Community Registered Nurse

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

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Highweek is looking for compassionate Community Registered Nurses to join their supportive team. The role involves delivering high-quality care to housebound patients while working with a multi-disciplinary team. Candidates should possess a Registered Nurse level 1 qualification and demonstrate a commitment to continuous professional development. The position offers both part-time and full-time opportunities, promoting a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Must have a valid registration as a nurse.
• Experience in community nursing is beneficial but not essential.
• Awareness of safeguarding adults and children.
• Ability to respond to crisis situations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver holistic nursing care to housebound patients.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary team discussions.
• Maintain accurate written records and manage patient needs.
• Encourage and support individuals' health improvements.

Skills

Network Integration

Compassionate Care

Complex Wound Care

Clinical Judgement

Education

Qualified Registered Nurse level 1

Evidence of continuing professional development

Diabetes course

Palliative and End of life care experience

Tools

Relevant I.T. knowledge/experience

Job description

Go back Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Community Registered Nurse

The closing date is 09 December 2025

Newton Abbot Community Nurses are looking for motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 community nurses to join the team. We are a large but supportive team who enjoys mentoring team members and students and is passionate about delivering quality care to the housebound patients. We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality and our nursing team covers both Community and Intermediate care visits providing a breadth of nursing experience.

We deliver high quality care to the housebound patients in our locality (that incorporates Bovey Tracey and Chudleigh area) and work as part of multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with primary care and secondary care. We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. The team is flexible and promotes a healthy work/home life balance.

We are looking for a Band 5 nurse who is compassionate, enjoys a challenge and is skilled in the delivery of holistic nursing care. We have an established training and induction plan for all new team members and experience in the community is therefore not essential.

You will be expected to work flexibly between the hours of 7am and 7pm, 7 days a week, (mostly 7.5 hours shifts) including weekends and bank holidays, across Community nursing and Intermediate Care (nursing) to meet the needs of the Service.

We have part time hours available 1x 30 hours per week and 1x 22.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• To value everyone as an individual and actively support their right to have their voice heard in decisions about how their needs are met
• To value differences and individuality, showing respect to all
• To respond with humanity and kindness to every person, by listening attentively and respecting others in conversations
• To respect every person's preferred wishes whilst providing nursing care within their own home
• To provide the highest quality of care by listening to and acting on feedback
• By taking personal responsibility you will play your part in sustainably improving services by implementing change positively and contributing to MDT discussions in a constructive and flexible way
• To work in partnership to achieve the best possible outcomes for our people
• Helping and supporting your colleagues so that you work well together to achieve common goals and objectives
• To act as a role model, valuing everyone's opinion and experiences
• To seek out, recognise and value the contributions of others and the role they play in a patient's life
• To strive to provide excellent, innovative services that helps our people to be able to live their lives to the full
• Taking every opportunity to encourage and support individuals to improve their own health and wellbeing

About us

Newton Abbot Community Nurse team is currently based across two locations, Sherbourne House in Newton Abbot and Riverside Surgery in Bovey Tracey. We cover a large geographical patch covering the practice population of nine GP surgeries.

A busy but friendly and supportive team we are committed to staff development through education and training helping staff realise their potential in topics of interest to them and encouraging career pathways in Community Nursing.

We pride ourselves on delivering high standards of care and building relationships within the communities we are part of. We are actively working to a more integrated approach to care delivery and work closely with our Intermediate Care, Social care and voluntary care sector colleagues to achieve this.

Job responsibilities

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Qualifications and Training

• Qualified Registered Nurse level 1
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Diabetes course
• Palliative and End of life care experience
• Practice supervisor /assessor
• Experience of complex wound care
• Experience of continuing health care assessments
• Previous community experience

Knowledge and experience

• Proven relevant experience in a range of clinical skills including complex and specialist skills
• Relevant I.T. knowledge/experience
• Awareness of safeguarding adults and children
• Awareness of resource management
• Holistic client assessment using an identified model of care
• Utilising specialist knowledge across a wide range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge
• Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations
• Awareness of mental capacity act
• Maintain timely and accurate written records
• Health and Safety awareness
• Equality and diversity awareness
• Understands clinical governance
• Awareness of local and government agendas

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.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

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