• Job Description

  Req#: B0534-25-1710?language=en&page=383&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Self-Management In-reach Nurse

  Band 5 (indicative) - £29,970 - £36,483

  37.5 hours per week

  Permanent

  Location - Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

  Main duties of the job

  Are you a confident nurse with community experience who wants to work with patients in an acute setting to maximise their independence? An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join Locala's new Self-Management Service.

  The self-management service works towards the NHS' Long-Term Plan for personalised care, patients will be reviewed both at home and virtually whilst working towards becoming experts in their own health care interventions.

  Your main role will be to support learning and competence for patients ensuring that they feel confident and able to optimise their skills, maximising the benefits of self-management,

  The successful candidate will:

  • Be a nurse with community experience who is passionate about patient's choices, their abilities to self-manage, and personalised care.
  • Build new and effective working relationships with colleagues who work within the acute setting.
  • Be willing to undertake any further clinical skills and health coaching training that will be required for the role.
  • Act as a role model, using their skills to support patients in an acute setting, building confidence patients they feel able to continue with these skills at home.
  • Demonstrate flexibility in their approach, allowing for regular evaluation and adaptation of the service during its infancy.

  If you are CARING and AMBITIOUS - then join Locala and BE PART OF IT.

  To be shortlisted you will need to meet the essential criteria in the job description.

  About us

  Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

  We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

  Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

  Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

  • Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
  • Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
  • Refer a Friend Scheme -If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.

  Details

  Date posted

  01 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  Depending on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  2025-1710

  Job locations

  Princess Royal Health Centre Greenhead Road Huddersfield, HD1 4EW United Kingdom

  Huddersfield

  HD1 4EW

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more details about the duties and responsibilities for this role, please refer to the attached job description.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more details about the duties and responsibilities for this role, please refer to the attached job description.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Please refer to the attached person specification document.

  Desirable

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  Experience

  Essential

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  Desirable

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  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Please refer to the attached person specification document.

  Desirable

  • Please refer to the attached person specification document.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Please refer to the attached person specification document.

  Desirable

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  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Locala Health and Wellbeing

  Address

  Princess Royal Health Centre Greenhead Road Huddersfield, HD1 4EW United Kingdom

  Huddersfield

  HD1 4EW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.locala.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Locala Health and Wellbeing

  Address

  Princess Royal Health Centre Greenhead Road Huddersfield, HD1 4EW United Kingdom

  Huddersfield

  HD1 4EW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.locala.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• 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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