Community Staff Nurse - Southern ACHT | Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust; Chalfont St. Peter; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Community Nurse to join a newly formed team in Chalfont St. Peter. This role involves providing high-quality nursing care to patients in their homes and residential settings. Candidates can be newly qualified or experienced, with support offered for professional development. Flexible working opportunities and NHS benefits are included.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS discount schemes

Qualifications

• Ability to administer medication and provide end of life care.
• Experience with complex and simple wound care.
• Ability to collaborate with health care professionals.

Responsibilities

• Work within a team to meet the needs of complex patients.
• Provide a range of nursing services in community settings.
• Utilize advanced clinical skills for patient assessment.

Skills

Holistic patient care

Medication administration

Advanced assessment skills

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an aspiring individual to develop their career in the specialised area of District nursing. This opportunity is available in the Chalfont's and Gerrards Cross area to become a Community Nurse within a newly formed team. We are welcoming highly motivated and effective team players, committed to providing a high quality nursing service within the District Nursing field. A full skills development and preceptorship programme is offered.

We are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. 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 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.

Responsibilities

• Work within a locality team of District Nurse Team Leaders, Community Staff Nurses, Therapists, Assistant Practitioners and Healthcare Assistants to meet the needs of the complex patient in the community and avoid admissions to acute settings.
• Provide medication administration, end of life care, management of deteriorating patients, and both complex and simple wound care including negative pressure wound therapy and compression therapy.
• Perform venepuncture, utilise advanced assessment skills and clinical nursing skills.
• Nurse people with a variety of conditions in a holistic manner in their own home and in residential care settings.
• Collaborate with social care and other primary health care professionals such as GPs, Community Therapies and specialised services (e.g., Tissue Viability, Diabetes and Heart Failure).

What Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offers you

• As part of the BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• Flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• A range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• We aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within the BHT family improves positive 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.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please 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.

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This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Nov 2025