NHS
Rapid Response Senior Community Nurse
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Job Description
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- NMC registered Nurse
- Relevant Nursing degree or equivalent relevant experience
- Student Mentorship
- Have or be required to undertake a leadership development programme
- Recent and relevant community experience
- Post registration experience
- Experience of Long Term Conditions
- Proven clinical expertise, knowledge and experience of implementing service improvement
- Case management/ ward management experience
- Proven managerial skills and experience of change management
- IT and administrative skills
- Leadership and organisational skills
- Autonomous Practitioner
- Expected to travel around various areas of Derbyshire County in order to carry out required duties
- NMC registered Nurse
- Relevant Nursing degree or equivalent relevant experience
- Student Mentorship
- Have or be required to undertake a leadership development programme
- Recent and relevant community experience
- Post registration experience
- Experience of Long Term Conditions
- Proven clinical expertise, knowledge and experience of implementing service improvement
- Case management/ ward management experience
- Proven managerial skills and experience of change management
- IT and administrative skills
- Leadership and organisational skills
- Autonomous Practitioner
- Expected to travel around various areas of Derbyshire County in order to carry out required duties
Job summary
We have a fantastic opportunity for a nurse who has experience of community nursing to join our Rapid Response Nursing Team in Derby City as a Senior Community Nurse.
Our service provides acute care in patients' own homes and Residential Care Home settings. We promote a self-management approach to patients with their health needs, therefore a key priority is to offer health education at each visit.
Our service provides cover 7 days per week, 08:00-18:30 to support patients with urgent nursing needs.
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to develop specialist nursing assessment skills to enable them to provide a comprehensive assessment to a variety of complex patients both via telephone triage and clinical patient home visits.
You will be well supported in the role by a skilled multi-disciplinary team and have the opportunity to participate within an in-service training programme.
The requirements to travel across Derby City and flexibility are essential for this post.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for all aspects of band 6 role including:
Triaging, assessing patient priority and allocating visits in accordance with priority and ensuring we meet Urgent Community Response times;
Supporting new starters/junior staff/ student nurses with achieving clinical competencies/confidence.
Deliver high quality clinical care and providing support with complex patient management and co-ordination of care
Support with quality always, audits and data analysis.
Staff leadership including; probationary meetings, 1-1's and appraisals
About us
There has never been a more exciting time to join one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country - one that is also among the very best NHS employers, as voted by its own staff.
Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.
Details
Date posted
17 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
842-CCS-6416-25-A
Job locations
Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
London Road
Derby
DE1 2QY
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Job responsibilities
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Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
Please note - this vacancy will close early if a high volume of applications are received.
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Experience / Knowledge
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Skills & Attributes
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Education, Qualifications and Training
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Experience / Knowledge
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Additional informationDisclosure 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
Address
Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
London Road
Derby
DE1 2QY
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
Address
Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
London Road
Derby
DE1 2QY
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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