Community Staff Nurse

NHS; Kendal; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in Kendal is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to join the team covering maternity leave. The ideal candidate will possess nursing qualifications, relevant experience in palliative and wound care, and a passion for community care. This 37.5-hour role includes teamwork in providing high standards of care, along with weekend and holiday shifts.

Qualifications

• Must be a final year nursing student.
• Experience in palliative and wound care is needed.
• Mentorship qualification is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based, holistic nursing care to patients.
• Support the Nurse Team Leader in supervising and directing staff.
• Lead team to ensure high standards of patient care.

Skills

Palliative care

Wound care

Time management

IT systems

Documentation

Supervision of junior staff

Advanced communication

Counseling

Education

Final year Nursing student

Supporting learners in practice/mentorship qualification

V150 prescriber

Academic palliative care course

Academic wound care course

Job description

Community Staff Nurse

The closing date is 17 November 2025

An opportunity has become available to join the Kendal District Nurses as a registered nurse to cover 12 months maternity leave. This is a supportive team that pride themselves on delivering a high standard of person centre care to the residents of Kendal and surrounding villages.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic team player that shares the same passion and drive to care for people in their own homes to a high standard and wants to develop their knowledge in community care.

The post is 37.5 hours a week over 5 days and includes weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a registered Nurse within Community Services, accountable for providing evidence based, holistic nursing care of patients.

You will be expected to support the Sister/Team Leader in leading the team supervising, directing staff and delegating workload according to skills of the staff within the team.

The Kendal District Nurse team is a busy team comprising of both registered and clinical support workers. We regularly have students to support and develop.

About us

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Qualificationsp>

• Final year Nursing student
• supporting learners in practice/mentorship qualification
• V150 prescriber
• Academic palliative care course
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• Academic wound care course

Experience

• Palliative care
• Wound care
• time management
• IT systems
• documentation
• delegation
• supervision of junior staff
• Continence care
• Advanced communication / difficult situations
• councelling
• work allocation
• shift leadership experience

Clinical skills

• Wound assessment and product choice
• venepuncture
• Holistic assessment
• Compression therapy

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.

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

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