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DCHS Foundation Trust; Swadlincote; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Annual leave + bank holidays

Ongoing training

Maternity/paternity/adoption benefits

Health service discounts

Online benefits

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust in Swadlincote is seeking a part-time Registered Nurse to join the Community Nursing Team on a 12-month secondment. Flexible patterns may be considered to suit the right candidate.

You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in patients' homes, support colleagues across practice, therapy and home visiting teams, and travel across a wide area with a vehicle for business purposes.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current registration.
• Ability to travel across a wide geographical area and have access to a suitable vehicle.
• Flexible hours and working patterns may be considered for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care, promoting self-care wherever possible while maintaining privacy, dignity and clinical effectiveness.
• Provide guidance and support to junior staff in delivering high-quality care, while actively assisting the District Nurse/ Senior Community Nurses in managing the healthcare environment.
• Travel across a wide geographical area to support patients in their own homes.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Job description

Community Staff Nurse | Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a Registered Nurse looking for a new challenge supporting patients in the community?

If so, this could be the opportunity for you.

We are seeking a part-time Registered Nurse to join the Swadlincote Community Nursing Team on a 12-month secondment. Flexible hours and working patterns may be considered for the right candidate.

This is an exciting time to join one of the country’s largest specialist community NHS providers, recognised by its own staff as one of the best NHS employers.

Our service deliver’s evidence-based care that supports patients to remain in their own homes.

This role offers the opportunity to work closely with general practice, therapy services and home visiting colleagues.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care, promoting self-care wherever possible while maintaining privacy, dignity and clinical effectiveness.

Provide guidance and support to junior staff in delivering high-quality care, while actively assisting the District Nurse/ Senior Community Nurses in managing the healthcare environment.

Due to the nature of the role, the post holder must be able to travel across a wide geographical area, often with equipment, and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes

We are a professional, friendly, and enthusiastic team who work closely with our therapy colleagues to provide a holistic integrated service that enables and educates our patients to remain independent in their own homes, whenever possible, to prevent hospital admission and support a safe discharge home.

This is increasingly important as care for patients become more community-focused.

Our purpose in Derbyshire is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits

This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Sep 2026