Community Nurse Community Nursing Team

Community Nurse - Hayle Community Nursing Team

Closing date: 27 July 2026

This post is based within the Hayle Community Nursing team covering the areas of Hayle, St Ives and Marazion. We are looking for a caring, motivated and dynamic community nurse to join our large, busy, professional team. We cover several GP practices in the Penwith PCN areas, with an expectation to work across the West locality when required due to service demand.

Your role will require close collaboration with GP’s, health and social care colleagues including therapists and voluntary organisations. We would like you to possess commitment to team working and embrace innovative delivery of excellent standards of care, have a real enthusiasm for nursing in the community and a desire for ongoing professional development. You should also have an understanding of the changing climate of care delivery in the community.

The ability to travel independently across the West Locality to support other teams and to fulfil the requirements of the post is essential.

We work a 2 shift model covering the core hours 8am – 10pm including bank holidays and weekends on a rotational basis.

Following an initial induction and ongoing clinical supervision, you will be responsible for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, without direct supervision, to patients, carers and relatives within their home environment. The aim is to enable them to enjoy maximum independence and optimum quality of life. To work in partnership with patients and carers to offer support and advice and promote informed choice.

To support the role of the Community Nurse Team leader. To work autonomously, providing effective, evidence-based care in line with competency and training record and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines. To support all locality teams by working in a flexible way: moving to work with the team in most need on a daily, weekly or monthly basis as service provision demands.

• This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:
  Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board. If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Evidence of recent relevant professional development
• To act as a mentor for student university placements. Having the mentoring qualification or being willing to work towards this qualification and attending mentorship updates as required.
• Current professional registration – NMC
• Hold a post‑registration diploma or be working towards a degree

• IT skills to include use of Word, Excel, email, internet, recording systems
• The ability to provide skilled, evidence-based nursing care to a wide range of patients
• Ability to deal with patients and carers who are under stress.
• Awareness of and adherence to policies including lone worker and manual handling policies
• Current knowledge of developments in nursing and healthcare in general.

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.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust