Community Nurse - North Norwich Community Nursing Team

Community Nurse - North Norwich Community Nursing Team

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

The North Norwich Community Nursing team has 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. Please note due to operational demands, we are unable to support applications from students due to qualify in February 2026 or later for this post.

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

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities include

• 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 though 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.

About us

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.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in 2018, the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS Community Trust in the country to be awarded the title.

If you are aged 16-30 and not currently in education, employment or training, our colleagues at the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (supported by the Princes Trust), can provide application and interview coaching. To request this support please contact NWICB.Careers@nhs.net

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse Qualification
• Diploma or 1st Level Degree
• Current NMC Registration
• ENB 998 / Mentorship Preparation or equivalent

Experience

• Experience of working within a clinical setting

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Able to provide high standards of care
• Ability to manage stressful situations
• Concentrate when undertaking patient care & inputting data / patient records
• Team player
• Work flexibly to accommodate patient / service needs
• Ability to use own initiative
• Must hold a full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle
• Knowledge of additional specialist areas

Communication

• Tact and diplomacy
• Empathy and sensitivity
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good observational and reporting skills

Personal and People Development

• Support other staff
• Willing to undertake appropriate training
• Evidence of mentoring students

Personal Attributes / Behaviours

• Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people / vulnerable adults
• Ability to: Kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments. Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6 kg. Manoeuvre patients using handling aids. Be reliable
• Shows an awareness of the Trust's Behaviour Framework

Other

• Good IT and keyboard skills
• Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English language

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.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust