Community Nurse (Forest of Dean)

NHS; Lydney; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in Lydney seeks a compassionate Community Nurse to provide home-based patient care. This part-time role offers 30 hours per week with shifts covering weekends. Applicants should be a Registered Nurse with NMC registration and possess excellent communication skills. The position emphasizes autonomy in workload and opportunities for professional development, aiming to enhance patient-care standards in the community.

Benefits

Funded university accredited courses

Supportive management structure

Individualised development planning

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC.
• Full driving licence and use of vehicle essential.
• Experience of community nursing practice preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs through strength-based assessment.
• Develop individual care plans with patients and carers.
• Evaluate care plans regularly and report changes to team.
• Collaborate with Integrated Community Teams for care.

Skills

NMC registration

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work independently

Driving license

Education

Degree or Diploma in Nursing

Job description

Community Nurse (Forest of Dean)

The closing date is 27 January 2026

We are currently seeking nurses possessing the highest standards of care and compassion in order to aid, coach and support our diverse population of patient requirements here in the Forest of Dean.

As a Registered Community nurse, you will be placed in the privileged position of caring for patients in their own individualised environment and responsible for the implementation and undertaking of patient centred care.

Our collaboration with our Integrated Community Team colleagues is something we pride ourselves on within the Forest of Dean locality. In addition, Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust Community Nurses are placed in possession of:

• Individualised development planning
• A supportive diverse management structure
• Funded university accredited courses (relevant to post in line with individual nurse's career progression wishes and agreed upon with line management)
• Autonomy and development to manage own workload and take responsibility to manage a small caseload of patients in partnership with line manager

We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part‑time, 30 hours per week. (Shifts include 8am - 4pm and 12pm - 8pm covering across 7 days a week).

Main duties of the job

You will require current NMC registration, post‑registration experience is helpful but not essential and we have an excellent preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses. You need to be able to work over a shift system which includes early and late shifts across 7 days including weekends and bank holidays.

If you feel you have the drive for excellence and wish to experience the freedom, self‑management and progressive nature of Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust Community Nursing team then make applying the next investment in your future career today.

We are a clinically led organisation where individuals are valued for their unique professional contribution to ensuring best patient care. Continuing Professional Development is a key priority and we actively promote and develop the broadening roles that Physiotherapists and Allied Health Professionals are able to contribute.

We have an extensive range of Advanced Practitioners, Clinical Specialists, Professional Leads and Non‑Medical Prescribers across a wide range of specialisms that actively support clinical colleagues within our organisation. Our well established, structured Clinical Supervision and In‑Service Training programmes contribute to the learning culture which develops and challenges thinking and practice.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5,000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high‑level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top‑quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

To excel in this role, you will require excellent communication skills, the courage to make clinical decisions and a willingness to develop your potential. Please note a full driving and use of a vehicle for work purposes are essential for this role as a Community Nurse.

• Assess patient and carers needs through strength based assessment,
• Develop individual care plans in partnership with patients and carers. This will include information, advice, sign‑posting and education.
• Regularly evaluate care plans to ensure they are up to date and appropriate, reporting clinical changes or areas of concern to the appropriate member of the team.
• Provide skilled nursing care interventions, support and advice to colleagues, patients and carers.
• Work to reduce unwarranted variation in clinical practice, providing evidence based interventions which effectively enable people.
• Discuss issues relating to care and support of individual patients with other disciplines and agencies, and refer to those who can better meet their needs.
• Collaborate with colleagues in the Integrated Community Teams and other aligned services to enable people within their communities, maximising their potential and promoting their independence.
• Administer and monitor medications consistent with policies and procedures.
• Contribute to the prioritisation of workload, taking responsibility for a delegated caseload of patients.
• Assist in providing consistently high standards of evidence based care that meets the patients requirements and satisfaction.
• Maintain accurate patient documentation on the electronic clinical recording system.
• Respond appropriately to feedback from patients and carers about the service, using the open approach of the organisation and within Duty of Candour expectations.
• When suitably experienced, to act as a clinical triage nurse within the centralised Community Nursing referral centres, providing clinical review of patients and engaging with health and care professionals to enable effective patient flow and referral management.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for main roles and responsibilities of the job.

We provide a Multi‑professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Nurse with NMC
• Degree or Diploma in Nursing or equivalent
• Willingness to undertake additional training as required.
• Full driving licence and use of vehicle

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working without direct supervision
• Experience of working with student learners in practice
• Previous experience of community nursing practice
• Evidence of post‑registration education & training.
• Holistic health assessment course (or equivalent)
• Teaching & assessing qualification

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

• Ability to work on own initiative, assess patients competently and report back to Team Leader (or appropriate health care professional) relevant changes in patient's condition.
• Ability to effectively manage the workload, prioritise and delegate work in the absence of the Team Leader - District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse
• Ability to liaise effectively within the Primary Health Care Team and with other professionals / agencies
• Demonstrable skills in risk assessment and management

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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