Community Staff Nurse

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Kirkby-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to join their team in Kirkby-in-Ashfield. This full-time position offers flexible working hours and requires a Professional Qualification (RGN). The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-quality, integrated care to patients in their homes and clinics, with a focus on wound care, palliative care, and patient independence. Competitive salary and comprehensive training are included.

Benefits

Clinical and managerial supervision

Full induction and training

Competitive mileage rates

Health and wellbeing services

Flexible working options

Incentive schemes

Qualifications

• Maintains current registration with the NMC.
• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
• Demonstrates continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled nursing care in community settings.
• Assess and implement treatment plans collaboratively.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions.

Skills

Teamwork

Flexibility

Assessment skills

Intervention skills

Education

Professional Qualification (RGN) to degree level or equivalent

Job description

Community Staff Nurse

The closing date is 27 November 2025

Join Nottinghamshire's Community Nursing teams and make a difference! We're looking for kind, caring, and compassionate nurses for our B5 vacancies. Whether you have community experience or not, we welcome you to be part of our supportive and highly encouraging team.

Whether an experienced or a newly qualified nurse, you'll thrive in our community Nursing workforce. Our Community Nursing teams take pride in the positive impact they have on patients' lives every day. You will become an expert clinician in wound care, palliative care, continence care and the care of patients with long term conditions. If you have the passion, drive, and ability to deliver high-quality care, we want you to join #TeamNottsHC.

Join us as a Band 5 Staff Nurse, full-time, in a substantive position. Our service operates from 8am - 6pm, seven days a week, offering flexibility in working hours. An additional team of Nurses and HCA's offer a robust, reactive evening and night Nursing team.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing skilled nursing care and will work flexibly supporting the team to deliver high quality integrated care. You will need to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful and approachable.

Providing integrated care following a holistic assessment which enables patients to be cared for in their own homes and clinic settings. You will facilitate the prevention of unnecessary hospital admission/re-admission by reducing the effects of ill health and disability and maximising the individual's potential for independence.

A robust induction and competency-based development package will be provided. Newly qualified staff will be offered a preceptorship programme.

Job responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement, promote and evaluate safe, creative and effective treatment plans in collaboration with the patient’s diverse needs, their carers and other professionals.
• Deliver interventions that are evidence-based.
• Be responsible for the safe monitoring, management and administration of medication.
• Work autonomously, building leadership skills and advanced clinical assessment skills.
• Build effective relationships with patients, their carers, family and colleagues across the MDT.
• Develop exceptional planning and organisational skills.
• Analyse care and treatment provided, and develop sound clinical decision making.
• Be trained to deliver high quality care and develop knowledge in all areas including palliative care, leg ulcer management, acute and chronic wound care.
• Understand bladder and bowel dysfunctions, provide supportive care to carers and family members.
• Delegate and support junior staff, building leadership skills.
• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

What we offer

• Clinical and managerial supervision.
• Full induction and training.
• Competitive mileage rates.
• No night shifts.
• Health and wellbeing service including but not limited to occupational health, MSK services, staff counselling and support services.
• A range of flexible working options.
• Incentive schemes: childcare scheme, lease care, and travel pass scheme.
• Career progression and future secondment onto the Community Specialist District Nurse Programme.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Professional Qualification (RGN) to degree level or equivalent.
• Maintains current registration with the NMC.
• Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration.

Experience

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
• Specialist and area specific experience.

Contractual

• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
• Ability to work to meet the needs of the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays).

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to be flexible.
• Good skills in assessment, intervention and evaluation of patients’ nursing care.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments.
• Knowledge of the nursing 6 C's.
• Awareness of national and local issues impacting nursing care.

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.

Physical requirements

• Has the physical ability to perform the full range of nursing duties.

Training

• Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery.

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.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a year (pro rata for part time)