Specialist Community Nurse/District Nurse

NHS; Malton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community health organization seeks a District Nurse/Senior Community Nurse in Malton. The role involves leading a nursing team to provide patient-centred care, managing complex cases, and collaborating within an integrated team of healthcare professionals. Ideal candidates will be dedicated, experienced nurses ready to make a significant impact in the community.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience as a Registered Adult Nurse on NMC live register required.
• Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provision of high quality, patient centred clinical care.
• Leading a team of Community Nurses and support staff.
• Conducting audits and engaging in service development.

Skills

Inter-personal skills

Effective communication skills

Time management

Education

Registered Adult Nurse on NMC live register

Post registration/graduate diploma

Job description

Job summary

Are you an experienced community nurse or District Nurse with leadership skills who aspires to provide holistic, patient centred care? Ryedale Community Team are based at Malton Community Hospital and serves the local community, and the wider rural population across the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside. You will co-lead a team of nurses in providing assessment & care to patients in their own place of residence. Because our service also provides nursing specialisms there is comprehensive support and advice available to you.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work within our integrated, multi-disciplinary Community Team. You will have well-developed clinical and leadership skills and work alongside our wider team including Therapists, Tissue Viability, Continence, Cardiac, diabetes, dietetics, Speech & Language and Respiratory Specialists.

Main duties of the job

Community Nursing is a highly specialised area of practice recognised by the Queens Nurses Institute and NMC as a specialist role.

As a District Nurse/Senior Community Nurse, you will work within an integrated hub model of District Nurses, Specialist Nurses, Community Staff Nurses, Therapists, Trainee/Registered Nursing Associates, Health Care Assistants and to meet the needs of the complex patient in the community and avoid admissions to the acute sector as far as practicable. This includes:

• Intravenous Antibiotic administration,
• End of life care,
• Managing the deteriorating patient,
• Complex and simple wound care including VAC therapy and compression therapy,
• Venepuncture,
• Utilising advanced physical assessment skills and many more clinical nursing skills.

Main duties of the role include:

• Provision of high quality, patient centred clinical care
• Caseload Management;
• Leading a team of Community Nurses and support staff including provision of supervision - both clinical & managerial;
• Working with other Band 6 District/Community Nurses to ensure adequate staffing and share resources and learning;
• Induction, probation & competency development of new staff recruited to team;
• Referral to and working alongside Specialist Clinicians & other agencies;
• Engagement with Safety Huddles;
• Actively encourage prevention and self-management;
• Carry out audits;
• Engage in working groups to inform service development.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Details Date posted

16 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

338-7258689-25

Job locations

Ryedale Ward

Malton Hospital, Maiden Greve,

Malton

YO17 7NG

Job description Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
• Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation

Desirable

• Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
• community nurse experience

Qualifications and Knowledge Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse on NMC live register
• Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area, to demonstrate advanced level of practice
• Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
• Prepared to undertake or hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification, if require

Desirable

• Leadership training/qualification/experience

Skills and Competencies Essential

• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
• Good time management skills
• Ability to effectively transport self between multiple addresses/venues on a daily basis including transporting equipment & clinical stock required for treatment

Desirable

• Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
• Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation

Desirable

• Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
• community nurse experience

Qualifications and Knowledge Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse on NMC live register
• Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area, to demonstrate advanced level of practice
• Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
• Prepared to undertake or hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification, if require

Desirable

• Leadership training/qualification/experience

Skills and Competencies Essential

• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
• Good time management skills
• Ability to effectively transport self between multiple addresses/venues on a daily basis including transporting equipment & clinical stock required for treatment

Desirable

• Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ryedale Ward

Malton Hospital, Maiden Greve,

Malton

YO17 7NG

Employer's website

https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ryedale Ward

Malton Hospital, Maiden Greve,

Malton

YO17 7NG

Employer's website

https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)