Community Staff Nurse

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 32,073 to 39,043 £ / Year

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC

Job summary

Welcome to South Waveney Primary Care Home (PCH) team.

Are you a Registered Nurse (Adult) or 3rd year student due to qualify? Do you want to progress your nursing career with a supportive and encouraging team, providing nursing care to patients in their own homes, clinic or residential homes?

We are looking for a dedicated and motivated Registered Community Nurse to join our team. Following a structured induction and with ongoing support, including a thorough Preceptorship period if needed, you will work autonomously within a community setting, managing a varied caseload safely and effectively.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the relevant qualifications, clinical skills and professional registration required for this role, along with the confidence and sound judgement to make independent clinical decisions.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. All applicants will be assessed fairly on merit against the requirements of the post.

The PCH team provides community services 7 days per week 07:00- 20:30 hours

The core shift is 08:30- 16:30, other shifts included in the rota are 07:00- 15:00 and 12:00 -20:00 as well as weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis.

Any offer of employment will be subject to standard pre-employment checks, including verification of the right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

As a community nurse you will be providing an excellent standard of person centered care to adults in their own homes, residential care or clinic settings This will include a mixture of nursing and reablement interventions to support patients to maintain their health or recover from ill health where possible. You will be supported by Senior nurses to gain the clinical skills required to deliver care in the community and you will eventually hold your own caseload of patients.

You will complete holistic assessments for patients referred to the service. Participate in delivery of nursing interventions which could include, but not restricted to:

Holistic assessments including environmental, moving and handling assessments, pressure area risk, nutritional needs.

Urinary catheterisation

Administration of medication via injection

Wound care and specialist leg ulcer assessment and care

Palliation and end of life care

Acute admission avoidance

Support patient self care using health coaching

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)
  • *BSc in Nursing Practice or equivalent

Desirable

  • *Mentorship/ preceptorship qualification/ ENB 998
  • *Evidence of working towards a nursing degree

Experience

Essential

  • *Evidence of continued professional development
  • *Ability to work unsupervised
  • *Ability to demonstrate clinical knowledge and competence within scope of clinical practice
  • *Previous experience of working in health care

Desirable

  • *Recent clinical experience in community nursing
  • *Experience of multidisciplinary team working

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Skills and Knowledge:
  • *Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • *Competent IT skills
  • *Effective organisation and time management skills
  • *Excellent record keeping skills
  • Personal Attributes:
  • *Ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours:
  • (Compassion – We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action – My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect – Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone – Work Together, Achieve Together)
  • *Willingness and ability to work across different sites and travel to alternative sites and across the community as required
  • *Be able to support Trainee Nursing Associates
  • *Act as a role model to all students
  • *Able to demonstrate personal resilience, emotions and stress

Desirable

  • Skills and Knowledge:
  • *Health coaching training

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 14 July 2026

To apply for this job please visit ecch.tal.net.