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Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Hungerford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave rising with 7

Learning and career development

Cycle to Work and car leasing incl. EV

Wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at retailers/restaurants

Staff networks for equality

Generous leave allowances

Free parking across Trust sites

Job summary

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in West Berkshire is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to join the Community Nursing Team. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients in their own homes, delivering high quality, evidence-based practice across a seven-day service.

Key duties include complex wound care, bladder and bowel management, palliative and end-of-life care, and medication administration.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse (RGN) with current NMC registration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
• Willingness to work flexibly across 7 days.

Responsibilities

• Holistically assess patient and carer needs and plan nursing care.
• Undertake first visits and take immediate action when needed.
• Collaborate with professionals to achieve health aims.
• Promote self-care and health promotion within care delivery.
• Provide evidence-based care with competency in meds and wound care.

Skills

RGN

Communication

Care planning

Assessment & care

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Staff Nurse - Physical Health Community Services | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting career opportunityhas arisen for aCommunity Staff Nurseto join the West Berkshire Community Nursingteam.

Within the community we are seeing more complex and acute patients than ever before, with increasingly specialist treatment and care being provided by highly skilled staff.

Working within our Community Nursing Team you will support, assess, and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality, evidence based practice.You will havea passion and enthusiasm to care for patients in their own homes.

The Community Nursing service offers care to patients in their own homes, 7 days a week, 08.30 – 19.00, inclusive of Bank Holidays.

The service has a wide range of skill mix fromBand 3 Healthcare assistants, through to band 7 Community Matrons.

You will have a commitment to providing holistic care to patients in their own homes, be able to work on you own initiative and work well within a team. Key clinical skills include complex wound care, bladder & bowel management, palliative & end of life care,as well asmedication administration.

• To work in conjunction with the Team Leader/ Community Nursing Band 6/ Community Matron and all staff within the team to holistically assess the needs of patients and carers, and to work in partnership with the patient and family to plan, implement and evaluate programmes of nursing care.
• To be able to undertake first visits and take any immediate action, reporting back to the Team Leader/Community Nursing Band 6/Community Matron for further discussion and/or assessment.
• Toestablishworkingrelationships with other professionals and voluntary agencies to achieve health aims.
• To undertake practice assessor and supervisor training support students andnew staffto the service.
• Provide care according to the available evidence of best practice and the support of others in the development ofevidence basedpractice.
• To be actively involved in promoting self-care for patients and building Health Promotion into care.
• To develop andparticipatein planned teaching programmes for patients,
• Todemonstrateknowledge and skills including assessment, reassessment, medication management, bladder bowel care, tissue viability, care,useand administration of treatment using specialist equipment, palliativecareand symptom control, managing acute episodes of care, reducing hospital admissions, as per band 5 competency document.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The 4 “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:

• Registered General Nurse (RGN), NMCregistration.
• Well developedwritten and verbal communication skills
• Ability to assess,plan,implementand evaluatecare.
• Able to work flexibly across 7 days servicerequirement

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Sian Banwell on 07971 314572 or email: [e-mail], who’ll be delighted to help.

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Oct 2026

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Hungerford, RG17 0HY

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 15 Oct 2026

Closing date: 14 Nov 2026