Senior Community Matron

Advanced Clinical Practitioner Home Ward.

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our citywide Home Ward Frailty Service.

About the Role:

You will be based within one of three localities across the city, covering a defined area within East, South or West/North Leeds.

As a HomeWard Matron, you will work alongside multidisciplinary colleagues across health, social care and the Third Sector to deliver responsive, high-quality care to people with complex and acute health needs in their own homes.

You will provide senior clinical assessment, leadership and oversight for patients supported through HomeWard, including those requiring hospital avoidance or early supported discharge. Working closely with patients, families, carers and partner services, you will coordinate safe, person-centred care and support effective management of clinical complexity and risk.

HomeWard aims to provide an alternative to hospital-based care wherever clinically appropriate, preventing avoidable admissions, supporting earlier discharge and enabling people to recover safely at home.

Main duties of the job

You will be an integral part of the wider Response Team, working collaboratively across HomeWard and urgent community pathways to ensure patients receive timely, coordinated care and can move seamlessly between services according to their changing clinical needs.

You will provide senior clinical assessment, leadership and oversight for patients supported through HomeWard, including those requiring hospital avoidance or early supported discharge. Working closely with patients, families, carers and partner services, you will coordinate safe, person-centred care and provide clinical leadership in the management of complexity and risk.

HomeWard aims to provide an alternative to hospital-based care wherever clinically appropriate, preventing avoidable admissions, supporting earlier discharge and enabling people to recover safely at home.

The post will be structured around the four pillars of advanced clinical practice as set out in the multi professional consultant level practice capability and impact framework (Health Education England www.hee.nhs.uk 2021):

Expert clinical practice.

A professional leadership and consultancy function.

Education, training, and development.

Research, evaluation, and service development across the system.

For questions about the job role, please contact Kate Newton kate.newton10@nhs.net

Adverts will close early where the maximum number of applicants is reached.

About us

Working for Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust:

Who are we?

Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council.

We have a strong culture based on deeply-held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.

Perks of the job:

Our benefits range from generous annual leave to access to NHS discount sites. You can find the full list of attractive benefits and rewards at www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk click on the Join Our Team Tab.

Right to Work:

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

Details

Date posted

15 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

VP02F95429

Job locations

Various, Leeds.

Leeds Community Healthcare Trust

Leeds

LS11 0DL

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the supporting documents section.

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the supporting documents section.

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

• Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the supporting documents section.

Desirable

• Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the supporting documents section.

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

• Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the supporting documents section.

Desirable

• Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the supporting documents section.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Various, Leeds.

Leeds Community Healthcare Trust

Leeds

LS11 0DL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/join-our-team1/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Various, Leeds.

Leeds Community Healthcare Trust

Leeds

LS11 0DL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/join-our-team1/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the supporting documents section.

General Requirements

Essential

• Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the supporting documents section.

Desirable

• Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the supporting documents section.