Community Matron
| Posting date: | 08 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | £57,528.00 to £64,750.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £57528.00 - £64750.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2026 |
| Location: | Barnsley, S70 3RD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9378-B2334 |
Summary
JOB SUMMARY The role of the Case Manager/ Community Matron is: To provide systems leadership at a neighbourhood level for managers, specialist nurses and staff within a primary care setting. Work effectively in an integrated partnership way with primary care, secondary care, social care, the independent and voluntary sector Through patient involvement, brokering care across partnerships, whilst leading and promoting the principles of multidisciplinary team working, to support the achievement of better health outcomes To provide a high quality, comprehensive and accessible community nursing service to housebound patients Undertake complex holistic assessments using advanced clinical examination and assessment skills that encompass all aspects of an individuals needs. Act as keyworker, liaising and working collaboratively with other professionals to co-ordinate care, preventing duplication, fragmentation and ensuring the effective deployment of resources Undertaken line management responsibilities of the District Nurse and Assistant Community Matron roles. KEY RESULT AREAS 1.1 Clinical Care Proactively manage a caseload of patients with long term conditions who have complex needs, increasing and decreasing input into a patient care as required and discharging from the caseload as appropriate in line with the Community Nursing Service Operating Framework. Undertake the keyworker role, liaising and working collaboratively with other professionals to co-ordinate care, preventing duplication, fragmentation and ensuring the effective deployment of resources. Actively case find using data bases and risk stratification tools to actively seek out patients who will benefit from clinical case management techniques to avoid unplanned hospital admissions and reduce the length of hospital stays by facilitating a timely discharge Undertaken complex holistic assessments using advanced clinical examination and assessment skills that encompass all aspects of an individuals needs in conjunction with the individual and their family. Use self-management and joint care planning principles to care delivery that promote the resilience, enhance well-being and maintain independence To provide evidence based care plans based on sound clinical decision making using the knowledge of the unique presentation of long term conditions, negotiated with the person. To initiate and lead medicines management reviews, independently prescribing medicines and appliances where appropriate and within scope of practice. Use expert knowledge to promote healthy lifestyles and self-management of long term conditions Prevent unplanned hospital admissions through intensive clinical management and health and social care support at home. Reducing the length of stay of unplanned hospital admissions through communication and coordination of care with secondary and primary care To help individuals and their families to plan for and improve end of life care, ensuring their choices are reflected in personalisation care plans. Communicate effectively using higher level communication skills at all levels within the organisation, to a variety of health and social care professionals, individuals and their families. Challenge practice, systems and policies in an objective and constructive manner Use high level communication skills to negotiate care plans and establish collaborative partnerships with patients and carers Support the patient to develop a range of self-management strategies to enable them to be independent. Actively promote health and self-care, disease prevention and the self- management of acute and/or long term conditions, applying the principles of making every contact count in clinical practice Maintain contact with the individual if admitted to hospital, providing information about home circumstances to hospital staff and ensuring that discharge of the patient is rapid, planned and safe Utilise nursing metrics to provide high quality advanced nursing care Visible role model for the National Nursing Strategy and the values within Compassion in Care and the 10 commitments to nursing For full job description, please see attached supporting documents. We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.