Community Staff Nurse | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Tameside & Glossop NHS FT; Tameside; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS Pension

Eye tests

Gym discount

Car scheme

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Band 5 Community Staff Nurses to join the District Nursing Service across the five neighbourhoods of Tameside. You will be allocated a team base and receive induction support and a buddy, with a preceptorship programme for newly qualified applicants.

The role will see you working within a Multi-Disciplinary Team in the Community and, after induction, coordinating the caseload with supervision from the team, ensuring

Qualifications

• Band 5 Community Staff Nurse role within the Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
• Newly qualified applicants may undertake a preceptorship programme.
• You will work within a Multi-Disciplinary Team in the Community and later coordinate caseload with support from the team.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient care needs and develop, implement and evaluate care programmes.
• Coordinate caseload and supervise junior staff and learners.
• Provide teaching and act as named supervisor for learners.

Job description

Community Staff Nurse | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Band 5- Multiple patterns of working available

The Tameside & Glossop District Nursing Service are currently looking to recruit Band 5 Community Staff Nurses.Our service works across the 5 neighbourhoods of Tameside. You will be allocated a team base upon appointment and will have the support of our induction facilitator alongside a designated ‘buddy’. Newly qualified applicants will also undertake a preceptorship programme. The role may require you to work across the localities as a service need requirement.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a new and developing integrated organisation. If you are a self-motivated, dynamic individual with a passion for community care, this could be the position for you.

The post holder will work within a Multi-Disciplinary Team in the Community and after period of induction will be responsible for the assessment of patient care needs and development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, both for a specific group of clients as

the named care provider and in supporting the care of all client groups within the community.

You will act in accordance with locally agreed standards of care and ensure that clinical procedures are correctly carried out. As an experienced nurse and as appropriate, you will co-ordinate the case load in the absence of the team/senior lead ensuring that effective communication is maintained at all times, providing support for junior staff within the team.

You will pay a key role in the supervision and assessment of pre and post basic learners and unregistered staff providing a teaching role and acting as named supervisor.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills,experienceand knowledgerequired. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full personspecification, butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Thursday 15 Oct 2026