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Job summary

Main area
Community Health Services
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Service covers 8am - 6pm (7 days a week))
Job ref
448-LCA-8327397
Employer
East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire)
Employer type
NHS
Site
Units 2-3 The Poynt
Town
Luton
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro-rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59
Interview date
04/11/2026

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East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) logo

Integrated District Nursing Sister

Band 6

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England.

Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong.

By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities.

Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.

Please note, our selection processes are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications is monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Please note all new starters will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Integrated District Nursing Service.

Are you an experienced and compassionate nurse ready to take the next step in your career?

We are looking for an Integrated District Nursing Sister looking for a new challenge. 

Keen to work with motivated caring staff. 

If you are an experienced, dynamic enthusiastic Nurse and are able to utilise sound clinical decision making to provide evidence based treatment and care planning in response to clinical assessment, we would like to hear from you.

In Luton we are looking for a dynamic, motivated Band 6 Nurse to caseload manage within an integrated team with a strong ethos of quality care provision. 

This role will give you the opportunity to assist with the development of Integrated Community Nursing within Luton.

This role requires you to hold a UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.

Our service works from 8am – 6pm, 7 days a week on a rota basis.

"(Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 16/10/2026)"

Main duties of the job

 To support the provision of Community Nursing care within the Integrated Community Nursing Team, providing scheduled and unscheduled care to the house bound population of Luton.

To manage a defined caseload of patients

To prevent avoidable hospital admissions by providing a holistic assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care packages to meet the individual needs of the patient in accordance with Trust guidelines.

To provide clinical leadership within the Community Nursing Service

To organise and coordinate the overall care to meet clients’ care needs, which may be complex involving other professionals and agencies in an integrated and co-ordinated way.

 

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development. 

Please be aware that East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust will never ask applicants to pay fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including job applications, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. All recruitment communications and job applications should only be made through our official careers website and published contact details.

If you receive a suspicious job offer or recruitment-related communication, do not make any payments, share personal information, or provide identity documents. We encourage you to report the matter to your local police or relevant law enforcement agency. Any concerns relating to potential recruitment fraud should also be reported to our Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS) as soon as possible.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

'Please see JD and PS for detailed responsibilities'.

Management and leadership responsibility for a team of nurses.

To contribute to the development and implementation of policies as required.

To be accountable and responsible for the management of work priorities for self and team members.

To take a lead in the setting of standards of care amongst the team and to teach, deploy, co-ordinate and supervise the team, recognising their knowledge/skills and development potential.

To assess and implement care interventions to meet identified health needs of individuals, families and communities. Maintain associated records.

To provide clinical supervision and mentorship to pre- and post-registration nursing students.

To assess and identify any complications surrounding patient care and to act accordingly to enable the patient to remain at home where appropriate.

To assess and prioritise unscheduled requests for nursing intervention and allocation to an appropriately skilled clinician as required.

To work in partnership with other agencies to deliver strategic national and local health priorities

To refer patients to other services / agencies as appropriate

To escalate Risk appropriately

To ensure that patients are treated with care and compassion at all times.

If you have a non-medical prescribing qualification, you will be expected to practice as a prescriber as part of this role.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent e.g. Community Specialist practitioner /PgDip
  • Independent Nurse Prescribing or willingness to undertake
  • Evidence of CPD
  • MSPP or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Post Graduate study in relevant area

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant post registration experience including community experience
  • Understanding of staff and resource management
  • Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary Primary Health Care Team.
  • Awareness of implications of DOH directives
  • Ability to work within a skill mixed team, working within quality standards.
  • Able to demonstrate a knowledge of clinical / governance and audit
  • Demonstrate an understanding of research and its impact on clinical practice.
  • Knowledge of Safeguarding Children/Vulnerable Adults and procedure for reporting
  • Evidence of involvement in project development work or health promotion group work
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working within a high ethnic population
  • DN/ Community experience

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of involvement in project development work or health promotion group work
  • Ability to lead a team and to work as an autonomous practitioner.
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to work across organisational boundaries
  • Systematic approach to work and Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others
  • Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
  • Encourages others to express themselves openly
  • Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems
  • Shows respect for others’ feelings, views and circumstances
  • In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down.
  • Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so
  • Listens to personal comments without becoming defensive

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Carers Friendly Tick award EmployersVeteran AwareDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Step into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nichola Renders
Job title
Lead nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07912 487783
Additional information

Kim Milligan

Operational Support Officer

07790 847903

[email protected]

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