Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes some weekend working)
- Job ref
- 310-OPAC-8224236
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Cambridgeshire Hospital
- Town
- Wisbech
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Community Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge, do you want to be part of a team striving to make a difference with patient care in our community then this is the role for you. We are looking for a Community Nurse to work in and around the Fenland locality, you will be fully supported to gain new skills and experience needed to deliver high quality nursing care to patients in their own home or residential setting.
As a community nurse we will develop your wound care, palliative care, and long-term conditions, knowledge and skills; supporting you to become an expert in assessment and care-planning to deliver quality care that is caring and compassionate.
If you are looking for a new challenge, or to just progress in your career, come work with CPFT Community Nursing Team.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for people who:
- Have experience of working in the Community
- Are educated to RGN level 2
- Are able to demonstrate a commitment to high quality care and service provision
- Have the ability to work flexibly and as part of a team
- Have the ability to assess and formulate care plans
- Are able to teach and support student Nurses and Health Care Assistants
- Have enhanced communication and inter personal skills
You will be responsible for:
- Keeping the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making
- Providing a high standard of care
- Providing a high standard of nursing intervention within a patient's own home, with access to Specialist and Advanced Practitioners when required
- Working as part of a 24/7 service and multidisciplinary team
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities:
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 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 provide high standards of nursing intervention within a patients own home, this includes lone working , with access to specialist and advanced practitioners when required
*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN level 1, RGN level 2
- Evidence of professional development
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent
- Management of leg ulcer qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Community experience
Desirable criteria
- Primary care experience and experience in wound care
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
- Good communication skills
- Able to assess plan and implement care and formulate care plans
- Support Integrated Care Workers and teach and support student nurses and HCA’s.
- Ability to safeguard and promote welfare of children and young people/ vulnerable adults.
- Good documentation skills
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of clinical supervision
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential criteria
- Has a realistic knowledge of personal strengths and areas for development.
- Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others.
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others and understands confidentiality
- Responsible for maintaining registration with NMC and/or other professional bodies
Physical Requirements
Essential criteria
- Kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments.
- Move and manoeuvre people and equipment.
- Manoeuvre patients using safe techniques in accordance with care plan
- Ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hazel Denman
- Job title
- Area Nurse Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07749 588222
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