The closing date is 29 December 2025
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
Job summary
Do you think you have what it takes to lead and manage a team of nurses striving to transform Community Care across the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care system (ICS)?
If you have extensive community nursing experience and you are looking for a new challenge and career development this might be the next job role for you.
In this ever changing, modernising, NHS environment we need nurses who are flexible, innovative and resilient enough to rise to the challenge of a very rewarding role. We seek nurses with compassion , who hold patient experience and high-quality care at the heart of their nursing practice.
This is a community-based role, visiting patients in their homes across the county and therefore a valid Driving Licence and access to a vehicle for business use is essential.
This role is offered on fixed term (or secondment) basis for 9 months. The hours are full-time, 37.5 hours per week.
Job responsibilities
As part of place based working you will be keen to get to know your own patch and the Voluntary and 3rd Sector Services which closely align including the Community Wellbeing Service which supports the NHS to provide holistic, person centred care.
You will be keenly aware of the importance of collaborative working and have some understanding of the services and other professions within the newly merged Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust including our own Therapy colleagues within the ICT (Integrated Community Team), GP surgeries, Rapid Response and Complex Care at Home ensuring the right care is delivered at the right time, by the right professional for patients.
You will require current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse, a sound knowledge of evidence based care and best practice, evidence of post-registration development and Your transition into this new role will be supported with a comprehensive induction plan, regular clinical supervision and leadership support from your line manager. You will also join an established, highly experienced peer group of Senior Community Nurses/District Nurses.
A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
The Trustis required towork in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Adult/RGN)
- Current NMC registration
- Degree/Diploma equivalent
- Mentoring/ Practice Assessor
Desirable
- Experience of delivering extended role clinical interventions
- Evidence of post registration education
Experience
Essential
- Consolidated experience of community nursing practice
- Experience of managing long term conditions and case management of complex patients
- Leading team
Desirable
- Experience of extended role
- Mentoring of students/new staff members
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).