Community Nurse

NHS; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Peterborough is seeking a dedicated registered nurse to join their community nursing team. You will provide high-quality nursing care in patients' homes, ensuring their well-being and participation in decision-making. The role offers opportunities for professional development and flexible hours, supporting the healthcare needs of the community while working within a collaborative team.

Benefits

Extensive learning and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Evidence of professional development.
• Community experience is required.
• Primary care experience and experience in wound care.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of nursing care within the patient’s home.
• Ensure patient and carer participation in decision making.
• Support and educate peers, new staff, and students.

Skills

High quality care commitment

Flexibility

Assessment and planning care

Time Management

Understanding of clinical supervision

Education

Mentorship qualification or equivalent

Management of leg ulcer qualification

Job description

Overview

Go back Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 12 October 2025

Are you a registered nurse or about to qualify?

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

Do you aspire to make a real positive contribution to nursing in the community and working within a community nursing team?

The community nursing team across Peterborough are currently offering opportunities for full time and part time hours working within CPFT. We provide a service 7 days a week, working closely with other community services and PCNs to provide high standard holistic care to the population of Peterborough.

You will have opportunity to develop yourself, with extensive learning and development opportunities.

Responsibilities

As a community staff nurse, you will be working as an autonomous practitioner within the multi-disciplinary team and community nursing team. You will provide high standard of nursing care and interventions within the patient\'s own home, with support from the wider team.

The patient will be at the centre of care being provided, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making. You will be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines. Patient needs will be identified through holistic nursing.

You will have opportunity to provide support and education to peers, new staff and students.

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children\'s, adult and older people\'s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Job responsibilities

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work.
• To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines.
• To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of clinical reasoning skills.
• To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate.
• To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
• Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately.Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks.

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Person Specification

Education

• Evidence of professional development
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent
• Management of leg ulcer qualification

Experience

• Community experience
• Primary care experience and experience in wound care

Skills

• Ability to demonstrate commitment to a high quality care and service provision
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Able to assess plan and implement care and formulate care plans
• Support Integrated Care Workers and teach and support student nurses and HCAs
• Time Management and prioritisation skills
• Understanding of clinical supervision

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.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a year, per annum, pro rata