Community Sister/ Charge Nurse
| Posting date: | 04 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 March 2026 |
| Location: | Barnsley, S71 5PN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9378-B2284 |
Summary
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 delivering skilled nursing care to patients in the community setting e.g., recording and monitoring a patients clinical observations, wound care management, palliative care, IV cannulation, intravenous medications, urinary catheterisation, and obtaining bloods for diagnostic purposes etc. Have the flexibility and skill set, with appropriate training, to work across planned and crisis pathways supporting patients to remain well in their own homes, or long-term place of residence and / or prevent hospital admission 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. For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.