Community Staff Nurse

Main area Community Nursing Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (7 day working service including weekend working) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day working weekend working required) Job
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Site Kettering & Corby Town Kettering & Corby Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/06/2026 08:00

Community nurses make a difference everyday to the lives of the people they visit  are proud of our Community Nurses who provide increasingly complex care for patients and support for family members to encourage patient’s to receive the care they need in their own home.

We are looking for experienced Registered Nurse’s with a passion for high quality nursing care and also experience in either acute medicine, Emergency Care or community nursing. The post holder will provide acute nursing assessment & interventions in patients’ own homes and will ensure that patients are referred onwards as appropriate to community services once their care episode is complete.

• Excellent learning and development to support you and develop your Nursing Career.
• Flexible working opportunities
• Competitive Mileage Rates

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to training and developing its staff not only with clinical skills but also in leadership and managerial skills.

You’ll also have access to our generous pension scheme and health service discounts, as well as generous annual leave plus bank holidays.

As a Community nurse, you'll

• assess the healthcare needs of patients and families
• monitor the quality of care they're receiving
• be professionally accountable for the delivery of care
• utilise technology to enable you to update records as you go

Your patients could be any age, but they'll often be elderly, while others may have been recently discharged from hospital, be terminally ill or have physical disabilities.

The service aims to provide an excellent standard of care that supports patients to remain in their home environment. In Northamptonshire you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in order to support the service and focus on delivering quality outcomes and improving the patient experience. You'll play a vital role in keeping hospital admissions and re-admissions to a minimum and ensuring that patients can return to their own homes as soon as possible.

You will need to be adaptable and resourceful. You'll need to be well organised, confident and able to cope in diverse situations to deliver patient care. Leadership and management skills are also important, as with all nursing roles, communication skills, problem solving and good judgement are crucial.

You will be part of caring team and be able to work flexibly with minimum supervision, with the ability to prioritise work based on the patient need.

• NMC Registration RGN or working towards

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
• Previous community experience

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.