Senior Community Nurse/District Nurse (Dnspq)

Cambridgeshire And Peterborough Nhs Foundation Trust; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Community Nurse to join the Cambridge North City team. The role involves autonomous practice within a multi-disciplinary team and managing a caseload in patients' homes, with travel across the county.

Applicants should have an RGN with degree-level education, evidence of ongoing professional development, and a mentorship qualification. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

Qualifications

• RGN Level 1 educated to degree level.
• Evidence of professional development.
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
• A full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Work as autonomous practitioner with the integrated multi professional team.
• Manage own caseload and undertake assessment of complex patients.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment within professional guidelines.
• Keep the patient at the centre of care with patient/carer participation.
• Supervise junior colleagues and delegate caseload.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Prioritisation

Problem solving

Education

RGN Level 1

Evidence of professional development

Mentorship qualification

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community nurse to join our Cambridge North City team.

You will be working as part of a team which includes a Community Nursing Clinical Lead, Community Nurses (RN), and Healthcare Assistants. You will link closely with colleagues outside of CPFT including GPs and other members of the multidisciplinary team to support excellent nursing care at home, reducing the necessity for acute hospital admission.

The successful candidate will need to have worked within a community nursing team or similar role - with community related continual professional development evidenced with completion or plan for completion of post graduate community related qualification.

The successful candidate will be supported and encouraged to develop their career within role.

Main duties of the job

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

• To work as an autonomous practitioner with the integrated multi professional team
• To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of complex patients
• To be accountable for assessing interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines
• To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making
• Provide support and education of peers, new staff, non registered staff, and students
• To supervise junior colleagues
• Accountable for the delegation of caseload
• To provide high standards of nursing intervention within a patients own home, this includes lone working, with access to specialist and advanced practitioners when required
• To provide support, guidance and leadership to a team of nurses and non registered team members

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted: 26 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 310-MOPAC-8140581-A

Job locations: 15 Mowlem Close, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NA, United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work.
• To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines.
• To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of clinical reasoning skills.
• To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate.
• To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
• Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately.
• Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks.
• To demonstrate the importance of gaining patient and carer consent in all interventions.
• To contribute to and work towards the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Team and the new model of care.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• RGN Level 1 educated to degree level
• Evidence of professional development
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent.

Desirable

• Prescriber or willing to undertake
• Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

• Multidisciplinary working experience
• Management experience
• Relevant and proven experience post registration in a variety of things

Desirable

• Demonstrate application of clinical governance and experience of clinical supervision
• Experience in delivering training

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• The ability to respond to changing situations
• Ability to develop effective working relationships
• Ability to exercise initiative
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload to meet the needs of the service
• Ability to innovate

Desirable

• Extensive understanding of clinical supervision

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Demonstrate problem solving
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent documentation skills
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills.

Physical requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel independently around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
• Manoeuvre patients using safe techniques in accordance with care plan

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address: 15 Mowlem Close, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NA, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Lead, Sam Coupland, [e-mail], 07749947417

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