Overview
Could you be part of an innovative, caring and agile Community Nursing team? Do you want to work as part of an award-winning team?
Welwyn and Hatfield Integrated Care Team are winners of Hertfordshire Community Trust Leading Lights awards for Demonstrating Fantastic Patient Care. We are looking to recruit a dynamic and motivated nurse with proven community experience to lead and supervise the team in delivering high quality nursing care across the Welwyn and Hatfield locality to prevent admission to hospital, facilitate discharge, deliver planned nursing intervention and manage long term conditions.
The successful candidate would be supported to develop skills and join a team who are committed to demonstrating the trust values who care about each other as well as their patients. We work collaboratively with our partnership organisations across East and North ICB, Hertfordshire Foundation Trust and Hertfordshire County Council.
The successful candidate will be part of a large integrated community team of Band 7, Band 6, Band 5, Band 4 and Band 3 nurses. They should demonstrate an understanding of current professional and community issues, have commitment and flexibility to be innovative and responsive to continual developments within community nursing services, be able to work autonomously and possess excellent communication skills, and have a full valid driving licence with access to a car to use regularly for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Responsibilities
* Provide support to a team of multidisciplinary professionals providing clinical health and social care in admission prevention / avoidance service.
* Set and maintain standards of care and to deploy, co-ordinate and supervise the nursing team and learners as required.
* Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised nursing care to patients living in the community.
* Be responsible for the accurate maintenance of patient and other records.
* Participate in the long term management of patients within the locality.
* To have continued responsibility for a defined caseload.
Qualifications and Requirements
* Must have commitment and flexibility to be innovative and responsive to continual developments within community nursing services.
* Must be able to work autonomously and possess excellent communication skills.
* Full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Benefits
* In addition to the basic salary, this post attracts a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of basic salary subject to a maximum payment of £1,915 per annum (pro rata where applicable).
* Professional development in both clinical and leadership programmes
* A friendly and supportive team
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
* Special Leave for family and personal reasons
* NHS Car Lease Scheme
* Eye Care Vouchers
* Employee Assistance Programme
We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds. The vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date if there is high interest, so please apply as soon as possible.
You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff. We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities. Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision. Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust has a Good CQC rating acquired in May 2020 and we are working towards achieving an Outstanding rating.
We don’t want you to miss out so please note this advert may close earlier than the closing date if there is high interest.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
We encourage vaccination where possible as a safe practice, noting that it is not a legal requirement.
Advert closes on Saturday 4 Oct 2025.
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