Clinical Nurse Specialist - Care Home Team | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	09 February 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£47,810 - £54,710 per annum (pro-rata if part time)
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	11 March 2026
Location:	Retford, DN22 7ED
Company:	Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Temporary
Job reference:	7759983/186-105-26-GH

Summary

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Bassetlaw Care Home Team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. This is a senior clinical role leading on support and education to care home providers across Bassetlaw as well as providing clinical support and advice to residents with complex long term conditions.

This post is for a 12 month period.

Secondments considered.

You will join an established team of Band 5,6 and 7 Nurses and have the opportunity to develop this relatively new service in line with the National Enhanced Framework for Care Homes 2020.

Based out of Retford Primary Care Centre you will be predominantly covering the care homes in the Bassetlaw locality.



Applicants should have recent demonstrable experience of working in care homes and delivering training and education to this staff group. You will have an excellent understanding of the current agenda and be able to demonstrate clinical knowledge and the ability to lead within a service.

You will have excellent clinical knowledge with advanced problem solving and critical thinking. You will also demonstrate excellent communication skills.

In return the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of a dynamic and forward thinking team and benefit from being part of the wider specialist palliative care services in Mid Notts.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.



Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

The essential experience and qualifications needed are set out in the attached job description and person specification but include, not exhaustively:

1stLevel Registered Nurse

BSc Honours Degree or equivalent must have evidence of studying at degree level.

Independent Nurse Prescriber V300

Evidence of working at a senior level

Understanding of local and national priorities in relation to patient’s long-term conditions.

Experience of delivering teaching and assessing in clinical practice

Ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively

Up-to-date professional portfolio demonstrating evidence of reflective practice and ongoing professional development

Experience of leading/managing a team

Broad experience of having used expert knowledge, advanced nursing practice and autonomous decision making to manage patients in a variety of settings.

Competent in physical examination and history taking, diagnosis and treatment planning.

Ability to travel between locations. A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.




This advert closes on Sunday 22 Feb 2026

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