Closing date: 12 November 2026
Salary: £27,124.20 a year (Band 6, Agenda for change)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Location: Long Sutton Medical Centre, Trafalgar Square, Long Sutton, Lincs, PE12 9HB

Our company has an exciting opportunity for one Registered Nurse to join our team of Specialist Neighbourhood Nurses based within GP Practices. This post will be supporting The South Lincolnshire Rural PCN, working within Long Sutton Medical Centre.

The post available is 0.6WTE to work (3 days per week) with an offered salary of £45,207 (Pro rata) on a permanent contract.

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave + 8 days bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Sickness pay aligned with AFC
• NHS Pension/NEST pension
• Employee assistance programme

Main duties of the job
The role of the Specialist Neighbourhood Nurse is to support both the practice staff and members of the Neighbourhood Team to identify and support people to reduce the risk of unplanned hospital admissions and to effectively support those individuals in the community.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a point of contact between GP, Neighbourhood Team, people and their carers.
• Liaise with GPs and practice teams to identify people who are elderly, frail or who have long term health needs and support.
• Visit people at home following the identification of urgent clinical need, undertake a personalised comprehensive assessment, and diagnose, treat and prescribe within the limitations of your registration and competence.
• Visit people at home following an unplanned hospital admission and those with a history of repeat admissions, within 2 weeks.
• Implement personal care plans for individual people, ensuring preventative actions are detailed to support the appropriate use of services.
• Ensure all people with dementia have a care plan.
• Maintain accurate and up to date records of patient contacts using GP record systems such as SystmOne and EMIS.
• Participate in Practice multi-disciplinary meetings and Neighbourhood Team MDT meetings.

Person Specification
Essential experience:

• Experience of dealing with people with long term conditions.
• Evidence of ability to work autonomously.
• Evidence of working within a multidisciplinary team.

Essential qualifications:

• Registered Nurse Level 1
• Post graduate study in health related studies relevant to long term conditions or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Post registration teaching qualification or willingness to undertake
• Post registration qualification in non-medical prescribing or willingness to undertake as needs of service change

Please send your CV and cover letter detailing how you meet the person specification and why you should be considered for this role.

Employer contact: Sue Oakman, Operations Manager, s.oakman@nhs.net

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Applications are welcome from those requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship, which will be considered alongside all other applications.