Band 6 senior Staff Nurse in Dewsbury

This is an excellent opportunity to take on a leadership role, supporting our teams to deliver exceptional care across North Kirklees and Greater Huddersfield. As a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse, you will combine clinical expertise with leadership skills to ensure safe, effective and person-centred care. You will act as a role model, mentor and decision-maker, supporting colleagues, driving improvements in patient outcomes and providing operational leadership in the absence of the Team Leader. This is a full-time position of 37.5 hours per week. Our service operates between 8am and 9pm, with core hours of 8am to 5pm. Successful candidates will be expected to work a minimum of one weekend in four and undertake two late shifts (1pm to 9pm) within a four-week period.,

• Lead and coordinate care for patients with complex needs, ensuring high standards of clinical practice.
• Provide guidance, supervision and mentorship to Band 5 nurses and wider team members.
• Delegate tasks effectively to ensure efficient use of resources and timely delivery of care.
• Support service development initiatives and contribute to quality improvement projects.
• Act as a point of escalation for clinical decision-making and safeguarding concerns.
• Provide operational and clinical leadership in the absence of the Team Leader, supporting the coordination of staffing, workload and service delivery.
• An exciting opportunity has become available within the North side of Kirklees for an experienced, motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our Community Nursing Network as a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse (37.5 hours per week, full time).
• A Registered Nurse with substantial community nursing experience and a passion for leadership.
• Strong clinical knowledge with the ability to manage complex caseloads.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving and decision‑making skills.

This role is not applicable for sponsorship and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve. We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups. Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Benefits you can enjoy

• Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work‑life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Refer a Friend Scheme - If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.

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