Community Staff Nurse | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Ponteland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to join their District Nursing Service in Ponteland. This role involves working with a diverse group of patients, providing high-quality care in various settings, and supporting ongoing staff development in a patient-centred environment. The position is a fixed-term 12-month contract with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Experience in delivering health and social care programmes.
• Competence in skilled nursing procedures.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a community nursing team.
• Assess and evaluate care for diverse patient conditions.
• Deliver care and support to terminally ill patients and families.
• Maintain high professional practice standards.

Skills

Autonomous nursing care

Wound management

Palliative care

Diagnostic testing

Communication with patients

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the District Nursing Service in Northumberland for a Community Staff Nurse. We are looking for enthusiastic staff nurse to join our district nursing team in the West Northumberland area within the Ponteland Team. This is a fantastic opportunity to become a team member in an exciting service committed to providing patient‑centred care to patients in their own homes, residential care settings and clinics. This post is a fixed‑term 12‑month contract for secondment cover within the team. We are keen to provide our staff with development opportunities to enhance their skills, knowledge and career progression within the District Nursing Service, while providing high quality and safe service in line with the Trust Values.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously and as part of a team, reporting directly to the community nursing team lead.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for a diverse group of patients with a wide range of conditions and health needs.
• Develop and deliver programmes of health and social care.
• Deliver care and support to patients with a terminal illness and their families, including emotional and bereavement support.
• Perform skilled nursing care, including assessment, wound management, palliative care and catheterisation.
• Perform diagnostic tests such as Ankle Brachial Pressure Index using Doppler and interpret the results to decide further courses of action.
• Perform procedures requiring fine dexterity and skill such as venepuncture, drug administration by injection and removal of sutures.
• Interpret results and communicate them to patients (e.g. blood glucose estimation).
• Explain aspects of care to patients and carers, allowing them to ask questions and raise concerns.
• Maintain and promote high standards of professional practice, sharing approaches and experience with others.
• Maintain a duty of care to patients, carers and colleagues through personal and professional accountability.

Organisation

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

This advert closes on Wednesday 15 Oct 2025.