Community Nurse

NHS; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Community Nurse in Cardiff to enhance community healthcare. The role offers extensive personal and professional development opportunities, including training for advanced practitioner roles. Candidates must have current NMC registration and a passion for community nursing, supporting diverse patient needs.

Qualifications

• Current registration with the NMC required.
• Previous community nursing experience preferred.
• Good level of English demonstrated through effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Support patients within their homes as a Community Nurse.
• Supervise junior staff depending on experience.
• Participate in professional development and training opportunities.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Teaching skills

Analytical skills

Willingness to participate in CPD

Welsh speaker

Education

Current registration with the NMC

Good written and verbal communication skills

Previous community experience

Job description

Go back Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Community Nurse

The closing date is 02 July 2025

Do you aspire to make a real positive contribution to nursing in the community?

Are you a Registered Nurse?

Do you want an exciting and interesting job with great career potential?

Do you want to support people within their own homes?

Main duties of the job

The Community Nursing Service in Cardiff Locality is currently offering career opportunities for qualified nurses within Primary Community Intermediate Care (PCIC) Clinical Board. We are looking to recruit to the District Nurse Teams acorss Cardiff.

If you are keen to enhance your personal and professional development whilst making a real difference to patients, we would love to hear from you.

There are extensive learning and development opportunities for all nurses within the service, including specialist community nursing qualifications, advanced practitioner, wound and palliative care qualifications, with training up to and including Masters Level.

As a service we work closely with other community services and our colleagues in University Hospital of Wales, University Hospital Llandough and Locality based community hospitals, the local authority and voluntary sector, to ensure that our patients receive the best possible care including the development of new and integrated working models which offers opportunities for diverse and innovative new roles.

We are looking forward to welcoming, supporting and helping you with your future career development.

We encourage interested candidates to contact us to discuss the current options available and to arrange an informal visit.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Skills

• Good interpersonal skills
• Teaching skills
• A willingness to participate in continuing professional development
• Awareness of audit & research
• Analytical skills
• Welsh speaker

Experience

• Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• Understanding of professional nursing issues
• Depending on previous experience the candidate may be expected to supervise junior staff
• Awareness of the structure and organisation of the wider NHS

Qualifications

• Current registration with the NMC
• Good basic level of English language demonstrated through effective written and verbal communication skills
• Previous community experience

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.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

£30,420 to £37,030 a yearper annum, pro rata'd if part time