Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Warrington Division of North Cheshire & Mersey NHS Trust for an enthusiastic, compassionate, and forward-thinking District Nurse Coordinator to lead our dedicated District Nursing team.

We are seeking an inspiring clinical leader who is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within the community. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, embraces innovation, and is committed to driving excellence in clinical practice and service delivery.

The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional communication, leadership, and organisational skills, with the ability to effectively prioritise workload, coordinate complex care, and develop robust, person-centred care plans. You will play a pivotal role in supporting, mentoring, and developing junior colleagues while fostering a positive and collaborative team culture.

Working closely with the Operational Manager and Clinical Lead, you will contribute to achieving operational, clinical, professional, organisational, and national objectives. You will be empowered to work autonomously, providing visible clinical leadership and taking responsibility for maintaining and continually improving standards of clinical governance, evidence-based practice, quality assurance, and patient safety.

Main duties of the job

• Support and deliver a high quality, safe and effective service for Warrington residents.
• Perform comprehensive assessment of highly complex patient nursing needs.
• Ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care.
• Work collaboratively with the Primary Care teams other professionals and agencies to ensure patients needs are met.
• Participate in the health needs assessment of practice populations to identify areas of unmet need.
• Demonstrate the ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems.
• Provide advice, guidance, and support to District Nursing staff on all clinical and professional issues, e.g. vulnerable adults, legal and ethical issues in nursing.
• Be responsible for the equitable distribution of workloads across teams. Manage the District Nursing Services through the development and supervision of staff in order to maintain an efficient service and ensure District Nursing teams and caseloads are managed effectively.
• Lead, implement and monitor, within the locality, developments in the District Nursing service that are in line with local and national directives.
• Be responsible for developing new and innovative clinical practices responding to emerging knowledge and techniques and working with the DN team to make improvements.

About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities

Details
Date posted
06 August 2026

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 7

Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number
C9835-WA26-094

Job locations
Orford Jubilee Park Health Centre

Jubilee Way

Warrington

Cheshire

WA2 8HE

United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
To be responsible for the operational management and coordination of the Community Nursing teams attached to a number of GP practices across a locality/neighbourhood, ensuring effective and efficient delivery of a high quality timely service. To assist the Operational Manager in maintaining operational, clinical, professional, organisational and national objectives. The post holder has the autonomy to act independently and is responsible for leadership, maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance. To undertake highly complex assessments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical:

• To perform comprehensive assessment of highly complex patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs using prescribing skills
• To ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care
• To actively contribute to multidisciplinary meeting as appropriate
• To establish and maintain effective communication with individual groups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations
• To work collaboratively with the Primary Care teams other professional and agencies to ensure patients needs are met
• To involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care
• To competently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post
• To maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC standards
• To identify skills and knowledge to address self and individuals training needs by undertaking PDPs under the KSF framework
• To participate in the health needs assessment of practice populations to identify areas of unmet needs
• To demonstrate the ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems
• Provide advice, guidance and support to District Nursing staff on all clinical and professional issues, e.g. vulnerable adults, legal and ethical issues in nursing.
• Act as an agent for highlighting and disseminating best practice in nursing.
• Supervise and monitor professional standards as laid down by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Ensure record keeping standards are met in accordance with the NMC Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping.

Managerial/Leadership:

• To manage time to ensure that 80% of time is spent on managerial duties and 20% clinical.
• To be responsible for the equitable distribution of workloads across teams Manage the District Nursing Services in a locality through the development and supervision of staff in order to maintain an efficient service and ensure District Nursing teams and caseloads are managed effectively.
• Lead, implement and monitor, within the locality, developments in the District Nursing service that are in line with local and national directives.
• Lead and chair working groups specific to the District Nursing service.
• To lead, within the locality, in multi-professional negotiations/presentations involving the development of the service and to support an integrated, seamless service across the acute and primary care trusts, with Matrons and Social Services.
• Take designated lead responsibility for all of the following at locality level; education, audit, Out of Hours, treatment room services, phlebotomy services and Clinical Risk Management.
• Develop partnership approaches with other agencies/services to inform and enhance service delivery.
• Represent the service at multi-agency and multi-disciplinary forums and facilitate/chair as appropriate.
• To have responsibility for managing projects within the District Nursing Service.
• Monitor service delivery and highlight resources required to respond to the changing needs of the service.
• Ensure that appropriate information is available and evidenced to the Operational Manager to inform the strategic development plan.
• To provide advice and support to the Operational Manager to inform strategic projects, future service provision and business planning for District Nursing Service, i.e. provide business plans for extension of new and existing services.
• Manage all personnel issues including complex personnel issues within own area of responsibility, i.e. capability, conduct, behaviour, fraud, managing attendance.
• Manage flexible working and innovation appropriate to practice.
• Lead the recruitment process, interview and select staff and chair interview panels. Actively participate in retention and professional development of staff.
• Manage staff development and identify training needs through Personal Development Plans, linked to KSF. Through the appraisal process and other systems monitor the performance of staff.
• Utilise information to devise and monitor action plans to inform the training agenda through the Personal Development monitoring process.
• Ensure induction, preceptorship and mentorship programmes are implemented within area of responsibility. Including development of competency packs.
• Develop and implement Standard Operational Procedures (SOP). Implement Trust Policies, Procedures and ensure staff adherence through education and audit.
• To ensure compliance of self and others with Health and Safety Policies and provide a level of knowledge, training and support which contributes to providing a safe working environment and meets the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act, i.e. essential steps auditing, PDR, manadatory training. To manage prompt recording and reporting of accidents/incidents.
• Investigate accidents, formal and informal complaints and untoward incidents in accordance with Trust policy and produce, implement and monitor action plans, as appropriate. Reporting to the CCG panel as required.
• Undertake investigation on pro-active management of individual and team performance issues within the locality, including grievance and harassment, poor performance, conduct and ill-health; seeking HR and line management support as necessary.
• Ensure staff compliance with recording and monitor activity patterns in order to inform decision making re service delivery, allocation of resources, skill-mix, etc.
• Ensure that all communication systems are effective.
• To take the lead role in maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance.
• Identify and implement change and use management and leadership skills to initiate improvements in practice.
• To ensure timely accurate information is provided on annual leave, expenses and study leave. Responsible for work force planning ensuring safe staff levels within locality. Authorised signatory for mileage, annual leave and study leave, ensuring staffing levels are safe.
• Manage and maintain ESR data base including all staff activities.
• To monitor and report to Operational Manager any general HR issues discussing and taking action as appropriate
• To actively manage sickness and absence of staff accessing support from the Operational Manager as applicable.
• To ensure effective use of physical and financial resources including the ordering of supplies and equipment
• To ensure that weekend working is coordinated across the individual division
• To ensure as far as possible that the working environment is safe and staff adhere to loan worker policy
• To provide leadership and support by promoting professional development and encouraging clinical supervision
• To contribute to the development of the district nursing service
• To oversee the collection of all monitoring data and contribute to performance management
• Deputise, in the absence of the Operational Manager, in operational and professional issues within District Nursing Service.
• Identify and implement change and use management and leadership skills to initiate improvements in practice.
• Monitor locality budget and ensure resources are utilised effectively.
• Manage and encourage audit activity, ensuring development of action plans where required and re-audit. Triangulation audits.
• Revalidation confirmer status for all registered staff within locality.
• Cascade alerts to all members of clinical team
• Lead on redesign of services within localities, treatment rooms and out of hours

Please see attached Full Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• RN first level/RGN
• District Nursing (NMC) Specialist Practitioner Qualification
• Relevant degree

Right to Work
Essential

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

Experience
Essential

• Previous NHS service combined with community experience

Desirable

• Demonstrable community experience
• Audit & Research experience

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Proven management/
• operational skills
• Possess a broad range of extended clinical skills
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge
• Able to demonstrate initiative
• Able to implement audit and research
• Able to perform comprehensive assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.
• Case management of palliative care patients
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings.
• Ability to teach, assess and mentor students, pre/post registration students.
• Effective written and verbal skills.

Desirable

• Proven leadership skills
• Recognised management qualification
• Teaching qualification
• Palliative Care qualification
• Tissue Viability qualification
• Chronic Disease management qualification
• Understanding of HR processes
• IT skills
• Basic Budget management awareness.

Relationships
Essential

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Job Specific Requirements
Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
• Good attendance record.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH) is an equal opportunities employer.