Community Staff Nurse

Community Staff Nurse

The closing date is 09 July 2026.

Our Community Nursing Teams in the Bournemouth East Locality are looking for motivated enthusiastic Band 5 Community Staff Nurse's to join their team. Applicants can be newly qualified, or experienced, as full training, and support will be offered. We are looking for dynamic, self‑motivated individuals who wish to provide a high standard of nursing care to people in their own homes.

We have a full‑time post available. The post holder may be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, covering weekends, late shifts and bank holidays pro rata.

The successful individual must be able to drive and have access to a car.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.

The role includes wound care, palliative care, IV drug administration, medication/injection administration, diabetes management and many other diverse skills.

With excellent links to local universities, the training and development we are able to offer is first class, allowing rapid up‑skilling and support with new skills. Newly qualified staff will have access to a preceptorship program and a specific clinical up‑skilling program to support their transition from student to RGN.

We would welcome applications from newly qualified nurses and we provide a very comprehensive and fully supported Preceptorship Programme for newly qualified healthcare professionals.

At Dorset Health Care we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined‑up healthcare services. We run 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

Our 7,000‑strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

• Membership of the relevant Professional Body
• Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training
• Evidence of recent professional development in an up to date portfolio
• Knowledge and understanding of Trust Strategy relevant to role

• Supervised experience gained during clinical placements
• Ability to mentor students / supervise other junior staff
• Experience of contributing to the management of change
• Demonstrable knowledge of assessment and therapeutic interventions in area of practice
• Experience of developing programmes of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing advice
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively
• Recent previous experience within a comparable role
• Experience of demonstrating duties to junior staff
• Experience of providing clinical supervision and mentoring to junior staff

• Evidence of demonstrating the Trust's values and behaviours.
• Able to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patient/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of complex, sensitive or contentious information which may require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills.
• Able to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities.
• Able to analyse and assess situations and to interpret potentially conflicting situations and determine appropriate action, where there is a range of options and judgement is required.
• Experience of planning and organising ongoing activities, e.g. organise own time and that of junior staff and learners,
• Ability to use own initiative within sphere of authority
• Knowledge and understanding of legislation relevant to practice
• Willingness to advance own clinical knowledge, skill and competence based on current evidence

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.