Community Nurse

Are you a Registered Nurse looking to take the next step in your career within District Nursing? Do you have recent experience within a district nursing service and a passion for delivering high-quality community care? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Warrington District Nursing Service as a Senior Community Staff Nurse. We are seeking committed and skilled nurses with proven district nursing experience, including areas such as palliative and end-of-life care, wound management, and catheter care.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing a cohort of higher-acuity and complex patients, under the guidance of the Team Leader (caseload holder), demonstrating clinical confidence and sound professional judgement. The successful candidate will bring excellent communication skills, strong clinical reasoning, and the ability to prioritise and manage their own workload effectively. You will be expected to carry out comprehensive holistic assessments, develop and lead on personalised plans of care, and provide support, guidance, and mentorship to junior colleagues within the service.

If you are looking for a role that challenges you, develops your leadership potential, and places you at the heart of community-based care, we would be delighted to receive your application. We are committed to supporting worklife balance, and all flexible working requests will be considered in line with service needs., The post holder will provide advanced expertise and strong leadership within the District Nursing Team, working alongside the Team Leader to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.

They will demonstrate an in-depth theoretical and practical understanding of a wide range of conditions and will be proficient in core district nursing skills, including tissue viability, palliative and end-of-life care, and diabetes management. Using specialist assessment abilities and diagnostic reasoning, they will interpret complex clinical presentations, make sound judgements, and implement evidence-based interventions tailored to the needs of patients with higher acuity and complex conditions.

They will plan, deliver, and evaluate holistic programmes of care, maintaining accurate records and ensuring practice reflects current evidence, NMC standards, and professional codes. In their leadership role, the post holder will act as a visible role model, supporting effective communication across the team, promoting a culture of compassion, professionalism, equality, and openness, and deputising for the Team Leader when required.

They will help coordinate the teams workload, support decision-making in challenging or urgent situations, and provide guidance, supervision, and mentorship to junior staff, students, and new starters., The post holder will work as a senior member of the District Nursing Team collaborating with the Team Leader (caseload holder) and support the provision of clinical leadership within the team. A key feature of the role is to support the proactive management of patients with complex or higher acuity conditions on the District Nursing Caseload.

This will include collaborating with other members of the multi-disciplinary team involved in the patients care to establish a person-centred approach to management of health/social care needs, that also promotes self-management. The post holder will be responsible for an identified cohort of patients with higher acuity needs within District Nursing Team caseload as identified by the District Nurse Team Leader.

They will use extended clinical skills and expert knowledge to assess the physical and psycho social needs of a defined patient group, instigating therapeutic treatments based on best available evidence in order to improve health outcomes. In doing so, they will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patient centred programmes of care ensuring that they practice within their sphere of competence and knowledge.

The post holder will work to professional and NMC co