Community Staff Nurse

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a passionate Community Nurse to deliver high-quality care in patients' homes. The role involves assessing healthcare needs, monitoring care quality, and working within a multi-disciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. Flexible working options and a commitment to staff development are offered.

Benefits

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Flexible working opportunities

Competitive Mileage Rates

Generous pension scheme

Health service discounts

Generous annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in acute medicine, Emergency Care or community nursing.
• Ability to work under pressure and flexibly as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Assess healthcare needs of patients and families.
• Monitor quality of care and ensure professional accountability.
• Provide acute nursing assessment in patients' homes.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Judgment

Education

NMC Registration RGN

Job description

Main area Community Nursing Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (4 x 0800-1800 a week. Some weekend working required) Job ref 270-TG052-ACS

Site Wellingborough, Thrapston & Rushden Town Wellingborough, Thrapston & Rushden Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/05/2025 08:00

Job overview

Community nurses make a difference everyday to the lives of the people they visit at home. We are proud of our Community Nurses who provide increasingly complex care for patients and support for family members to encourage patient’s to receive the care they need in their own home.

We are looking for experienced Registered Nurse’s with a passion for high quality nursing care and also experience in either acute medicine, Emergency Care or community nursing. The post holder will provide acute nursing assessment & interventions in patients’ own homes and will ensure that patients are referred onwards as appropriate to community services once their care episode is complete.

Rewards and Benefits

• Excellent learning and development to support you and develop your Nursing Career.
• Flexible working opportunities
• Competitive Mileage Rates

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to training and developing its staff not only with clinical skills but also in leadership and managerial skills.

You’ll also have access to our generous pension scheme and health service discounts, as well as generous annual leave plus bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

Working life

As a Community nurse, you'll

• assess the healthcare needs of patients and families
• monitor the quality of care they're receiving
• be professionally accountable for the delivery of care
• utilise technology to enable you to update records as you go

Your patients could be any age, but they'll often be elderly, while others may have been recently discharged from hospital, be terminally ill or have physical disabilities.

The service aims to provide an excellent standard of care that supports patients to remain in their home environment. In Northamptonshire you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in order to support the service and focus on delivering quality outcomes and improving the patient experience. You'll play a vital role in keeping hospital admissions and re-admissions to a minimum and ensuring that patients can return to their own homes as soon as possible.

Must have skills

You will need to be adaptable and resourceful. You'll need to be well organised, confident and able to cope in diverse situations to deliver patient care. Leadership and management skills are also important, as with all nursing roles, communication skills,problem solving and good judgement are crucial.

You will be part of caring team and be able to work flexibly with minimum supervision, with the ability to prioritise work based on the patient need.

Join us and become part of Team NHFT.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Qualification

• NMC Registration RGN or working towards

Experience / Skills

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
• Previous community experience

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

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.