Community Staff Nurse - Marlow

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Marlow; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking community nurses to provide high-quality patient care in their homes. This role is ideal for those looking for flexible working options while delivering holistic care to patients with complex health needs. Candidates from all experience levels are welcome, with support for professional development provided.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Generous annual leave entitlement

Access to NHS discount schemes

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse or awaiting NMC PIN.
• At least 1-year community nursing experience required.
• Experience in Palliative Care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage own case load and deliver therapeutic interventions.
• Assess the physical and psycho-social needs of patients.
• Contribute to service and quality improvement processes.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Communication skills

Report writing

Education

Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN

CPD Post graduate module(s) in long term conditions

NMC approved mentoring qualification

Job description

Site Marlow Health Centre Town Marlow Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 07/07/2025 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Do you want the privilege of caring for patients in their own homes to deliver increasingly complex, holistic care? If yes, community nursing may be the right career choice for you. We are able to offer part-time or full-time roles along with a full skills development and preceptorship programme.

All levels of experience are welcome in community nursing. Whether you are newly qualified or looking for a change in direction, we would welcome your application for this exciting opportunity to join the community nursing workforce. As a community nurse, you would be supported to develop into an autonomous practitioner; nursing patients with multiple complex health care needs in their own home.

Main duties of the job

• To contribute to processes for service and quality improvement
• Assess the physical and psycho–social needs of patients and deliver therapeutic interventions based on best available evidence in order to improve health outcomes.
• To manage own case load, delivering and evaluating service delivery to patients with a variety of medical conditions and those delegated by case managers.
• To plan interventions with the Case Manager and other team members using the common assessment process
• To take part in the referral management process to ensure patients are treated by the most appropriate member of the team/service
• To contribute to the development of protocols and procedures developed for clinical pathways
• Assist in the development of case management protocols and guidelines within their own area of professional practice

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’recommitted to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN
• Evidence of recent CPD Post graduate module(s) in long term conditions
• Evidence of further continued professional development
• Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

• Demonstrate profession specific clinical assessment planning delivery and evaluation skills
• Knowledge of modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Report writing skills

EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrate experience post or pre-registration placements in relevant clinical areas: Palliative Care Catheterisation experience
• At least 1-year community experience
• Knowledge of working with common assessment process
• Experience of electronic clinical systems
• Experience participating in a research or audit project

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary. Maybe required to work in other departments if requested to do so

PPE requirements:Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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.