Community Staff Nurse

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS pension

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in High Wycombe is seeking two Band 5 Community Staff Nurses to join our new community service, delivering planned care in patients’ homes across seven locality teams.

This predominantly proactive, community-based role focuses on supporting patients to manage their health and wellbeing at home, with opportunities to provide long-term condition reviews, continence assessments and phlebotomy, and to supervise Healthcare Assistants for safe, effective care.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to work in a team and on own initiative.
• Post-registration nursing experience and ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned patient care in the community setting.
• Manage a caseload with supervision and evaluation of service delivery.
• Support long-term condition reviews, continence management and phlebotomy.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Problem solving

Clinical skills

IT skills

Education

Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN

Mentoring qualification (NMC mentoring)

Job description

Main area Community Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (07.00 - 15.00, 08.00- 16.00 13.00 -21.00, 08.00 - 16.00 and 13.00 - 21.00. Weekends) Job ref 434-CR8230491-B

Site Chichester House or William Rathbone House Town High Wycombe or Aylesbury Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

Job overview

Do you live in or want to work within Buckinghamshire?

Are you an experienced Band 5 Registered Nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your career in Community Nursing?

We have an exciting opportunity for two motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 Community Staff Nurses to join our service in a new and innovative role, working across our seven locality teams.

This is a predominantly proactive, community-based role, focusing on delivering planned care and supporting patients to manage their health and wellbeing within their own homes.

The successful candidates will undertake a range of clinical activities, including long-term condition reviews, continence assessments and management, and phlebotomy (blood tests). The role will also involve providing clinical guidance and support to Healthcare Assistants, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality patient care.

Working collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will play an important role in promoting patient independence, preventing avoidable hospital admissions and supporting timely discharge from hospital.

Main duties of the job

To contribute to processes for service and quality improvement

Assess the physical and psycho–social needs of patients and deliver
therapeutic interventions based on best available evidence in order to improve health outcomes.

To manage own case load, delivering and evaluating service delivery to patients with a variety of medical conditions and those delegated by case managers.

To plan interventions with the Case Manager and other team members using the common assessment process

To take part in the referral management process to ensure patients are treated by the most appropriate member of the team/service

To contribute to the development of protocols and procedures developed for clinical pathways

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’recommitted to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATION & TRAINING

• Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN
• Evidence of further continued professional development
• Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification

EXPERIENCE

• Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Awareness of current professional nursing issues
• Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

• Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate
• Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision; Willingness to develop teaching skills
• Ability to solve problems and use initiative
• Ability to develop clinical skills
• Willingness to undergo training (e.g. medications) Basic IT skills
• Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards
• Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
• Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care
• Adaptable to change
• Ability to work rotating shifts
• Diplomatic approach with professionalism
• Flexible and approachable
• Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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.