit, risk management, and resource efficiency.
• Uphold ECCH’s values of Compassion, Action, Respect, and Everyone, and demonstrate signature behaviors daily.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC (Adult) registration.
• BSc in Nursing Practice or equivalent.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Leadership/management qualification or willingness to undertake.
• Health Coaching qualification.
• Specialist Practitioner in District Nursing.
• Community Nurse Prescriber (V100/V150).
• Independent non-medical prescriber.

Skills and Knowledge

• Sensitivity in handling anxious patients.
• Strong assessment and patient management skills.
• Understanding of legal and ethical issues in nursing.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.

Personal Attributes

• Team player and independent worker.
• Committed to person-centered, non-discriminatory practice.
• Confidentiality-aware and forward-thinking.
• Resilient under pressure, motivated, and enthusiastic.
• Flexible, with the ability to access diverse properties and travel across sites.

Experience

• Community nursing or healthcare experience.
• Experience in multidisciplinary teams and working with frail older adults.
• Previous Band 6 role experience.
• Community/intermediate care clinical experience.
• Supervision, audit, and change management experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role requires a DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975, with disclosures made to the DBS for any criminal convictions.