Job Introduction
Make a meaningful difference every day by delivering expert care that enables patients to remain safe, independent, and supported within their own homes and communities.
As a Band 6 Community Nurse / District Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care within the community setting. Working as part of a multi-professional team, you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, coordination, and delivery of clinical care that meets the needs of patients and the service.
You will work autonomously within your scope of practice, using your clinical expertise, professional judgement, and evidence-based knowledge to make informed decisions and deliver safe, effective care. As a registered practitioner, you will be accountable for your actions, recognising the limits of your competence and seeking support where appropriate.
The role also includes supervising and supporting junior staff, support workers, and students, helping to develop future healthcare professionals. You will actively contribute to quality improvement initiatives, service development, and the ongoing enhancement of patient outcomes, ensuring care is delivered in line with professional standards, organisational values, and best practice.
Location: County Hall. Bythesea Road Trowbridge BA14 8JN
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Package Description
As a Community Nurse you will be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
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£39,959 - £48,117 FTE (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
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Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
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Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
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Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
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Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
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Deliver compassionate, person-centred nursing care by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care interventions that meet the individual needs of patients and their carers.
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Manage a diverse caseload, including patients with complex health needs, ensuring care is coordinated, responsive, and focused on achieving positive outcomes and promoting independence.
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Conduct holistic assessments using appropriate clinical tools, identifying risks, safeguarding concerns, and changes in patient condition, taking timely action and escalating where required.
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Undertake a range of clinical procedures within scope of practice, including observations, venepuncture, catheter care, ECGs, and other competency-based interventions relevant to the service.
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Work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, effectively prioritising workload, coordinating care, and delegating tasks appropriately to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
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Provide health promotion, education, and advice to patients and carers, empowering them to make informed decisions and actively participate in the management of their health and wellbeing.
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Build effective relationships with patients, families, colleagues, and partner organisations, communicating complex or sensitive information clearly and professionally.
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Maintain high standards of clinical practice by adhering to NMC standards, accurately documenting care, supporting quality improvement initiatives, and raising concerns when care quality, safety, or patient outcomes may be compromised.
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Registered Nurse (Level 1) with current NMC registration and a commitment to practising in line with the NMC Code of Conduct.
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Significant post-registration nursing experience, ideally within community, district nursing, or related healthcare settings.
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Proven ability to lead, support, and motivate colleagues while contributing positively to team performance.
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Experience managing and coordinating complex caseloads, including patients with long-term conditions, palliative care needs, and multiple co-morbidities.
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Strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills, with the ability to work autonomously and prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment.
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Demonstrable expertise in a broad range of clinical skills, including:
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End-of-life care, symptom management, and syringe driver administration
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Wound assessment and management
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Doppler assessments and compression bandaging
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Venepuncture
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Male, female, and suprapubic catheterisation
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Medication administration, including intravenous therapies
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Pressure ulcer prevention and management
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with patients, carers, colleagues, and partner organisations.
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Ability to remain calm, professional, and resilient when managing challenging or complex situations.
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Strong organisational skills, with the ability to effectively manage time, workload, and resources.
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Commitment to supporting learning and development, with mentoring, teaching experience, or a willingness to work towards a recognised qualification.
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Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle to meet the travel requirements of the role.
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Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, adhering to local lone working policies and procedures.
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District Nurse Qualification.
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Non-Medical Prescriber qualification.
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Additional specialist training in Wound Care and/or Palliative Care.
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Teaching, Assessing, or NVQ Assessor qualification.
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Experience supporting, supervising, or developing less experienced staff and students.
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Knowledge and practical application of clinical audit, quality improvement methodologies, and service evaluation.
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Experience undertaking appraisals, recruitment, and staff development activities.
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Audit, research, and evidence-based practice experience.
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Flexibility and willingness to work across a range of clinical services and geographical areas to meet service needs.
Forfull details of the role, responsibilities, and person specification, pleaserefer to the attached Job Description.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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