Senior Community Nurse (Workington ICC)

Senior Community Nurse (Workington ICC)

The closing date is 26 November 2025

The Workington Community Nursing Team have an exciting vacancy for a 6-month fixed term band 6 Senior community Nurse, for 37.5 hours per week.

We would welcome applicants from nurses within community nursing, or from acute nursing backgrounds, who are seeking to develop their skills within a senior community nursing role. We would look to support a motivated and enthusiastic nurse to take on this role. Full preceptorship will be offered as part of this career progression.

The role involves the delivery of holistic, patient-centred care in the community as well as complex caseload management. The successful applicant will be expected to manage the day to day running of the service and allocation of workload. They will also be required to be the \'triage nurse\' on a rota system. They will be expected to provide highly skilled evidence based nursing interventions to patients within a community setting.

Main duties

You must be able to demonstrate the ability to work within a changing environment and have good communication skills. The successful applicant must be able to demonstrate the ability to work on their own, and also as part of a team. You will be supported by the Community Nursing Team Leads and fellow Band 6 Senior Community Nurses to deliver nursing care covering weekdays, weekends, bank holidays and evenings.

• Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
• If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

This role requires you to demonstrate the skills and knowledge to support the provision of high-quality care, to support patients with complex needs within the community setting, and to support the Team Lead to provide clinical leadership and operational management of the community nurse team along with management of the clinical caseload for the team. Community experience is therefore desirable.

This is an excellent opportunity for dedicated and committed registered nurses who are looking to develop their clinical skills and expertise in caring for patients, working closely with health and social care colleagues to prevent hospital admission, facilitate hospital discharge and promote independence.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of \'safe, high quality care every time\':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Return to Practice

Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Disclosure and Barring Service

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows:

• Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
• Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Benefits

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Level 1 registered nursing qualification
• Evidence of continuous professional development to degree level or equivalent experience
• Post Registration qualification in Acute and Chronic disease management
• Nurse Prescribing
• Specialist qualification in Community Nursing or equivalent

Experience

• Ability to use initiative, prioritise effectively.
• Demonstrate evidence to work as part of a team
• Demonstrate evidence to motivate team/peers and manage change
• Problem solving skills and critical decision making
• Leadership of a team
• Operational clinical management of a team
• Knowledge of changing health agenda and impact for community nursing
• Demonstrate recent community experience

Knowledge

• Demonstrable understanding of the extent of the role.
• Broad knowledge base of acute and chronic conditions.
• Understanding of scope of professional practice.
• Understanding of reflective practice and its application.
• Self awareness and appreciation of limits.
• Knowledge of changing way health services are being planned and delivered
• Awareness of current changes in the delivery of healthcare and the impact on community services

Skills and Aptitudes

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Enthusiasm and ability to work as part of a team.
• Post registration clinical skills

Personal Circumstances

• Able to travel independently
• Able to work 24/7 and flexibly across a range of in-patient and community settings.

Other requirements

• Promote equality and value diversity (level 3)

Address

Workington Community nurses, Workington Community Hospital