Community Nurse - West Locality

Transformationunitgm; Swindon; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust is seeking Community Nurses to join their innovative team providing care to patients in their own homes. This role offers flexible hours with full-time and part-time positions available, supporting diverse patient healthcare needs across Oxfordshire and surrounding areas.

Benefits

Excellent career progression opportunities

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Valid driving license and vehicle access.
• Community Services experience preferred.
• Knowledge of long-term conditions management.

Responsibilities

• Manage care for patients with complex health needs in their homes.
• Work within a neighbourhood team to support patient needs.
• Administer medications and manage wound care.

Skills

IT literacy

Clinical Governance understanding

Education

Registered General Nurse (adult)

Degree level or equivalent

Job description

Main area Community Health Services Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent: Full and part time hours available Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (up to full time hours available hours.) Job ref 267-CH7282645

Employer Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Carterton & Witney Town Carterton & Witney Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum | pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/07/2025 23:59

Community Nurse - West Locality

Band 5

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Good luck and we hope to hear from you.

Job overview

Do you want the privilege of visiting patients in their own homes to deliver increasingly complex, holistic care? If yes, District Nursing may be the right career choice for you with the added bonus of no night shifts.

We are able to offer part time, full time and flexible working roles in and across West Oxfordshire.

All levels of experience are welcome in District Nursing. Whether you are newly qualified or looking for a change in direction and a more challenging role, we would welcome your application for this exciting opportunity to join the district nursing world.

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

Main duties of the job

As a Community Nurse, you would be supported to develop into an autonomous practitioner whilst nursing patients with multiple complex health care needs in their own home.

District nursing is a highly specialised area of practice recognised by the Queens Institute for Community Nursing and NMC as a specialist role.

As a Community Staff Nurse, you will work within a neighbourhood team. You will be working closely with District Nurse Team Leaders, Community Staff Nurses, Therapists, Assistant Practitioner’s, Health Care Assistant’s and phlebotomists to meet the needs of the complex patient in the community and avoid admissions to the acute sector as far as practicable. This includes Intravenous medication administration, end of life care, managing the deteriorating patient, complex and simple wound care including VAC therapy and compression therapy, venepuncture, utilising advanced physical assessment skills and many more clinical nursing skills.

We nurse people with a variety of conditions in a holistic manner both in their own home and in clinic setting and work in close partnership with patient's families and carers. Together with other primary health care professionals such as GP’s, Community Matrons, Community Therapies and other Tier 2 specialised services such as Tissue Viability, Diabetes and Heart Failure.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:“Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are:“Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What will we give you?

Once you have started with Oxford Health you will be on the road to develop and hone your clinical skills. We offer each person a bespoke induction in your team with a period of being supernumerary , which is usually up to 4 weeks. We will ensure you can attend the District Nursing Induction programme, this is tailored to district nursing staff, encompassing as facets of Oxford Health and the lived experience of what you will do, giving you an insight into the organisation. The preceptorship programme is another opportunity for you and you will be able to undertake a service development project. We are Oxford Health pride ourselves in supporting and developing our staff to achieve their potential and to fly in their career.

Person specification

qualification

• Registered General Nurse (adult)
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

experience

• Knowledge around long term conditions and their management
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work under pressure
• Previous Community Services experience
• Evidence of clinical ability; catheterisation, meds administration, wound care

Skills

• IT literate with basic key board skills.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the Clinical Governance requirements.
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Vicki Howarth Job title District Nursing Locality Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07769670981 Additional information

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

If you are unsure about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.

Further contact details;

Vicki Howarth, District Nursing Locality Lead, 07769670981