Community Nurse | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is seeking a registered nurse to join their community nursing team. The role involves providing high-quality nursing care in patients' homes while working as an autonomous practitioner. Applicants must have a valid UK driving license and will benefit from extensive learning opportunities in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Must hold a full UK driving licence and have a vehicle.
• Registered nurse qualification or about to qualify.
• Ability to provide support and education to peers.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of nursing care and interventions at the patient's home.
• Assess, interpret, plan, implement, and evaluate treatments.
• Ensure patient centric care and promote decision-making participation.

Skills

Registered nurse qualification

Holistic nursing assessment

Clinical reasoning skills

Ability to work autonomously

Job description

Overview

12 Month Secondment/Fixed Term contract

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 PCN’s 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 assessment.
• You will have opportunity to provide support and education to peers, new staff and students.

About CPFT and Equal Opportunities

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 note 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, your application form will be rejected from the process.

Travel and Requirements

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.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries; for further information please visit the DVLA website.

Job Details and How to Apply

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

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of 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.

This advert closes on Sunday 12 Oct 2025.