Community Staff Nurse

Northumbria Group.; North Shields; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing programme

Staff networks

Flexible working opportunities

Annual leave and pension scheme

Lease car and home electronics scheme

Training and development programmes

Salary sacrifice savings

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a District Nurse (Band 5) on a part-time basis (22.5 hours per week) with flexible working. The role covers community and home-based care in North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham regions, within the District Nursing Service.

The post involves autonomous practice and close teamwork to provide high-quality, patient-centered care across diverse settings. The successful candidate will have NMC registration, a commitment to development, and the

Qualifications

• State registration with the NMC is essential for nursing practice.
• Newly qualified staff must undertake the Trust preceptorship programme within the first year.
• Evidence of qualification to supervise, teach and assess students is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centered care in patients' homes, residential care settings, and clinics.
• Autonomously and as part of the district nursing team, plan and evaluate care for diverse patient groups.
• Deliver wound care, palliative care, venepuncture, injections and catheter care as required.
• Perform assessments and communicate results clearly to patients and carers.
• Support compassionate care consistent with the 6Cs and Trust standards.

Education

State Registration on Part 1 of the 3 part NMC register

Preceptorship programme within first year

Evidence of qualification to supervise/teach students

Job description

Main area District Nursing Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

22.5 hours per week (shifts cover 8-8 working including weekend working) Job ref 319-8310264IO-HAS

Site Victoria Therapy Centre Town North Shields Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is… the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you

• Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
• Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
• A range of flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
• Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
• Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.

Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic staff nurse to join the District Nursing Service in North Tyneside for a Community Staff Nurse.

This is a fantastic opportunity to become a team member in an exciting service committed to providing patient centred care to patients in their own homes, residential care settings and in clinics. We are keen to provide our staff with development opportunities to enhance their skills, knowledge and career progression within the District Nursing Service, while providing high quality and safe service in line with the Trust Values.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

Community staff nurses work autonomously and as part of a team, reporting directly to their line manager, the community nursing team lead, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for a diverse group of patients with a wide range of conditions and health needs.

• The development and delivery of programmes of health and social care.
• The delivery of care and support to patients with a terminal illness and their families including the provision of emotional and bereavement support.
• The performance of skilled nursing care including aspects of assessment, wound management, palliative care and catheterisation.
• The performance of diagnostic tests such as Ankle Brachial Pressure Index using Doppler and the interpretation of the results to decide further courses of action.
• Performance of procedures which require fine dexterity and skill such as venepuncture, drug administration by injection and the removal of sutures.
• Interpretation of results and the communication of these to patients e.g. blood glucose estimation. Explaining aspects of care to patients and carers allowing the opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns.
• Maintenance and promotion of high standards of professional practice including the sharing of approaches and experience with others.
• Maintain a duty of care to patients, carers and colleagues through the exercise of personal and professional accountability.

Working for our organisation

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?

Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Community Staff Nurses are integral members of the district nursing team providing clinicalcare to a range of patients with acute and chronic health problems. The post includes the performance of a range of clinical procedures and assessments within a primary health care and community settings.

Community staff nurses work autonomously and as part of a team, reporting directly to their line manager, the community nursing team lead, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for a diverse group of patients with a wide range of conditions and health needs. Please refer to Job Description and Personal Specification

Person specification

Qualifications

• State Registration on Part 1 of the 3 part NMC register
• Additional clinical qualifications or equivalent derived through experience at diploma / degree level if experienced
• Newly qualified staff will be required to undertake the Trust preceptorship programme within the first year in post.
• Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).

Other Requirements

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of working without direct supervised in a health care environment
• Ensuring the delivery of ‘Compassion in Practice’ - Nursing, Midwifery and Care Staff Vision and Strategy, incorporating the 6C’s
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and those who have been looked after by the care system as a child or young person (for example, in foster care, children’s homes, kinship or local authority care) who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust’s interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

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 Stephanie Atkins Job title Clinical Neighbourhood Matron Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07770657717