Are you an experienced senior nurse looking to shape and lead high-quality care for older adults in community inpatient settings? We are seeking aConsultant Nurseto join our Berkshire inpatient teams, where your clinical expertise and strategic leadership will make a real difference.
AsConsultant Nursefor Community Inpatientwards, you will be responsible for supporting, leading, and developing advanced nursing practice across our physical health rehabilitation wards. Working at a strategic level, you will collaborate closely withconsultantgeriatricians and multidisciplinary teams including nursing, therapy, and medical colleagueswhilstdelivering safe, effective, and person-centred care.
You will lead on clinical innovation and excellence in patient care, provide strategic and operational leadership, and work flexibly across 7 wards located on 5 sites within Berkshire. You will spend at least 20% of your time in direct autonomous clinical practice, maintaining a strong connection to patient care. You will also champion best practice through audit, research, the application of national policy, and act as a key clinical leader and role model for staff across the service.
We are looking for a senior nurse with extensive experience in older adult or community inpatient care, strong leadership and strategic thinking skills.
If you are ready to lead, support and drive excellence in community inpatient care, we’d love to hear from you.
Advanced and Expert Level Practice
• Lead advanced, autonomous clinical care for older adults living with frailty, including assessment, prescribing, and care planning.
• Maintain expert clinical skills and provide direct patient care (minimum 20% of time).
• Support safe, evidence-based practice across inpatient wards and promote patient-centred care in partnership with families and carers.
• Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings and apply advanced clinical reasoning in complex cases.
Consultancy and Leadership
• Lead the development and implementation of frailty care models across community inpatient settings.
• Act as a senior clinical leader, offering expert advice, driving quality improvement, and promoting patient safety.
• Represent the service in internal and external reviews, legal proceedings, and trust-wide initiatives.
• Provide compassionate leadership, coaching, and mentorship to support team development and workforce sustainability.
Education and Training
• Create a learning culture that supports professional development for nurses and students.
• Collaborate with education providers to develop and deliver training on frailty, ageing well, and clinical excellence.
• Promote evidence-based practice and enhance the clinical competence of inpatient staff.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
1.Registered Nursewith the NMC
2.Educated to master’s level
3.Teaching qualification with recent experience of delivering training
4.Advanced history taking and physical examination with clinical reasoning qualification
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr