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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Tattenhall; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse to support and deliver nursing care to patients in their own homes. The role requires driving to be able to travel across rural West Cheshire and surrounding areas.

Successful candidates will join an established multidisciplinary Care Community Team, delivering person-centered care, carrying out holistic assessments, and coordinating care to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse at Band 5 level.
• Experience in community health is desirable.
• Must have access to own vehicle and be able to drive in rural West Cheshire.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality nursing care to community patients in their own homes.
• Conduct holistic assessments and coordinate patient care to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless care.

Skills

Driving

Compassionate nurse

Job description

Community Staff Nurse | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

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Company: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Do you have the skills to work in community physical health? Are you interested in working for a dynamic and innovated trust who provide person centred health care to our local community patients? We’d love you to join our team.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 enthusiastic, motivated, and compassionate nurse to join our established multidisciplinary Care Community Team to support and deliver a range of quality nursing care to our community patients in their own homes.

Your skills will be really valued by our teams and patients alike. If you are new to community health, this is a great opportunity to gain experience in this unique field of nursing.

We will do our best to welcome you and help you to settle in as a member of the team. Your contribution, time, skills and caring will make a huge difference to the patients we care for.

Our care community team is based in Tattenhall , covering rural West Cheshire and surrounding geographic area . It’s important that you can drive and have access to your own vehicle for work as travel is an integral part of the role. But of course, mileage expenses are reimbursed in addition to your hourly rate.

As a Community Staff Nurse the successful candidate will undertake duties between the working hours involving the delivery of high-quality nursing services and the holistic assessments of patients ensuring a person-centred approach.

You will work alongside various professionals to provide quality and seamless care to patients predominantly in their own home. You will be proactive in coordinating their care needs as appropriate, avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital or long-term care settings.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Aug 2026

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust