Community Nurse Community Nursing Team

Community Nurse - St Austell Community Nursing Team Band 5

Main area Community Nursing Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Site St Austell Community Nursing Team Town St Austell Salary £32,073 - £39,043 Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 08/09/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We have an exciting opportunity for 2 caring and motivated Community Nurses within the St Austell Community Nursing Team. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a supportive team who can help develop your skills and knowledge, while caring for and treating patients in their home. We provide a wide range of nursing care and services, working closely with patients, their families, including the Integrated Neighbourhood Team (GP's, Adult Social Care, acute & community services and the voluntary sector).

We are seeking dynamic, forward-thinking professionals who wants to help us deliver exceptional nursing care in the community. A commitment to team working and providing excellence in patient care is a must as are exceptional communication and people skills. An ability to prioritise and manage own daily workload is required in this role.

You will need to be able to demonstrate real enthusiasm for community nursing as well as a desire for on-going professional development.

Informal chats and visits with the team are welcomed. Please contact Gina Mayo  for more information.

This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation.

• Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, without direct supervision, to patients, carers and relatives within their home environment, enabling 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.
• Responsible to support the role of the Community Nurse Team leader and other locality teams by working in a flexible way where need and service provision demands.
• To work autonomously, providing effective, evidence based care in line with competency and training record and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.

Cornwall Foundation Trust are an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team,…