Job summary
- Main area
- District Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 421-LTUCC-2008S-B
- Employer
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Care Team Knaresborough, Ripon and Harrogate
- Town
- Ripon, Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Community Specialist Practitioner - District Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Are you a qualified District Nurse with the Specialist Practitioner Qualification? Are you looking for an exciting and challenging role in a friendly and supportive community care team? If so, we would love to hear from you.
We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate District Nurses with excellent communication skills and great leadership skills to motivate and support others to maintain the delivery of high quality, proactive and safe care that we at HDFT strive to achieve.
Main duties of the job
To lead and manage a team in the provision of an community nursing care for a defined locality
Establish high quality programmes of evidenced based care for individual patients referred to the team.
Ensure the implementation and evaluation of care in conjunction with other agencies incorporating statutory and voluntary services
Line manage a team with varying skill mix
Working for our organisation
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
- A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
- Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
- Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please note:
- Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
- Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
- Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are a forward thinking service with a real sense of community and pride ourselves on our ability to support people in their own homes. Join us and support our vision of delivering the right care, first time, every time.
Bases in Adult Community Services include Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough, covering both rural and urban areas.
We strongly encourage you to contact us to arrange an informal visit to learn more about the service we provide and meet our teams.
For a list of all of the responsibilities of the role and a detailed job description and personal specification please refer to the attached documents.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with NMC registration
- Post Reg District Nursing Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Degree in Community Health Care Nursing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification community experience
- Experience of managing caseloads
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with patients with long term conditions
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Clinical Supervision/Leadership/Supervisory Experience
Desirable criteria
- Change management skills
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Holly Southcott
- Job title
- Clinical Locality Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07933591075
- Additional information
Alternative contact(s):
Gail Beaumont - Clinical Locality Manager 07919493271
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