District Nurse/Senior Community Nurse

Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our fabulous community nursing team covering Warwick & Kenilworth. Band 6 District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse A proactive and inspirational clinical leader, the Band 6 Nurse drives high-quality, community-based care through strategic foresight and responsive action. They lead population health assessments and care planning with a strong focus on: Public health and prevention Reducing hospital admissions Managing complex conditions holistically Addressing health inequalities Integrating social prescribing and signposting They champion innovation and continuous improvement, ensuring care is anticipatory rather than reactive. Their leadership supports: Early intervention and proactive care planning Staff development through supervision and mentorship Recruitment, retention, and wellbeing strategies Quality improvement and budget efficiency Service transformation and pathway redesign This role demands a forward-thinking mindset, resource mobilisation, and clear leadership in a dynamic healthcare environment. Main duties of the job The District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse is responsible for the assessment and management of the health needs of an identified population and caseload, focusing on public health, preventative care, and admission avoidance. They will support the team in implementation and evaluation of programmes of care within a range of target groups including preventative deterioration of complex health, health inequalities, social prescribing and signposting, management of comorbidities and supporting the prevention of an urgent care need. The nurse will clinically supervise and provide support to regulated and unregulated team members with career development, clinical capabilities and behaviours, education and supervision. They will assist the Professional Lead with recruitment and retention, support the wellbeing of the team and improve quality outcomes and budget management as well as implementing service improvement schemes and supporting in pathway development. About us Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work. We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below: https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2 We appreciate you completing the survey. Details Date posted 10 September 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 203-CS1238-A Job locations Acorn House Station Approach, Coventry Road Warwick CV34 4RT United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities Main Functions Named responsibility and professional accountability for the management of a defined caseload including the delegation of tasks to other members of the team. The post holder will have continuing responsibility for visible leadership which ensures an equitable evidence-based service, which is underpinned by the pillars of clinical governance. Prescribe within their individual scope of practice in line with V300 qualification and ensure that nurse prescribing is undertaken in a safe, cost effective manner. Develop a caseload profile, identifying those groups with specific health needs and implement and evaluate programmes of care to target groups taking a case management approach. Act in accordance with current local Warwickshire Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Trust guidelines/policy to protect vulnerable adults. Act within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct. Contribute towards ensuring the trust objectives are implemented and to support the Professional Lead in influencing change. Provide appropriate nursing care to patients on the defined caseloads. Provide specialist advice appropriate to health and social care to patients, carers, relatives and other agencies. Participate in the development, training and mentorship of