Senior Community Nurse

Job Summary

Are you looking for a new role in a supportive and dynamic team or perhaps looking for your next challenge! CICH North Neighbourhood Team are looking for a dynamic and skilled Community B6 Nurse, for a 6 months fixed term contract. As a senior nurse within the service you will be responsible for providing skilled leadership to colleagues during the shift. This will include allocating workload and managing the caseload of the team. Prioritising patients based on need. You will manage the performance and development of staff, be responsible for providing supervision for staff, ensuring that a high standard of skilled nursing care is provided to patients. You will use specialist knowledge in assessing, planning and implementing care and demonstrate high level problem solving and decision-making skills. Community experience is essential.

Main Duties of the Job

• Help coordinate the shift ensuring that all staff carry out skilled evidence based nursing intervention.
• Be a point of contact for staff on duty and use skills to manage complex, challenging and demanding clinical situations.
• Assess, prioritise and manage the active caseload using coordination and leadership skills.
• Teach staff, demonstrating and supervising nursing care to patients.
• Provide managerial supervision including yearly appraisal.

About Us

Our commitment as an employer & in accordance with the NHS constitution is to provide you with clear roles and responsibilities, personal development, support for health and well-being, a good working environment, fair treatment, and opportunities to engage in decisions.

Job Details

• Date posted: 29 April 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year pa inc HCAS
• Contract: Fixed term (6 months)
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 333-G-CC-1556
• Job locations: Gospel Oak Medical Centre, 5 Lismore Circus, London, Camden, NW5 4RA

Job Responsibilities

Clinical Duties

• Carries out skilled evidence based nursing intervention.
• Manages complex, challenging and demanding clinical situations.
• Teaches, demonstrates and supervises nursing care to patients.
• Ensures clinical practice of the team is up to date and based on current evidence base.
• Applies current Infection Control Policy issues and universal precautions.
• Assesses, prioritises and manages caseload.

Professional

• Maintains current NMC registration and follows Professional Code of Conduct.
• Actively participates in training and development of team members.
• Maintains own professional practice.
• Provides and takes part in Clinical Supervision.
• Deals professionally with sensitive and confidential information.
• Undertakes appraisal/annual reviews for team members.

Managerial

• Prioritises and allocates clinical work to team members according to competency.
• Maintains accurate records and returns as required by service managers or the Trust.
• Maintains staff rotas to cover caseloads.
• Ensures team members have current mandatory training records.
• Identifies clinical risk to Clinical Leads and reports on incidents.
• Undertakes systematic caseload reviews.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Adult Nurse (Essential)
• Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines (Essential)
• Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development (Essential)
• Practice assessor and supervisor training (Desirable)

Experience

• Previous experience as a Band 5 nurse in the community setting (Essential)

Knowledge

• Previous experience as a Band 5 nurse in the community setting (Essential)
• Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] policies (Essential)
• Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary (Essential)
• Sound clinical knowledge (Essential)
• Manage others and contribute to the management of the team (Essential)
• Expertise in particular skills and evidence of how you developed them (Desirable)
• Supervision, Line management and appraisal training (Desirable)
• HR skills training e.g. recruitment, managing absence (Desirable)

Additional Information

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check. 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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details

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Address: Gospel Oak Medical Centre, 5 Lismore Circus, London, Camden, NW5 4RA

Employer's website: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work

Employer Contact

For questions about the job, contact: North Neighbourhood Lead Nurse - Mariana Begolli at [contact hidden] or [contact hidden].