Community Staff Nurse

NHS; Widnes; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking an enthusiastic Community Staff Nurse. You will join a team delivering care to housebound patients with complex health needs. This role involves conducting assessments, care planning, and collaboration with healthcare professionals. Candidates must be NMC registered adult nurses with essential skills in communication and clinical decision-making. The position offers the opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Continuous professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in community nursing preferred.
• Ability to assess and evaluate care packages.
• Experience in palliative care is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform holistic assessments of patient nursing needs.
• Plan and evaluate care delivery according to health needs.
• Mentor and supervise junior staff.

Skills

Clinical decision making

Communication skills

Venepuncture and immunisation

Chronic disease management

Education

NMC registered adult nurse

Evidence of level 5/6 study

Teaching and Assessing qualification

Tools

Electronic Patient Records

Job description

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Community Staff Nurse

The closing date is 26 September 2025

We are looking for an enthusiastic band 5 community staff nurse. You will join a team of nurses delivering high quality care to patients who are housebound.

You will be caring for patients with long term conditions and complex health needs, developing your skills and knowledge, whilst working towards an integrated healthcare structure. You should be able to demonstrate you can make clinical decisions to provide evidence-based practice and care planning in response to clinical assessments.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will perform holistic assessments of patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs utilising prescribing skills.

Ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care.

The post holder actively supports the District Nursing team by undertaking responsibility for a delegated caseload.

Liaise with the District Nurse team leader to ensure information sharing in relation to patient care / changes to care plan and the continuity of care and reviewing of complex care packages.

Mentoring, Teaching and Assessing.

Liaises with all health care professionals and other agencies to ensure effective service delivery.

Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.

Maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC Standards.

To participate in the health needs assessment of the practice population to identify areas of unmet need.

Ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems.

Work on a rota basis to facilitate weekend working across the district nursing teams.

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 our NHS services in your local community.

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

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

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and promote 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

The post holder actively supports the DistrictNursing team by undertaking responsibility for a delegated caseload.

Undertakes the assessment, planning and evaluation of patients care needs.

Liaises with the District Nurse to ensure information sharing in relation to patient care / changes to care plan and the continuity of care and reviewing of complex care packages.

Mentoring, Teaching and Assessing.

Liaises with all health care professionals and other agencies to ensure effective service delivery.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To promote the health and well-being within the family unit and community as a whole.

Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs as the named nurse.

Plan, assess and evaluate programmes of care according to changing health needs under the direction of the District Nurse.

To support the team leader in the co-ordination of complex and continuing care packages.

Maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC.

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

To communicate and collaborate with other members of the PHCT, voluntary and statutory organisations to support individual patient care.

To establish and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives and carers in complex and potentially challenging situations.

To competently perform clinical skills related to the post.

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

To assess health needs at individual, practice and community level.

To undertake chronic disease management reviews using appropriate template.

To work without direct supervision.

Person Specification

Job Specific Requirements

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

Experience

• Previous community experience

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.

Qualifications

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

Skills & Knowledge

• 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