Community Nurse Community Nursing Team

Community Nurse - Redruth Community Nursing Team

Band 5 |

Contract:

Permanent |

Hours:

Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Evenings, weekends and bank holidays) | Job :

Site:
Camborne Health Office (Redruth Community Nursing Team) | Town:
Camborne | Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum | Closing: 12/07/2026 23:59

Successful applicants will be invited to attend a Selection Day at Carew House, Bodmin on 24 July 2026. This will be a morning or afternoon to be confirmed.

Based in the North Kerrier area with the Redruth Community Nursing Team. We cover several GP practices in the Redruth and surrounding area. The role requires close collaboration with GP's, health and social care colleagues, including therapists and voluntary organisations. We seek a caring, motivated and dynamic community nurse who embraces innovative delivery of excellent standards of care and is passionate about community nursing and ongoing professional development.

An understanding of the changing climate of community care delivery is essential. The ability to travel independently in your own car across the West Locality to support other teams and fulfil the post requirements is vital. We work a 2‑shift model covering 8 am‑10 pm, including 9 am‑5 pm and 2 pm‑10 pm shifts with weekend work.

This post is open to newly qualified professionals and students who are due to complete their qualification during this calendar year. Successful applicants may receive a conditional offer subject to completion of training and registration.

• Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, without direct supervision, to patients, carers and relatives within their home environment, aiming to maximise independence and quality of life.
• Work in partnership with patients and carers to offer support, advice and promote informed choice.
• Support the Community Nurse Team leader.
• Work autonomously, providing effective, evidence‑based care in line with competency, training, organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Support all locality teams flexibly, moving to work with the team most in need on a daily, weekly or monthly basis as service provision demands.

• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Evidence of recent relevant professional development
• Ability to act as a mentor for student university placements; willingness to obtain or work towards a mentoring qualification and attend updates.
• Current Professional Registration – NMC
• Hold a post‑registration diploma or be working towards a degree

• IT skills including Word, Excel, email, internet and recording systems
• Ability to provide skilled, evidence‑based nursing care to a wide range of patients
• Capability 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

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• Full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1‑4 clinical staff
• Bespoke preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health, promoting a culture that supports lived experience roles throughout the organisation.

Occupational Health will access your health records to check inoculation and screening status. Three‑year satisfactory references are required; please ensure correct contact details for referees are provided.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged to complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.