Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join one of our
experienced District Nursing Teams.
The District Nurse Sister/Team Leader (Band 6) is responsible for managing a
caseload of patients and leading a community nursing team to deliver highquality,
evidencebased care. The role includes assessing patient needs, planning and
evaluating care, supporting complex cases, and promoting patient independence.
The post holder delegates tasks across nurses and support staff, ensures
accurate clinical documentation, and works collaboratively with wider health
and social care professionals. They provide daytoday leadership, contribute
to clinical governance, uphold professional standards, and support staff
development through supervision, teaching, and mentorship. The role also
involves participation in audits, service improvement, safeguarding, infection
prevention, and adherence to regulatory and Trust policies. Flexibility,
autonomous practice, and effective communication are key in ensuring safe,
responsive community nursing services.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will coordinate daytoday
activity within the community nursing team, ensuring patients receive timely
and safe care. They will organise staff, allocate visits, and oversee how the
workload is shared across the team. The role involves guiding colleagues
through clinical decisions, offering support with complex situations, and
stepping in to resolve issues that arise in the community setting. The
candidate will nurture the teams development by coaching individuals,
supporting students, and promoting continual learning. They will help maintain
high standards by monitoring practice quality, contributing to service
improvements, and ensuring procedures are followed. Working closely with GPs
and other professionals, they will help shape care plans that enable patients
to stay well at home. They will also ensure processes such as documentation,
safeguarding, and incident reporting are carried out correctly while supporting
the smooth running of the service.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our
NHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and
promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they were
created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important
to them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and
promote independence in the healthcare we provide..
E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships
based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right
skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and
show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide
sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plan to integrate and form a new organisation on the 1st April 2026. As such, if your start date is on or after 1st April 2026, you will be employed by the newly formed organisation. Should you join Bridgewater prior to this date, your employment will automatically transfer into the new organisation. We are confident that this transition will provide new opportunities and a continued commitment to excellence in patient care.
Job Purpose:
The post holder will manage a caseload of registered patients within a team or team(s). The post holder will delegate the workload to the community nurses, healthcare assistants and nursing assistants as appropriate and as defined by the priority/acuity of the caseload and liaise with all health care professionals and other agencies within the wider community to ensure effective service delivery.
The post holder will work under the direction of the District Nurse Coordinator and will be responsible for the assessment of patient need.
The post holder will develop, deliver and evaluate programmes of care.
The post holder will support the care management of complex case and further support leadership and development within the team. The post holder will play a part in the mentoring pre and post registration students.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical
- Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs utilising prescribing skills.
- Support the care management of complex/continuing care packages.
- Ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care.
- To establish and maintain effective communication with individual groups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations.
- Work collaboratively with other professional and agencies to ensure patients needs are met.
- Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
- To competently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post.
- Maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC Standards.
- To identify skills and knowledge to address individuals training needs by undertaking personal development reviews and personal development plans within the KSF framework.
- To participate in the health needs assessment of the practice population to identify areas of unmet need.
- Ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems.
- Undertake chronic disease management reviews of the housebound patient using appropriate template
- Work on a rota basis to facilitate weekend working across the district nursing teams
Managerial/Leadership
- Work under the direction of the District Nurse Coordinator in providing nursing services to patients registered within a defined GP Practice.
- Manage the night service caseload of patients.
- Delegate the work load to appropriate team members.
- Day to day responsibility for the designated caseload.
- To provide accurate timely information to the identified administrator regarding annual leave, expenses and study leave.
- To undertake back to work interviews and assist in the monitoring and reporting to District Nurse Coordinator general HR issues surrounding staff sickness, absentees.
- To report any concerns with regard to poor practice or concerns of staff members to the District Nurse Coordinator.
- Support the effective use of physical and financial resources. Ordering supplies and equipment.
- To ensure as far as possible that the working environment is safe, adhering to the Lone Worker policy.
- To provide leadership and support by promoting professional development and encourage clinical supervision.
- Supply required activity data related to patient care.
Clinical Governance:
- To support the clinical governance agenda by benchmarking best practice, identify any inequalities in service delivery.
- Ensure that practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature.
- To contribute to the development of and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work to ensure best practice.
- In-depth knowledge of the legal, ethical, moral and accountability issues related to District Nursing. Adhere to the NMC Standards:-
- Professional Code of Conduct, Scope of Professional Practice and Administrations of Medicines records and Record keeping.
- Support the organisations public health agenda.
- Maintain a professional portfolio that demonstrates evidence of on-going professional development.
- Identify any limitations/gaps in professional or clinical knowledge.
- Access and promote clinical supervision within the team
- Promote peoples equality, diversity and rights.
Teaching and Learning:
- To ensure own continued professional development.
- To undertake mandatory training and other training that is specific for the post.
- Facilitate the placement of pre and post registration nursing students.
- Support the development of the nursing team by teaching and assessing other member of the team including nursing auxiliaries.
- Teaching of patients/carers and other professionals to support patients to maintain their optimum level of independence.
- Promote lifelong learning with the nursing team.
- Act as practice teacher to specialist practitioner students (NMC Standard 2006)
Records Management, Confidentiality and Security of Information:
The post holder will be expected to:
- Adhere to Trust policies and procedures as directed in training, guidelines and advised by relevant colleagues in relation to creating records and handling information. Undertake action as required to implement and comply with these policies and procedures. Report any non-compliance.
- Maintain confidentiality in relation to personal data held for colleagues and patients, ensuring it is processed lawfully; for no purpose other than for which it was obtained; is relevant to that purpose; is retained for no longer than is necessary; is processed in accordance with the rights of the subject to access and accuracy; and is protected from accidental loss or damage in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, and records management guidance
- Maintain confidentiality of patient-identifiable personal data using a non-identifiable alternative, where practicable, and limiting access on a strictly need to know basis in accordance with the responsibilities of the Trusts Caldicott Guardian
Codes of Conduct and Accountability:
The post holder is required to comply with relevant NHS codes of conduct and accountability, and professional codes of conduct appropriate to this role.
The post holder is responsible for ensuring maintenance of registration with the professional codes of conduct appropriate to this role including completing CPD and competency levels as required for maintenance of registration.
The post holder is required to take responsibility for their own development including ensuring attendance at all statutory and mandatory training, maintaining personal development records and taking an active role within personal development processes.
Please see full Job Description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plan to integrate and form a new organisation on the 1st April 2026. As such, if your start date is on or after 1st April 2026, you will be employed by the newly formed organisation. Should you join Bridgewater prior to this date, your employment will automatically transfer into the new organisation. We are confident that this transition will provide new opportunities and a continued commitment to excellence in patient care.
Job Purpose:
The post holder will manage a caseload of registered patients within a team or team(s). The post holder will delegate the workload to the community nurses, healthcare assistants and nursing assistants as appropriate and as defined by the priority/acuity of the caseload and liaise with all health care professionals and other agencies within the wider community to ensure effective service delivery.
The post holder will work under the direction of the District Nurse Coordinator and will be responsible for the assessment of patient need.
The post holder will develop, deliver and evaluate programmes of care.
The post holder will support the care management of complex case and further support leadership and development within the team. The post holder will play a part in the mentoring pre and post registration students.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical
- Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs utilising prescribing skills.
- Support the care management of complex/continuing care packages.
- Ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care.
- To establish and maintain effective communication with individual groups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations.
- Work collaboratively with other professional and agencies to ensure patients needs are met.
- Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
- To competently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post.
- Maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC Standards.
- To identify skills and knowledge to address individuals training needs by undertaking personal development reviews and personal development plans within the KSF framework.
- To participate in the health needs assessment of the practice population to identify areas of unmet need.
- Ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems.
- Undertake chronic disease management reviews of the housebound patient using appropriate template
- Work on a rota basis to facilitate weekend working across the district nursing teams
Managerial/Leadership
- Work under the direction of the District Nurse Coordinator in providing nursing services to patients registered within a defined GP Practice.
- Manage the night service caseload of patients.
- Delegate the work load to appropriate team members.
- Day to day responsibility for the designated caseload.
- To provide accurate timely information to the identified administrator regarding annual leave, expenses and study leave.
- To undertake back to work interviews and assist in the monitoring and reporting to District Nurse Coordinator general HR issues surrounding staff sickness, absentees.
- To report any concerns with regard to poor practice or concerns of staff members to the District Nurse Coordinator.
- Support the effective use of physical and financial resources. Ordering supplies and equipment.
- To ensure as far as possible that the working environment is safe, adhering to the Lone Worker policy.
- To provide leadership and support by promoting professional development and encourage clinical supervision.
- Supply required activity data related to patient care.
Clinical Governance:
- To support the clinical governance agenda by benchmarking best practice, identify any inequalities in service delivery.
- Ensure that practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature.
- To contribute to the development of and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work to ensure best practice.
- In-depth knowledge of the legal, ethical, moral and accountability issues related to District Nursing. Adhere to the NMC Standards:-
- Professional Code of Conduct, Scope of Professional Practice and Administrations of Medicines records and Record keeping.
- Support the organisations public health agenda.
- Maintain a professional portfolio that demonstrates evidence of on-going professional development.
- Identify any limitations/gaps in professional or clinical knowledge.
- Access and promote clinical supervision within the team
- Promote peoples equality, diversity and rights.
Teaching and Learning:
- To ensure own continued professional development.
- To undertake mandatory training and other training that is specific for the post.
- Facilitate the placement of pre and post registration nursing students.
- Support the development of the nursing team by teaching and assessing other member of the team including nursing auxiliaries.
- Teaching of patients/carers and other professionals to support patients to maintain their optimum level of independence.
- Promote lifelong learning with the nursing team.
- Act as practice teacher to specialist practitioner students (NMC Standard 2006)
Records Management, Confidentiality and Security of Information:
The post holder will be expected to:
- Adhere to Trust policies and procedures as directed in training, guidelines and advised by relevant colleagues in relation to creating records and handling information. Undertake action as required to implement and comply with these policies and procedures. Report any non-compliance.
- Maintain confidentiality in relation to personal data held for colleagues and patients, ensuring it is processed lawfully; for no purpose other than for which it was obtained; is relevant to that purpose; is retained for no longer than is necessary; is processed in accordance with the rights of the subject to access and accuracy; and is protected from accidental loss or damage in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, and records management guidance
- Maintain confidentiality of patient-identifiable personal data using a non-identifiable alternative, where practicable, and limiting access on a strictly need to know basis in accordance with the responsibilities of the Trusts Caldicott Guardian
Codes of Conduct and Accountability:
The post holder is required to comply with relevant NHS codes of conduct and accountability, and professional codes of conduct appropriate to this role.
The post holder is responsible for ensuring maintenance of registration with the professional codes of conduct appropriate to this role including completing CPD and competency levels as required for maintenance of registration.
The post holder is required to take responsibility for their own development including ensuring attendance at all statutory and mandatory training, maintaining personal development records and taking an active role within personal development processes.
Please see full Job Description attached.
Person Specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Skills & KnowledgeAble to perform complex assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.
- Wide range of clinical skills
- Proven leadership skills
- Able to communicate sensitive/unpleasant information to patients, relatives and/or carers.
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge.
- Able to demonstrate initiative.
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings.
- Ability to teach, assess and mentor staff and pre & post registration students including SPQ students.
- Ability to communicate at a high level both verbally and written.
- Good IT skills
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable).
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of GCSE Mathematics and English Language (grade A*-C / 9-4), or equivalent qualification including functional skills Level 2
- Degree qualified RN First level/RGN
- Willingness to undertake District Nursing (NMC) Specialist Practitioner Apprenticeship.
Desirable
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.
Experience
Essential
- Community experience
- Experience of high level organisational skills
Desirable
- Audit & Research experience
- Recognised Management experience
Person Specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Skills & KnowledgeAble to perform complex assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.
- Wide range of clinical skills
- Proven leadership skills
- Able to communicate sensitive/unpleasant information to patients, relatives and/or carers.
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge.
- Able to demonstrate initiative.
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings.
- Ability to teach, assess and mentor staff and pre & post registration students including SPQ students.
- Ability to communicate at a high level both verbally and written.
- Good IT skills
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable).
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of GCSE Mathematics and English Language (grade A*-C / 9-4), or equivalent qualification including functional skills Level 2
- Degree qualified RN First level/RGN
- Willingness to undertake District Nursing (NMC) Specialist Practitioner Apprenticeship.
Desirable
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.
Experience
Essential
- Community experience
- Experience of high level organisational skills
Desirable
- Audit & Research experience
- Recognised Management experience
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
