Community Staff Nurse - South Wirral

NHS; Wirral; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare trust in the UK is looking for a Community Staff Nurse to provide essential nursing services to housebound patients. The role involves working day shifts on a flexible rota, including weekends and bank holidays. Candidates must be Registered General Nurses with current NMC registration and possess excellent communication skills. This position offers a salary ranging from £31,049 to £37,796 per year, pro rata. It's an excellent opportunity for those passionate about community nursing and patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with a degree or equivalent.
• Current NMC registration required.
• Experience in community nursing is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Work day shifts on a flexible rota including weekends.
• Support housebound patients in managing long-term conditions.
• Maintain clinical standards using evidence-based practice.
• Demonstrate excellent clinical skills in a community setting.

Skills

Clinical governance knowledge

Effective communication skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Computer literacy

Education

Registered General Nurse educated to degree level

Current NMC registration

Evidence of recent professional development

Job description

Community Staff Nurse - South Wirral

The closing date is 04 January 2026

There has never been a better time to join Wirral Community Health and Care Trust, as we have just received a CQC rating of GOOD with areas in OUTSTANDING. Providing Community Nursing Services over 24 hours that keep our local communities thriving is the heart of everything we do.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to work day shifts on a flexible rota, including weekends and Bank Holidays.

Whilst community experience would be an advantage, we are keen to recruit those who possess relevant transferable skills and are enthusiastic about developing their career in a community setting.

Our Community Nursing Team supports the needs of housebound patients living on the Wirral. We provide valuable care, supporting people to manage their long‑term conditions and maximise their independence, which in turn can prevent hospital admission or enable a quicker discharge if they are admitted.

About us

Not Yet Qualified ?

Applications are welcome from those who are due to qualify. Allowing you to gain valuable experience working in the Community, we can start you as an Aspirant Nurse Band 4 until you obtain your NMC PIN. You would be accompanied with a registered nurse, but would attend any non‑registered visits (simple tasks) on your own.

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the National Preceptorship Quality Mark for Nursing from NHS England for our SOAR Preceptorship Programme. SOAR is our self‑analysis tool that underpins the programme and stands for - strengths, opportunities, aspirations and results.

The Quality Mark is the national gold standard and was created in 2022 when NHS England introduced the new national Preceptorship Framework for Nursing, which NHS Trusts benchmark themselves against.

Preceptorship is a period where newly‑registered clinicians are supported in the transition from student to practitioner, so they can gain confidence and familiarise themselves with the role. We want to ensure that professionals start their careers with the best possible foundation.

Job responsibilities

• Good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable and approachable.
• Sound knowledge of recent changes within the NHS and current professional issues.
• Working in a lone capacity under the direction of a Team Leader and in conjunction with other team members, ensuring clinical standards are maintained using evidence‑based practice.
• Knowledge of the components of Clinical Governance, Best Practice, Risk Management, Clinical Audit and relevant Professional Codes.
• Flexible, adaptable, and reliable, and able to demonstrate excellent clinical skills.
• Access to a car for work purposes.

Person Specification

• Access to a car for work purposes.

Skills and attributes

• Will be required to undertake all core competencies.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills written and oral.
• Effective organisational skills.
• Ability to articulate the evidence underpinning patients' care plans and interventions.
• Computer literate.
• Evidence of managing people and complex situations.

Experience and knowledge

• Understanding of National Government initiatives in health and social care and how they impact on local services.
• Knowledge of a broad range of conditions, experienced by patients in community and general practice settings. This will include LTCs, for example diabetes, coronary heart disease, heart failure, hypertension and stroke, COPD, arthritis, dementia and other common mental illnesses, frailty and palliative and end of life care.
• An understanding of the presentations of multiple pathology, depression and anxiety states and frailty, predominantly in older people.
• Knowledge of the management of uncomplicated symptoms in those patients with palliative or terminal care needs and enhanced communication skills to confidently manage uncertainty.
• Understands the role of the Staff Nurse in the Community.
• Community Nursing experience.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse educated to degree level (or equivalent).
• Current NMC registration.
• Evidence of further recent professional development.
• Mentorship module or working towards.

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.

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pro rata per annum