Community Nurse

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Redditch; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A local health care organization is seeking a Community Nurse in Redditch to provide care in patient homes. The role requires excellent clinical and communication skills, with flexible shifts available. Ideal candidates should possess 2 years of post-registration experience and a passion for delivering high-quality patient care. Join a dynamic team dedicated to making a difference in community health!

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced pay for unsocial hours

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• 2 years of post-registration experience required.
• Community nursing experience preferred.
• Experience in management of caseloads.

Responsibilities

• Provide planned assessment and treatment interventions in home settings.
• Promote independence and health of patients.
• Conduct rapid assessments and care planning.

Skills

Clinical skills

Communication skills

Flexibility

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse (RN1)

Job description

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Community Nurse

The closing date is 14 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Part time or Full time Community Nurse to join the Neighbourhood Teams in Redditch. This will give you the rewarding opportunity to provide optimal care to patients in their own home. Shift patterns are between 07.30-18.30. Flexible working opportunities are available and we would welcome you to discuss these options at interview.

The teams consist of Community Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Healthcare Assistants and admin staff with GP, paramedic and social care colleagues working closely alongside. This enables the teams deliver planned nursing, therapy and admission avoidance/supported hospital discharge interventions to the adult patient population of Redditch and the surrounding areas.

We are looking for a highly motivated, flexible team player with a strong, quality driven patient focus and an ability to work through change to embed new ways of delivering care. The successful candidate will have experience in working within a multi-disciplinary team. In return we offer a great team environment, learning and development opportunities and supervision support.

Due to the nature of the posts the applicant must be able to travel independently.

If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with RecruitingManager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert

Main duties of the job

A typical day as a community nurse may start with greeting a diabetic patient and administering their insulin, followed by supporting patients at the end of their life to ensure goldstandard care is delivered. You may then visit a few patients to dress a leg ulcer or post op wound, followed by changing a catheter to flushing a patient’s central line. Following a morning of visits you will return to the office for your team handover, this gives you the opportunity to discuss complex situations with your colleagues and undertake clinical supervision. You may then be called out to an urgent care response visit where a patient needs to be seen and assessed within 2 hours. No day is the same within the community and each day is as rewarding as the next, whether you’ve healed a leg ulcer or given a patient the best possible care at the end of their life. One thing we promise you is that community nursing is never boring!

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on a day to day basis.

Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

Work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated team providing rapid and planned assessment and treatment interventions to patients in their own homes or other community settings to enable patients to maximise their independence, health and wellbeing and remain in their own homes for as long as possible. This will be achieved through a combination of hands on clinical skills and knowledge to treat, educate and support patients on a designated caseload and by working with patients and their carers to assess, plan and implement appropriate packages of care.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience gained during Pre-Registration training
• 2 years post registration experience
• Community nursing experience
• Experience of management of caseloads

Knowledge

• Variety of evidence based clinical skills
• Confidence to teach student nurses, trainee nursing associates, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team
• Understanding of evidence based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance
• Competence in male and suprapubic catheterisation
• Venepuncture and IV therapy
• Cannulation
• Management of syringe drivers

Additional Criteria

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
• An ability to work in a variety of settings
• Willingness to undertake further training

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN1)
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
• Accredited courses in palliative care, tissue viability, Diabetes

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Basic IT skills
• Flexible, lateral thinker
• Proven ability to motivate others
• Able to work competently without supervision and set own priorities
• Responsible for own professional development
• Ability to understand professional and ethical issues
• Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance

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.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust