Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Senior Community Nurse

The closing date is 06 June 2025

Job summary

We are currently seeking a dedicated, caring, compassionate & highly motivated Community Nursing sister (Band 6) to join our Comunity Nursing Team. Applications are welcomed from nurses who have 2 or more years' experience post qualification and previous roles working as a community nurse will be advantageous.

The Community Nursing Service aims to provide an excellent standard of person centred planned and unplanned nursing intervention to patients in their homes and is part of an integrated service that supports patients to remain in their home environment. As a County Wide Community Nurse you will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team including GPs, Practice Nurses and Specialist Nurses in order to support the service delivery having a high focus on quality outcomes and improving the patient experience.

Main duties of the job

As both an organisation and a service we are actively involved in both local and national innovative projects around improving quality of care and integrated working. We promote mobile working technology to aid staff to provide a safe robust service for the patients. We have an extensive program of training and skills development available and actively nominate and encourage our staff to apply for national awards, such as Queen's Nursing Institute, RCN and Nursing Times awards. Motivated staff are encouraged to complete extended skills training such as the DNSPQ, Advanced Clinical Assessment Skills and Non-medical Prescribing (V300).

NHFT is rated as Outstanding following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

30 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

270-TG083-ACS

Job locations

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Registered General Nurse -NMC

Desirable

Independent Nurse prescribing qualification would be desirable
Advanced clinical assessment skills

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Evidence of CPD
Previous experience in a primary care/community setting
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Time Management Skills
IT skills
Be able to work on own initiative

Desirable

Evidence of working at Band 6 level

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Registered General Nurse -NMC

Desirable

Independent Nurse prescribing qualification would be desirable
Advanced clinical assessment skills

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Evidence of CPD
Previous experience in a primary care/community setting
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Time Management Skills
IT skills
Be able to work on own initiative

Desirable

Evidence of working at Band 6 level

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.