Consultant Nurse for Community Nursing

Job overview

Are you an experienced senior nurse looking to shape and lead high-quality care for adults in community nursing settings? We are seeking a Consultant Nurse to join our Berkshire Community Nursing Service, where your clinical expertise and strategic leadership will make a real difference.

As Consultant Nurse for Community Nursing, you will be responsible for supporting, leading, and developing advanced nursing practice across our physical health Community nursing services. Working at a strategic level, you will collaborate closely with our Primary Care colleagues and multidisciplinary teams including nursing, therapy, and Acute medical colleagues whilst delivering safe, effective, and person-centred care.

You will lead on clinical innovation and excellence in patient care, provide strategic and operational leadership, and work flexibly Community Nursing teams within Berkshire. You will spend at least 50% of your time in direct autonomous clinical practice, with clinical responsibility for a defined cohort of patients and their carers’ and will provide leadership for clinicians within Community Nursing service. You will also champion best practice through audit, research, the application of national policy, and act as a key clinical leader and role model for staff across the service.

Main duties of the job

Advanced and Expert Level Practice

• Lead advanced, autonomous clinical care for adults living with frailty, including assessment, prescribing, and care planning.

• Maintain expert clinical skills and provide direct patient care (minimum 50% of time).

• Support safe, evidence-based practice across inpatient wards and promote patient-centred care in partnership with families and carers.

• Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings and apply advanced clinical reasoning in complex cases.

Consultancy and Leadership

• Lead the development and implementation of frailty care models across community nursing settings.

• Act as a senior clinical leader, offering expert advice, driving quality improvement, and promoting patient safety.

• Represent the service in internal and external reviews, legal proceedings, and trust-wide initiatives.

• Provide compassionate leadership, coaching, and mentorship to support team development and workforce sustainability.

Education and Training

• Create a learning culture that supports professional development for nurses and students.

• Collaborate with education providers to develop and deliver training on frailty, ageing well, and clinical excellence.

• Promote evidence-based practice and enhance the clinical competence of inpatient staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

1. Registered Nurse with the NMC

2.Teaching qualification with recent experience of delivering training

3.Advanced history taking and physical examination with clinical reasoning qualification

4.Non-medical prescribing

5. Leadership & management qualification

6. Previous experience within older adult care.

7. Advanced and effective leadership/communication skills, written & verbal.

8. UK driving licence

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.  Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.