Community Nurse Band 5

NHS; Long Eaton; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT in Derbyshire is seeking a Registered Nurse at Band 5 to join the Community Nursing Teams based in Long Eaton. The role involves managing referrals, delivering evidence-based care in patients' homes, and working with general practice, rapid response and community therapy teams.

You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care, promoting self-care while maintaining privacy and dignity.

Qualifications

• Experience in the community setting and ability to travel across Derbyshire.
• Evidence of reflective practice and ongoing professional development.
• Knowledge of long-term conditions care and community nursing principles.

Responsibilities

• Manage referrals into the service and provide care in patients' homes.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care.
• Support junior staff and collaborate with GP practices, rapid response and therapy teams.

Skills

Experience in community care

Reflective practice

Long Term Conditions

Education

RGN

Evidence of recent relevant training

Job description

Go back Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

Community Nurse Band 5

The closing date is 22 September 2026

Are you a Registered Nurse who is looking to make a difference in a new team or seeking a new challenge to help support patients in the community?

If so, this opportunity is for you!

We are looking to recruit full or part time registered nurses to work within the Community Nursing Teams based in Long Eaton in South Erewash

There has never been a more exciting time to join one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country - one that is also among the very best NHS employers, as voted by its own staff.

Main duties of the job

To manage referrals into our service and provide evidence-based care to support patients in their own home.

This great opportunity includes working alongside general practice, our rapid response team and our community therapy team.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care, promoting self care wherever possible in an efficient and clinically effective way, whilst maintaining privacy and dignity.

To provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high quality care and actively support the Senior Community Nurses and District Nurses in the management of the health care environment.

Please refer to job description for all relevant duties for this job

About us

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• RGN
• Evidence of recent relevant training

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of working in the community
• Evidence of research based/reflective practice
• Long Term Conditions

Other

• Ability to travel across Derbyshire County visiting patients' homes and across the county to access meetings and training.
• Able to work weekend and bank holidays

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.

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT