Community Nurse
The closing date is 22 February 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our friendly Community Nursing Team, based in Fareham. This role is a fixed term contract of 12 months maternity cover.
In this role you will work alongside patients and their families to achieve improved health outcomes and promote health and wellbeing while demonstrating care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment. Care is based on comprehensive assessment, ensures continuity and is patient-centred, culturally sensitive and evidence-based and which promotes independence.
As a Community Nurse you will be responsible for completing patient visits each day, influencing clinical decisions and monitoring quality of patient care provided through utilising and maintaining expert clinical knowledge relevant to your own field of practice, underpinned by theory and expertise.
If this role interests you please get in touch with Kelly Moss, Community Matron at Kelly.moss19@nhs.net for further information.
Please note a full driving licence and access to a vehicle is a requirement for this role.
Main duties of the job
Act at all times with compassion, use effective communication and have courage when needed
Participate in the holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and therapy for patients in the home, residential and nursing homes, clinics, community centres and community hospitals
Make appropriate referral - including safeguarding risks - to members of the Community Care Team or external organisations
Provide safe medicines management
Inform the Integrated Clinical (or Senior) Lead of any concerns with patients, relatives, visitors, or staff
Communicate effectively with colleagues, patients and carers
Promote person-centred practice
Ensure that patients with palliative care needs (and their families) have those needs met
Recognise own limitations in the provision of clinical care and urgency of patients' needs
Actively support other teams in the department when needed so that those teams can deliver high standards of care
Develop own professional skills and ensure these are shared with the team and wider Division
Use reflective practice to analyse incidents and events and to develop high quality care
Ensure practice follows evidence-based practice and national guidelines are followed
Actively participate in the HIOWH developments related to chronic disease management and targeted care.
Initiate policy and practice changes as a result of incidents, audits and complaints.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Details
Date posted
09 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
1 years
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
348-PSE-10375
Job locations
Alpha Court
Unit A6, Segensworth Business Centre, Segensworth Road
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 5RQ
Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Alpha Court
Unit A6, Segensworth Business Centre, Segensworth Road
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 5RQ
Employer's website
https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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