Community Nurse - Stowmarket

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 May 2025

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Community nurse working within Stowmarket Integrated Neighbourhood Team. You will be passionate, committed, innovative, enthusiastic, and highly motivated to delivering high quality care within a patient's home.You will be expected to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis

The Stowmarket INT is based at Stowlodge, providing an opportunity to work within a knowledgeable, experienced team and wider MDT. The team consists of District & Community nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social Workers and Support Workers. The team is led by a Lead nurse and overall managed by an INT manager, supported by an administrator and care co-ordinators.

The team is proud of their holistic care approach and work shifts covering the operational hours of 08:00 to 18:00 over 7 days. This doesn't necessarily mean that your shift will be from 8:00-18:00 as we work a variety of hours within that time. The team continues to change to support developments in the NHS which includes close working relationships with the local statutory, non-statutory and voluntary services. You will be expected to work autonomously and on behalf of the patients served in the local area. Candidates should therefore be flexible, motivated, and willing to work within a changing environment.

Due to being a community post applicants must hold a UK driving licence and have access to transport from the start of their employment.

Main duties of the job

Your duties would include but are not limited to wound care, leg ulcer management, pressure area care and prevention, palliative and end of life care, venepuncture, attending GP multi-disciplinary team meetings, PICC line care, management of pleural drains, medication administration and catheterisation.

We offer a variety of training to up skill and maintain your clinical skills.

The team will provide support through in-service training and professional forums, mandatory training, 1:1 and personal development meetings as well as clinical skills training via the Education Team. We facilitate students on training and have close working relationships with neighbouring community teams in Health and Social Care.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

25 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR131-25

Job locations

Stowlodge

Chilton Way

Stowlodge

IP141SZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RN Qualification (Part 1 of register) or equivalent
Current NMC registration

Desirable

Leg Ulcer Management
ENB 998/mentorship preparation or equivalent
Previous experience working in the community.
Diabetes management
Pressure ulcer care and prevention
Venepuncture

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential

Effective observational and reporting skills
IT and standard keyboard skills
Leadership Skills
Able to use specialist equipment requiring a high level of dexterity
Independent assessment of patients
Clinical reasoning skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RN Qualification (Part 1 of register) or equivalent
Current NMC registration

Desirable

Leg Ulcer Management
ENB 998/mentorship preparation or equivalent
Previous experience working in the community.
Diabetes management
Pressure ulcer care and prevention
Venepuncture

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential

Effective observational and reporting skills
IT and standard keyboard skills
Leadership Skills
Able to use specialist equipment requiring a high level of dexterity
Independent assessment of patients
Clinical reasoning skills

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.