Neighbourhood Staff Nurse (Experienced)

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are currently looking for experienced B5 nurses to join our Neighbourhood Nursing teams across Lambeth and Southwark areas that has extensive experience in a community setting with the relevant skills outlined in the job specification.

We are one of only two community teams in the UK to receive an outstanding status by CQC. Come and join us, and become a part of the amazing work we do!

We are proud that we care for our staff as much as our patients. We ensure that our staff are supported and are the only Trust in the UK to offer a Transition Programme which gives our nurses the knowledge and skills to take their care to the community. Once you have joined the Trust, this programme will ensure that you are fully able to provide outstanding care to our patients in the community.

This advert is open to all applicants with an active Nursing and Midwifery Council Personal Identification number (PIN) (this refers to an NMC Pin identification that allows you to work as a registered nurse/midwife in the UK. This does not include the Personal reference number (PRN) when you apply pre-OSCE application).

Interviews will be held in-person.

Closing Date: 12/07/2026 at Midnight

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be a member of the Neighbourhood Nursing (District Nursing) Team and will participate in the clinical case management of patients who have a wide variety of complex, high-risk and supported/self-care conditions. Working directly with the Team Leader, the post-holder will help ensure the provision of a high standard of nursing care and health promotion. The care will be provided in a range of settings including patients’ homes, residential homes, nurse led clinics and GP practices.

This will include:

– Holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of a plan of care for patients with long term conditions, tissue viability, continence, palliative care, and promoting/facilitating patient independence.

– Assists in the delivery of National Service Frameworks.

– Providing public health and health promotion programmes to improve health and reduce inequalities.

– Maintaining contemporaneous written and computerised records.

Person Specification

Professional/ Statutory Registration

Essential

  • Current NMC Registration
  • Evidence of post registration education and training.
  • Practise assessor/supervisor or old mentorship qualification or SSSAP.

Qualifications / Education

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (General Adult)
  • Education to 1st degree level or equivalent
  • Clinical specific post registration course e.g. Wound management, diabetes, leg ulcer care, continence care and assessment

Previous experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience in care of people with long term conditions in a community or primary healthcare setting.
  • Experience in care of people with long term conditions

Desirable

  • Acute hospital setting experience.

Skills / Knowledge / Ability

Essential

  • Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate programmes of care
  • Ability to demonstrate evidence-based care and decision making that is responsive to the needs of clients and carers and negotiated in partnership with them
  • Competent in basic life support
  • Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner being responsible and accountable for choices made
  • Ability to work flexibly and respond to changing demands in workload
  • Ability to communicate effectively at all levels within the organisation, with patients, relatives and their carers and other agencies.
  • Ability to write detailed reports, maintain contemporaneous patient records and other documents that exhibit fluency and accuracy.

Physical Requirements

Essential

  • Skilled in the provision of hands on direct patient care, including safe handling of patients and equipment

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: 12 July 2026

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