Community Staff Nurse

NHS; Warrington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Community Staff Nurse to deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to patients in the Warrington community. This role involves assessment, planning, and implementation of care, while promoting health and wellbeing across families and communities. Flexible working arrangements are available to support work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with nursing experience in the community.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based nursing care and assess patient needs.
• Plan and evaluate care programs under District Nurse direction.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support individual patient care.

Skills

Venepuncture

Immunisation

Chronic disease management

Teaching & assessing

Experience in palliative care

Using Electronic Patient Records

Education

NMC registered adult nurse

Evidence of level 5/6 study

Teaching and Assessing qualification

Job description

Go back Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Community Staff Nurse

The closing date is 18 June 2025

Are you a registered nurse looking for a role inDistrict Nursing. We are looking for an experienced and motivated individualwho will be responsible for carrying out holistic and autonomous evidenced-basednursing care to patients under the care of the Warrington District Nursingservice. You should be able to demonstrate ongoing professional development.

The post holder will provide a high standard ofcare, utilising clinical skills in the assessment, planning and implementationof pro-active care to a community population with nursing needs referred intothe district nursing service. The post holder will work in close collaborationwith other professionals/stakeholders within the Warrington footprint.

If you are looking for flexibility with your workinghours to support your work life balance, all flexible working requests will beconsidered in line with the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

To promote the health and wellbeing within thefamily unit and community as a whole.

Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursingneeds as the named nurse.

Plan, assessand evaluate programmes of care according to changing health needs under thedirection of the District Nurse team leader.

Tosupport the team leader in the co-ordination of complex and continuing carepackages.

Maintainaccurate records in accordance with NMC.

Attenda multi-disciplinary case conference as the named nurse if appropriate.

To communicate and collaborate with other members ofthe district nursing team , voluntary and statutory organisations to supportindividual patient care.

To establish and maintain effective communicationwith patients, relatives and carers in complex and potentially challengingsituations.

To competently perform clinical skills related tothe post.

To be professionally responsible for a delegatedcaseload under the supervision of the District Nurse.

To assess health needs at individual, practice andcommunity level.

To undertake chronic disease management reviewsusing appropriate template.

Towork without direct supervision

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver ourNHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health andpromote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they werecreated in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was importantto them

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs andpromote independence in the healthcare we provide..

E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationshipsbased on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the rightskills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities andshow great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to providesustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Job responsibilities

Thepost holder actively supports the District Nursing team by undertakingresponsibility for a delegated caseload.

Undertakesthe assessment, planning and evaluation of patients care needs.

Liaiseswith the District Nurse to ensure informationsharing in relation to patient care / changes to care plan and thecontinuity of care and reviewing of complex care packages.

Mentoring,Teaching and Assessing.

Liaiseswith all health care professionals and other agencies to ensure effectiveservice delivery.

Please see full Job Description attached.

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous community experience

Qualifications

• NMC registered adult nurse
• Evidence of level 5/6 study.
• Teaching and Assessing qualification

Job Specific Requirements

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs

Relationships

• If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:

Skills & Attributes

• Range of extended clinical skills & demonstrate clinical knowledge.
• Venepuncture and immunisation.
• Able to communicate sensitive information to patients, relatives and carers.
• Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate packages of care.
• Able to develop effective interpersonal skills/relationships across the health & social care setting.
• Experience of using Electronic Patient Records.
• Audit and research.
• Supra pubic catheterisation.
• Tissue viability qualification.
• IV Therapy
• Chronic disease management.
• Experience of
• working within palliative care.
• Teaching & assessing skills.

Sponsorship

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)

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.

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust