Community Sister/Charge Nurse
Posted 11 hours 43 minutes ago by NHS
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Yorkshire, Barnsley, United Kingdom, S70 1
Job Description
Community Sister/Charge Nurse The closing date is 22 September 2025
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic experienced nurses to join our Urgent Community Response (UCR) team in Barnsley.
Working in the community delivering care to patients in line with 2-hour UCR timescales, you will make a difference to patient outcomes and reduce unnecessary hospital admission.
You will be responsible for management of caseloads, coordinating care with individuals and their families through acute illness, long term and multiple health challenges and at the end of life.
You will also work as part of the MDT and be involved in the delivery of care for patients including virtual ward.
Primarily supporting crisis pathways in the community but also have or develop skill set to work across both crisis and planned pathways.
You will work across a 7-day week shift pattern (days/afters/nights) including weekends/bank holidays and will need to be able to travel independently between sites and to patients homes.
At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job The successful candidate will:
Provide and deliver cover across our neighbourhood footprint, working in an integrated way with therapy, community nursing and acute adult social care as part of the wider system.
Deliver an efficient, effective and safe pathway from triage to discharge.
Work autonomously as part of a MDT.
Be able to suggest and contribute to improvements in the pathway/team.
Demonstrate a broad range of specialist nursing clinical expertise that supports high-quality person-centred care for patients in Barnsley.
Assess individuals with complex health care needs or those presenting with more acute illnesses, using a range of evidence-based assessment tools and consultation models.
Supervise the delivery of person-centred care plans ensuring regular evaluation of care and develop systems to support staff interventions/care quality.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
About us We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means we're accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we're run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities JOB SUMMARY
The Neighbourhood Teams Charge Nurse / Community Sister will:
Be responsible for the management of caseloads, coordinating care, whether anticipated or unscheduled, with individuals and their families, through acute illness, long term and multiple health challenges and at the end of life.
Have ongoing management of people with multiple pathology and long-term conditions whose mobility is impaired.
Lead and managing a team to deliver care in the home and community.
Prescribe according to assessed need from within the nurse prescribing formulary.
Participate with the training of learners.
Work in an integrated and partnership way with primary, secondary, social care, the independent and voluntary sector and others to improve the health and care of individuals, families and communities, particularly the most vulnerable.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
1.1 Clinical Care
Demonstrate a broad range of specialist nursing clinical expertise that supports high quality person-centred care for the caseload population in a variety of community settings.
Use appropriate physical and clinical examination skills to undertake the assessment of individuals with complex health care needs or those presenting with more acute illnesses, using a range of evidence-based assessment tools and consultation models.
Assess the health-related needs of families and other informal carers, developing therapeutic relationships and using creative problem solving that enables shared decision making for the development of care plans, anticipatory care and delivery of care packages.
Supervise the delivery of person-centred care plans by the team ensuring regular evaluation of care and develop systems to support staff interventions and care quality.
Support all staff to use tools to identify changes in health status and maximise the skills of the nursing and support team to support complex assessment where the patient is showing signs of deteriorating health or new symptoms.
Assess when additional expertise is necessary and make objective and appropriate referrals, whilst maintaining overall responsibility for management and co-ordination of care.
Ensure clear lines of accountability with respect to delegation, supervision and mechanisms for the assurance of clinical and care governance including antimicrobial stewardship.
Work collaboratively with others to identify individuals who would benefit from further ongoing support and management within Neighbourhood Teams or wider support services.
Promote the mental health and well-being of people and carers in conjunction with mental health professionals and GPs, identifying needs and mental capacity, using recognised assessment and referral pathways and best interest decision making and providing appropriate emotional support.
Where appropriate, undertake the case management of people with complex needs, with the support of the multidisciplinary team, to improve anticipatory care, self-management, facilitate timely discharges and reduce avoidable hospital admissions to enable care to be delivered closer to, or at home.
Assess and evaluate risk using a variety of tools across a broad spectrum of often unpredictable situations, including staff, and people within their home environments.
Develop and implement risk management strategies that take account of peoples views and responsibilities, whilst promoting patient and staff safety and preventing avoidable harm to individuals, carers and staff.
Work in partnership with individuals, formal and informal carers and other services to promote the concept of self-care and patient-led care where possible, providing appropriate education and support to maximise the individuals independence and understanding of their condition(s) in achieving their health outcomes.
Analyse and use appropriate approaches to support the individuals health and well-being and promote self-care in addressing their short- or long-term health conditions.
Support the team to facilitate behaviour change interventions for individuals.
Explore and apply the principles of effective collaboration within a multi-agency, multi-professional context facilitating integration of health and social care and services, ensuring person-centred care is co-ordinated and anticipated across the whole of the persons journey.
Demonstrate advanced communication skills engaging and involving people and their carers that foster therapeutic relationships and enable confident management of complex interpersonal issues and conflicts between individuals, carers and members of the caring team.
Prescribe from the appropriate formulary relevant to the type of prescribing being undertaken, following assessment of patient need and according to legislative frameworks and local policy.
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We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic experienced nurses to join our Urgent Community Response (UCR) team in Barnsley.
Working in the community delivering care to patients in line with 2-hour UCR timescales, you will make a difference to patient outcomes and reduce unnecessary hospital admission.
You will be responsible for management of caseloads, coordinating care with individuals and their families through acute illness, long term and multiple health challenges and at the end of life.
You will also work as part of the MDT and be involved in the delivery of care for patients including virtual ward.
Primarily supporting crisis pathways in the community but also have or develop skill set to work across both crisis and planned pathways.
You will work across a 7-day week shift pattern (days/afters/nights) including weekends/bank holidays and will need to be able to travel independently between sites and to patients homes.
At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job The successful candidate will:
- Be a Registered General Nurse with substantial post qualifying experience.
Provide and deliver cover across our neighbourhood footprint, working in an integrated way with therapy, community nursing and acute adult social care as part of the wider system.
Deliver an efficient, effective and safe pathway from triage to discharge.
Work autonomously as part of a MDT.
Be able to suggest and contribute to improvements in the pathway/team.
Demonstrate a broad range of specialist nursing clinical expertise that supports high-quality person-centred care for patients in Barnsley.
Assess individuals with complex health care needs or those presenting with more acute illnesses, using a range of evidence-based assessment tools and consultation models.
Supervise the delivery of person-centred care plans ensuring regular evaluation of care and develop systems to support staff interventions/care quality.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
About us We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means we're accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we're run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities JOB SUMMARY
The Neighbourhood Teams Charge Nurse / Community Sister will:
- Adapt and provide a wide range of nursing care in home and community-based settings
- Be accountable for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for patients and managing unpredictable situations flexibly and responsively ensuring this is of a high standard.
Be responsible for the management of caseloads, coordinating care, whether anticipated or unscheduled, with individuals and their families, through acute illness, long term and multiple health challenges and at the end of life.
Have ongoing management of people with multiple pathology and long-term conditions whose mobility is impaired.
Lead and managing a team to deliver care in the home and community.
Prescribe according to assessed need from within the nurse prescribing formulary.
Participate with the training of learners.
Work in an integrated and partnership way with primary, secondary, social care, the independent and voluntary sector and others to improve the health and care of individuals, families and communities, particularly the most vulnerable.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
1.1 Clinical Care
Demonstrate a broad range of specialist nursing clinical expertise that supports high quality person-centred care for the caseload population in a variety of community settings.
Use appropriate physical and clinical examination skills to undertake the assessment of individuals with complex health care needs or those presenting with more acute illnesses, using a range of evidence-based assessment tools and consultation models.
Assess the health-related needs of families and other informal carers, developing therapeutic relationships and using creative problem solving that enables shared decision making for the development of care plans, anticipatory care and delivery of care packages.
Supervise the delivery of person-centred care plans by the team ensuring regular evaluation of care and develop systems to support staff interventions and care quality.
Support all staff to use tools to identify changes in health status and maximise the skills of the nursing and support team to support complex assessment where the patient is showing signs of deteriorating health or new symptoms.
Assess when additional expertise is necessary and make objective and appropriate referrals, whilst maintaining overall responsibility for management and co-ordination of care.
Ensure clear lines of accountability with respect to delegation, supervision and mechanisms for the assurance of clinical and care governance including antimicrobial stewardship.
Work collaboratively with others to identify individuals who would benefit from further ongoing support and management within Neighbourhood Teams or wider support services.
Promote the mental health and well-being of people and carers in conjunction with mental health professionals and GPs, identifying needs and mental capacity, using recognised assessment and referral pathways and best interest decision making and providing appropriate emotional support.
Where appropriate, undertake the case management of people with complex needs, with the support of the multidisciplinary team, to improve anticipatory care, self-management, facilitate timely discharges and reduce avoidable hospital admissions to enable care to be delivered closer to, or at home.
Assess and evaluate risk using a variety of tools across a broad spectrum of often unpredictable situations, including staff, and people within their home environments.
Develop and implement risk management strategies that take account of peoples views and responsibilities, whilst promoting patient and staff safety and preventing avoidable harm to individuals, carers and staff.
Work in partnership with individuals, formal and informal carers and other services to promote the concept of self-care and patient-led care where possible, providing appropriate education and support to maximise the individuals independence and understanding of their condition(s) in achieving their health outcomes.
Analyse and use appropriate approaches to support the individuals health and well-being and promote self-care in addressing their short- or long-term health conditions.
Support the team to facilitate behaviour change interventions for individuals.
Explore and apply the principles of effective collaboration within a multi-agency, multi-professional context facilitating integration of health and social care and services, ensuring person-centred care is co-ordinated and anticipated across the whole of the persons journey.
Demonstrate advanced communication skills engaging and involving people and their carers that foster therapeutic relationships and enable confident management of complex interpersonal issues and conflicts between individuals, carers and members of the caring team.
Prescribe from the appropriate formulary relevant to the type of prescribing being undertaken, following assessment of patient need and according to legislative frameworks and local policy.
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