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Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust; Spalding; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Learning & development

Apprenticeships

Job summary

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is recruiting a Community Staff Nurse to join the South Lincs Community Nursing Team. You will deliver care to patients in their homes, care homes and clinics, working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The role involves assessing care needs, planning, delivering and evaluating nursing care using evidence-based practice, with opportunities to develop in wound management, continence care, palliative care and long-term condition

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse required with ability to work autonomously and within a team.
• Experience in community nursing and home visit practice would be beneficial.
• Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care using evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care in patients' homes, clinics and care homes.
• Provide interventions such as wound management, continence care, palliative care and medication administration.
• Coordinate with MDT to ensure integrated and person-centred care.

Skills

Wound care

Continence care

Palliative care

Medication administration

Long-term condition management

Job description

Community Staff Nurse | Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

Company:

Company: Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

Lincolnshire Community Heath Service (LCHS) have an opportunity for Registered Nurses to join their South Lincs Community Nursing Team.

We have vacancies for 3.45 full time position.

As a community staff nurse you will be required to work autonomously and as part of a team, delivering care to patients in their own homes, care homes and clinic settings. Successful candidates will be responsible for assessing care needs, and the planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care using innovative evidence based practice.

Community nursing is exceptionally rewarding as it allows wonderful therapeutic relationships to be developed with patients in their own homes. Working in this capacity embodies the person centred care approach and allows patients to truly be at the centre of care delivery.

The skillset of a community nurse is vast and non-exhaustive requiring knowledge and expertise in a range of areas. Examples of interventions provided are wound management, continence care, palliative care, medication administration and long term condition management. Close working with the MDT (Social Workers, GP's and Allied Health Professionals) to ensure that patients care is effectively co-ordinated, demonstrates a positive impact on our patients.

For more information about the role of a community nurse watch the following video from The Queen's Nursing Institute

The Work of Community Nurses – The Queen's Nursing Institute (qni.org.uk)

‘Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagementin the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out morehttps://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev’

As this is a community post, you must be able to travel to patients homes and clinic settings. Due to the rurality of Lincolnshire some areas are not well covered by public transport therefore having access to transport is essential.

The service works through the hours of 8:00am to 6:30pm 7 days a week and is covered by variable shift patterns of Early shifts 8:00am -4:00pm, Mid shifts 9.00-17.00 and late shifts of 10:30am - 6:30pm.

The Community Nursing service delivers a 12 week induction programme for all new staff. We also offer a robust preceptorship and clinical skills programme with an experienced clinical education team. This provides peer support in addition to the requisite training required to fulfil the role to its true potential.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you will need, you are encourage to look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading and refer back to these documents when completing your application.

You should use your application form to show that you meet all or most of the essential criteria outlined in the person specification for the position. If you fail to demonstrate this in your answers, or you are unable to meet the criteria, it is unlikely you will be shortlisted for an interview for that post.

This advert closes on Thursday 3 Sep 2026