Community Nurse - North Norwich Community Nursing Team

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust in Norwich is seeking a registered nurse to join the North Norwich Community Nursing Team. You will provide nursing care and interventions across Norwich Place, based at Norwich Community Hospital, with shifts 8am–6pm including weekends and bank holidays.

Applications are welcomed from experienced and newly qualified registered nurses. A supernumerary period is available and you will be supported with training and supervision.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience in community/home-based nursing desirable.
• Willingness to work flexible shifts including weekends/bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, and deliver care packages for patients in the community.
• Collaborate with the integrated care team to facilitate discharge and prevent admissions.
• Coordinate with other healthcare professionals and agencies to provide seamless care.
• Process referrals through clinical assessment and prioritise responses.
• Communicate with patients, families, and multi-agency teams on a daily basis.
• Provide clinical assessment for incoming nursing referrals.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Community nursing

Education

NMC-registered nurse

Job description

Community Nurse - North Norwich Community Nursing Team

Company: Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Norwich, NR2 3TU

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 27 Oct 2026

Closing date: 26 Nov 2026

A Vacancy at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust.

Norwich Community Nursing teams have an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse to join our friendly and supportive team of Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Assistant Practitioners and Nursing Associates, to provide nursing care and interventions across Norwich Place. You will be based at Norwich Community Hospital working shifts 8am-6pm which include working weekends and bank holidays.

Applications are welcomed from experienced and newly qualified registered nurses. A supernumerary period is available and you will be supported with training and supervision.

The Community Nursing service treats patients in their own homes, including residential homes and supported living complexes. We also provide some services in a clinic setting including our leg ulcer clinic and catheter clinic.

NCH&C is committed to the development of future health clinicians and there will be an expectation that alongside their clinical responsibilities the Band 5 Community Nurses support students, apprentices and junior colleagues in practice.

Informal discussions and visits are welcomed

Key responsibilities

• To assess, prescribe and deliver care packages for patients. 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.
• To process referrals through clinical assessment, evaluating the information received to prioritise a response and allocate to the appropriate service.
• To liaise and communicate with the general public, other health care professionals, and multi-agencies on a daily basis.
• To provide clinical assessment for incoming nursing referrals.

Norwich Place is working alongside it's commissioners and local service providers as part of Primary Care Networks to develop community based services that support patients to remain at home and receive the services they require in an effective and co-ordinated way.

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.

The workload requires a good range of clinical skills to be applied in managing our patients with varied health problems including diabetes management, traumatic and post-operative wound care, pressure ulcer prevention and management, catheter management, bowel care, and palliative and end of life care.

Many of our patients will have complex multiple pathologies and so we aim to provide holistic, patient centred assessments, and deliver individualised care.

This advert closes on Sunday 8 Nov 2026

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