Specialist Community Nurse: Sponsorship Available

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Our Community Services team based in the Scarborough locality is looking for a band 6 Community Nurse. This clinical role involves both direct patient care & co-leading a team of nurses & HCAs.

You may already have the degree level Specialist Practitioner qualification or we will support you to undertake the course within 2 years of commencing. We know that your career development and the support that you receive is important. Here’s what a member of our team has to say about his experience:

‘I started with Humber as a newly qualified nurse 5 years ago & have since completed my District Nurse Specialist Qualification which helped me to secure a band 6 role. I will soon start my prescribing qualification which will open many avenues in my nursing career. Humber are willing to support & help their staff to flourish in their careers.’

You will have a planned induction & we have a clear competency framework so you know what is expected within your role & can plan development of your competencies with support from your Clinical & Team Leaders.

In the community setting you need to be able to drive yourself around the locality & be comfortable with lone working including visiting patients in their own homes alone.

Specialist advice is readily available due to our integrated community service also including Therapists, Pharmacists, Tissue Viability, Continence, Cardiac, Diabetes, Dietetics, Speech & Language & 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, Associate Practitioners, and Health Care Assistants 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

Essential

  • Degree/diploma in adult nursing
  • NMC Registration
  • Full understanding of the practice area and specific role applied for demonstrated on application

Desirable

  • V300 Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
  • Specialist Practitioner (District Nursing) qualification
  • Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility

Experience

Essential

  • Previous community based experience or band 6 experience transferrable to community setting
  • Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development

Desirable

  • Demonstrable experience of working in Community Nursing at band 6 level
  • Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • Able to effectively transport self between multiple addresses/venues on a daily basis including transporting equipment & clinical stock required for treatment

Desirable

  • Familiar with using SystmOne

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).

Closing Date: 22 November 2026

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