Community Staff Nurse - District Nursing

ROH; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development opportunities

Structured induction programme

Personal safety device

IPADS and mobile phones

Preceptorship programme

HCAS supplement

Job summary

Whittington Health NHS Trust is seeking a Community Staff Nurse (District Nursing) to join our Haringey West District Nursing Team on a fixed-term contract to September 2027. The role is full-time (37.5 hours) across rotating shifts 8:30am-5:00pm or 2:00pm-10:00pm, with weekend work on a pattern.

You will deliver direct care at patients' homes, perform assessments, wound care, leg ulcer management, IV and palliative care, and work with a multidisciplinary team to support self-management and safe

Responsibilities

• Patient assessments
• Ear Irrigation
• Health Promotion
• Leg ulcer management (including doppler assessment and compression therapy)
• Management of Enteral Feeding Tubes
• Medication administration and management- including IV medications
• Palliative care and end of life care (including care of rocket and Pleurx drains)
• Safeguarding (with MDT involvement)
• Wound care (post operative, surgical, pressure ulcer, leg ulcers, burns, diabetic foot ulcer etc)
• Trial without catheter

Job description

Main area Staff Nurse Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 8 months (The contract will end on 6th September 2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 shifts per week, Monday - Sunday) Job ref 220-WHT-8371319

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Haringey West District Nursing Team Town London Salary £36,943 - £44,900 Inclusive of Outer HCAS per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/11/2026 23:59

Community Staff Nurse - District Nursing

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Do you want to be able to provide holistic, patient centred care while being part of a friendly and supportive team? We are recruiting nurses like you now!

Our District Nursing Service is forward thinking, hardworking and dynamic which we pride ourselves on. We are committed to making a difference for our patients and providing good quality care. We deliver services across the diverse and exciting boroughs of Islington and Haringey – providing fantastic opportunities to develop your skills.

We are looking for a nurse to join our Haringey West District Nursing Team on a fixed term contract until September 2027.

We have a strong and supportive nursing leadership team and a dedicated Professional Development Team to guide and support you in your professional development.

We offer you the following:

• On-going learning and development opportunities including leadership courses and clinical skills such as catheterisation, leg ulcer management, palliative care and intravenous medication administration
• A structured induction programme for community nurses
• Personal safety device
• IPADS and mobile phones
• A comprehensive 12-month preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses which has been awarded the national preceptorship quality mark
• High Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) additional to your basic pay depending on borough

Main duties of the job

Our district nursing team’s visit adults who are housebound in their own homes or residential homes, enabling them to self-manage where possible and implementing appropriate treatments and care pathways.

The types of patient care you will provide are:

• Patient assessments
• Ear Irrigation
• Health Promotion
• Leg ulcer management (including doppler assessment and compression therapy)
• Management of Enteral Feeding Tubes
• Medication administration and management- including IV medications
• Palliative care and end of life care (including care of rocket and Pleurx drains)
• Safeguarding (with MDT involvement)
• Wound care (post operative, surgical, pressure ulcer, leg ulcers, burns, diabetic foot ulcer etc)
• Trial without catheter

You will be working alongside a multi-skilled team led by Specialist Practitioners in District Nursing as well as liaising regularly with a variety of specialist nurses and other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure you are able to provide the best care for your patients.

As an integrated care organisation our community and hospital services are one. We bring high quality services closer to home and speed up communication between community and hospital services, improving our patients’ experience.

This role involves rotational shifts between 8:30am-5:00pm and 2:00pm-10:00pm. You will be required towork one weekend on and one weekend off duty.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.