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Job summary

Main area
Community Nursing
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent: 2x Full time contracts. 1 based in East Northants, 1 based in Kettering & Corby
Hours
  • Full time
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (8am-6pm shift pattern)
Job ref
270-TG381-ACS-A
Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
East Northants Community Nursing Team
Town
Wellingborough/ Thrapston
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/10/2025 09:00

Employer heading

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

PCN Experienced Senior Community Nurse

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting  development  opportunity has arisen for a Band 6  Community Nurse in a new service that bridges Primary Care and Community Nursing in East Northants PCN . 

This initiative aims to proactively identify and manage health needs, reduce health inequalities, and deliver tailored interventions directly in patients’ homes. By focusing on early identification, prevention, and long-term condition management, the service will enhance patient outcomes, reduce practice appointments, reduce hospital admissions, and support the broader goals of integrated community care and neighbourhood working.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate significant experience in the field of Community Nursing or Primary Care, together with a genuine desire to develop both the service and yourself. 

Main duties of the job

This initiative aims to proactively identify and manage health needs, reduce health inequalities, and deliver tailored interventions directly in patients’ homes. By focusing on early identification, prevention, and long-term condition management, the service will enhance patient outcomes, reduce practice appointments, reduce hospital admissions, and support the broader goals of integrated community care and neighbourhood working.

 

You will be expected to see patients within a given geographic area and may mean that you will need to liaise with a variety of GP surgeries.

 

As both an organisation and a service we are actively involved both local and national innovative projects around improving quality of care, integrated working with stakeholders, designing new pathways. We have an extensive program of training and skills development available for staff and actively nominate and encourage our staff to apply for national awards and recognition, such as Queen’s Nursing Institute, RCN and Nursing Times awards.

 

Car owner/driver and current driving license essential or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Registered General Nurse -NMC
  • Accredited CPD in relevant courses (DNSPQ, Diabetes's, LTCs etc.)
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant CPD that is not mandatory or role specific training to demonstrate commitment to CPD
  • Nurse prescriber or working towards this

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience in a primary care/community setting for 2 years.
  • Experience of inputting into electronic patient record
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of working at Band 6 level in the community or Primary Care
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of good communication skills
  • Understanding of autonomous working and the need to prioritise.
  • Evidence of cross system working.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStep into health

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah.Bolland
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07884 113481
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