Community Staff Nurse (South Cotswolds)

NHS; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in Cirencester is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to provide high-quality nursing care to patients in their own homes or clinic settings. This full-time position requires current NMC registration and offers comprehensive induction and training opportunities. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction program

Flexible working policy

Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

Qualifications

• Must be NMC registered and willing to undertake further training.
• Post-registration experience is helpful but not essential.
• Ability to work without direct supervision.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care to patients within an Integrated Community Team.
• Provide high standard nursing care in home or clinic settings.
• Manage the Community Nursing Team in absence of Team Leader.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to make clinical decisions

Teamwork

Willingness to develop potential

Education

Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse

Ongoing training

Job description

Overview

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust – Community Staff Nurse (South Cotswolds)

The closing date is 16 October 2025

To excel in this role you will require excellent communication skills, the courage to make clinical decisions and a willingness to develop your potential.

You will require current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse, post-registration experience is helpful but not essential and we have an excellent preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses.

In addition to this, we have a comprehensive induction program which involves support from the practice development team to help you acquire and maintain your competencies.

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are full-time, 37.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

As a community nursing team our service covers 8am to 8pm. As a member of the team you would be expected to work either part time or full time over a shift system which includes early and late shifts across 7 days including weekends and bank holidays. As a trust we have an excellent flexible working policy and work in partnership with our staff to meet the needs of the service.

This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.

A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

• To work as a member of the Community Nursing Team within an Integrated Community Team (ICT) delivering care to patients resident within an Integrated Care Team population.
• To provide a high standard of skilled nursing care to people in their own homes or clinic settings
• To manage the Community Nursing Team and Nursing Caseload in the absence of the Team Leader - District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse (for annual leave, study leave & sickness).

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Willingness to undertake further training
• NMC registered
• Evidence of continued learning

Experience

• Evidence of working without direct supervision
• Experience of working with students or learners in practice
• Previous experience of Community Nursing
• Evidence of post registration training
• Teaching and assessing qualification

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust