PCN Experienced Senior Community Nurse

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; Thrapston, Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Thrapston is looking for an experienced Senior Community Nurse to enhance patient outcomes through proactive health management and tailored interventions in the community. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant nursing qualification and have significant experience in community or primary care settings. This role is critical in delivering health services aligned with the goals of integrated care and reducing health inequalities. A current driving license and access to a car are essential for this position.

Benefits

Extensive training and skills development program

Opportunity for national awards and recognition

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in a primary care/community setting.
• Experience with electronic patient records.
• Evidence of working at Band 6 level.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and manage health needs.
• Deliver tailored interventions in patients' homes.
• Liaise with a variety of GP surgeries.

Skills

Community Nursing experience

Communication skills

Autonomous working

Cross system working

Education

Registered General Nurse - NMC

Relevant CPD

Job description

Go back Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

PCN Experienced Senior Community Nurse

The closing date is 16 October 2025

An exciting development opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Community Nurse in a new service that bridges Primary Care and Community Nursing in East Northants PCN.

This initiative aims to proactively identify and manage health needs, reduce health inequalities, and deliver tailored interventions directly in patients' homes. By focusing on early identification, prevention, and long-term condition management, the service will enhance patient outcomes, reduce practice appointments, reduce hospital admissions, and support the broader goals of integrated community care and neighbourhood working.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate significant experience in the field of Community Nursing or Primary Care, together with a genuine desire to develop both the service and yourself.

Main duties of the job

This initiative aims to proactively identify and manage health needs, reduce health inequalities, and deliver tailored interventions directly in patients' homes. By focusing on early identification, prevention, and long-term condition management, the service will enhance patient outcomes, reduce practice appointments, reduce hospital admissions, and support the broader goals of integrated community care and neighbourhood working.

You will be expected to see patients within a given geographic area and may mean that you will need to liaise with a variety of GP surgeries.

As both an organisation and a service we are actively involved in local and national innovative projects around improving quality of care, integrated working with stakeholders, designing new pathways. We have an extensive program of training and skills development available for staff and actively nominate and encourage our staff to apply for national awards and recognition, such as Queen's Nursing Institute, RCN and Nursing Times awards.

Car owner/driver and current driving license essential or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Registered General Nurse -NMC
• Relevant CPD that is not mandatory or role specific training to demonstrate commitment to CPD
• Nurse prescriber or working towards this

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous experience in a primary care/community setting for 2 years.
• Experience of inputting into electronic patient record
• Evidence of working at Band 6 level in the community or Primary Care
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of good communication skills
• Understanding of autonomous working and the need to prioritise.
• Evidence of cross system working.

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.