District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse - East District Nurse Team inYork inYork PUBLISHED 3 AUG 2024

Band 6 District Nurse (SPQ) or Band 6 Senior Community Nurse, development post - Various hours and localities across Community



Contract Type


  • District Nurse (SPQ) - Permanent.
  • Senior Community Nurse - Development post. This is a Fixed Term post of 12 months with a potential to extend for a further 12 months.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Community Nurse to work within Community Services, Family Health.

The successful candidates will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust’s Values in their day-to-day work.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Community Nurse with excellent clinical, communication skills and evidence of caseload management experience wishing to develop their skills further in a team leadership position.

You should be innovative, enthusiastic and highly motivated with the drive to provide high quality evidenced based care and manage a team of varying skill mix.

You will need to provide strong leadership to your team and to support and participate in the development of new ways of working following the recent service redesign. This will be in addition to embracing working within a multi-disciplinary environment and managing a caseload of patients with complex needs.

As a Senior Community Nurse working in a development role there is an expectation that within 2 years you will secure a place on a specialist practitioner course to become a qualified District Nurse.

Secondment opportunity is available for internal candidates only.


The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy.



If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.


Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
  • A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
  • A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
  • Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
  • NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
  • An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
  • Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nikki Dennis Job title: Community Team Leader Email address: Telephone number:
Band 6 District Nurse (SPQ) or Band 6 Senior Community Nurse, development post - Various hours and localities across Community


Contract Type

  • District Nurse (SPQ) - Permanent.
  • Senior Community Nurse - Development post. This is a Fixed Term post of 12 months with a potential to extend for a further 12 months.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Community Nurse to work within Community Services, Family Health.

The successful candidates will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust’s Values in their day-to-day work.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Community Nurse with excellent clinical, communication skills and evidence of caseload management experience wishing to develop their skills further in a team leadership position.

You should be innovative, enthusiastic and highly motivated with the drive to provide high quality evidenced based care and manage a team of varying skill mix.

You will need to provide strong leadership to your team and to support and participate in the development of new ways of working following the recent service redesign. This will be in addition to embracing working within a multi-disciplinary environment and managing a caseload of patients with complex needs.

As a Senior Community Nurse working in a development role there is an expectation that within 2 years you will secure a place on a specialist practitioner course to become a qualified District Nurse.

Secondment opportunity is available for internal candidates only.

The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy.


If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
  • A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
  • A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
  • Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
  • NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
  • An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
  • Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nikki Dennis Job title: Community Team Leader Email address: Telephone number:


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