Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?
Senior Community Staff Nurse - Workington Community Nurses
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area 20502 Workington ICC Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Until June 2027) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (7 days a week. working hours 08:30-22:30) Job ref 262-A-26-7981586
Site Workington Community Nurses Town Workington, Cumbria Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/05/2026 23:59
Job overview
Senior Community Staff Nurse - Workington
22.5 hours for a period of 12 months to cover a period of Maternity leave
Are you ready for a challenge? If you have the desire to work as part of a great team, the skills required to meet the role of a senior nurse and want to play a part in our change story we would love to hear from you.
Workington ICC is a unique and diverse team that put people at the heart of what we do. The ICC empowers and engages its workforce to improve care and wellbeing, by delivering better health and better care in partnership. The ICC is a well-established team that has long-standing working relationships with many different partners and stakeholders. Effective collaboration with Primary Care, Social Care and multiple charities and third sector providers enables us to deliver a wide-range of services to the population we serve. We work as a team and have great team spirit and resilience.
We are looking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Community Staff Nurse to work as part of our dedicated Community Nursing team and the wider ICC. 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 liaise and work with the primary health care team and other Health and Social Care professionals in care provision.
Main duties of the job
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 your own, and also as part of a team. You will be supported by the District Nursing Sisters and Band 6 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Benefits
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following 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 limitations.
* 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
* 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)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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