Community Nurse

Transformation Unit; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is recruiting a Senior Community Nurse (Band 6) based in King's Lynn. The role delivers expert nursing care to patients in their homes and community settings, leading care plans and coordinating multidisciplinary support to promote independence and safe at-home care.

The post involves clinical leadership, supervision of newly qualified nurses, and contributing to service development within a flexible and inclusive working environment.

Qualifications

• Assessor / mentorship preparation; ENB 998 or equivalent
• Current NMC registration
• Independent / supplementary prescribing qualification

Responsibilities

• To assess, prescribe and deliver care packages for patients, for example with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital.
• To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.

Education

Assessor / mentorship preparation; ENB 998 or equivalent

Current NMC registration

Independent / supplementary prescribing qualification

Job description

Employer East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site St James Clinic Town King's Lynn Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 16/10/2026

Community Nurse

Band 6

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England.

Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong.

By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities.

Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

Please note, the selection processes at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community Nurse to join our friendly and supportive Community Nursing Team. In this role, you will provide expert nursing care to patients in their own homes, supporting individuals with complex health needs, long-term conditions, frailty and end-of-life care.

Working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will undertake comprehensive assessments, develop and evaluate person-centred care plans, and coordinate care to help patients remain safely at home. You will play a key role in admission avoidance, helping to facilitate timely hospital discharge, and promoting independence and self-management.

As a senior member of the team, you will provide clinical leadership, support service development, and contribute to the supervision and development of newly qualified nurses through structured preceptorship and mentorship.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patient outcomes by delivering high-quality community-based care where it matters most.

Main duties of the job

To contribute in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community and in clinics, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care. To facilitate/support newly Qualified Nurses in their Preceptorship year.

Working for our organisation

Please be aware that East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust will never ask applicants to pay fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including job applications, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. All recruitment communications and job applications should only be made through our official careers website and published contact details.

If you receive a suspicious job offer or recruitment-related communication, do not make any payments, share personal information, or provide identity documents. We encourage you to report the matter to your local police or relevant law enforcement agency. Any concerns relating to potential recruitment fraud should also be reported to our Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS) as soon as possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assess, prescribe and deliver care packages for patients, for example with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital
• To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.

Please see job description for a more thorough list of duties.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Assessor / mentorship preparation; ENB 998 or equivalent
• Current NMC registration
• Independent / supplementary prescribing qualification

Experience

• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Evidence of working at band 5 level within the community setting

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
• Highly motivated
• Able to provide high standards of care
• Good observational & reporting skills
• Ability to manage stressful situations
• Concentrate when undertaking patient care & inputting data/patient records
• Good interpersonal skills
• A team player
• Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
• Will be able to make own travel arrangements to patients’ homes, clinics, base and meetings etc. as required.
• Be able to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
• Be able to manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6 kg
• Be able to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
• Have basic IT/standard keyboard skills
• Cannulation / IV Therapy administration

Communication

• Tact & diplomacy
• Empathy & Sensitivity
• Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language
• Ability to use own initiative

Personal and People Development

• Ability to manage stressful situations
• A team player

Personal Attributes / Behaviours

• Able to identify with the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.

Other

• The post holder be required to work shifts, on call, flexible hours.
• Kneel, bend and stoop and work in cramped environments.
• Manoeuvre limbs of approximately 5- 6Kg.
• Manoeuvre patients using handling aids.
• Good timekeeping and reliable.
• Enhanced DBS check

Equal Opportunities - We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Disability Confident Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). All sites are Smoke Free.

If you need this application in an offline format, please let us know.

Immigration Status– East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is a diverse employer and welcomes all job applications. However, potential applicants should note that although the Trust is registered with the Home Office as a sponsor organisation for migrant workers, sponsorship can only be offered against Skilled Worker visas. If you are an applicant from outside the UK and do not already hold a self-gained right to work, we recommend you check the Home Office eligibility requirements before making an application.

Please note: Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

Redeployment- Please note that in the first instance priority for this vacancy will be given to staff who are on the Trusts Redeployment Register.

DBS- this post may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Closing and Interview Dates-This vacancy may close early if sufficient applicants are received.

Data Protection-A privacy notice detailing how we will handle your data is attached to this advert as a document. Your application will be transferred to our recruitment management system (Trac) once the advert has closed and you will receive notification then detailing how Trac will handle your data.

Our safe recruitment pre-employment checks are undertaken before an appointment is confirmed and may include a DBS check. Where the role requires you to drive, we'll ask you to validate your driving licence online via the DVLA.

In submitting an application, you authorise East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed.

ALL CORRESPONDENCE will be via the e-mail address on your application form. If you have not been invited to interview within 2 weeks of the closing date, you unfortunately haven’t been successful on this occasion, but keep an eye on our vacancies as a job that’s just right for you may appear!

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.