District Nurse Team Leader

Job summary

Are you a Registered Nurse with a Specialist Practitioner Qualification in District Nursing? If so, this could be an exciting next step in your career.

At Bridgewater, we are seeking experienced, motivated, and forward-thinking professionals to join our District Nursing Teams, supporting the diverse care needs of the Warrington population. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to enhance your professional development, work closely alongside our established leaders, and contribute to effective role modelling across the service.

Successful candidates will deliver holistic, autonomous, evidence-based nursing care to patients under the Warrington District Nursing Service. In addition to clinical responsibilities, you will undertake key management duties with the support and guidance of our Team Leaders and District Nurse Coordinators. You will work collaboratively with a range of professionals and stakeholders across the Warrington footprint, playing an integral role in shaping high-quality community nursing provision. A commitment to ongoing professional development is essential.

If you are seeking greater flexibility to support your worklife balance, we welcome applications from individuals looking for alternative working patterns. All flexible working requests will be considered in line with the needs of the service.

Join us and be part of a dynamic, supportive, and forward-thinking team making a real difference in community healthcare.

Main duties of the job

The role of the District Nurse involves actively managing a complex and varied caseload while delivering holistic, evidence-based care that adapts to patients changing health needs. You will carry out comprehensive assessments, plan and evaluate care, and utilise your prescribing skills to support safe and effective clinical practice. A key aspect of the role includes contributing to the management of complex and continuing care packages and undertaking chronic disease reviews for housebound patients.

You will work collaboratively with patients, carers, stakeholders, and wider community teams, often in challenging situations, ensuring communication remains clear, compassionate, and professional. The role requires competence in a wide range of clinical skills, the ability to work autonomously, and strong problem-solving abilities. You will also contribute to health needs assessments, participate in audit and critical appraisal to maintain high standards of care, and ensure accurate documentation in line with NMC standards.

District Nurses work as part of a rota to support weekend service delivery, helping to ensure continuity of high-quality care across the Warrington community.

Job responsibilities

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they were created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide..

E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.