The closing date is 28th Sep 2025
Job summary
HIOW Healthcare is looking for an inspirational RN to deliver a high standard of quality care to patients within the community setting. Community Nurses work autonomously and as part of a team and care is delivered in the patient's own home environment. Our nurses are responsible for a manageable caseload, working across the city ensuring our patients are receiving the best quality care from the comfort of their own homes and thereby avoiding hospital admission.
HIOW Healthcares Community Nurses work with adults who need support for a multitude of health conditions. These include:
* Long term conditions management
* Acute wounds and complex wound care
* Palliative and end of life care
* Facilitating discharge from hospital, including drain management, administration of prophylactic medication
* Continence care and bowel care
* Administration of a variety of medications
Although a lone worker, you will be supported, to allow you to develop your skills into becoming an autonomous practitioner in the community. You will be provided the training by attending appropriate training and working with our Educators in Practice and other staff.
This is a full time position working within a team that is based at Oakley Road, Southampton. Working patterns are across 7 days. Core shifts are 0830 to1630 & 1200 to 2000 hrs. There is also a requirement that you will work 1 in 4 weekends and bank holidays.
This vacancy is open to both newly qualified nurses and experienced nurses looking for employment within the trust.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
A registered nurse working as part of a multi-disciplinary Locality Health Team affiliated to a cluster of GP Practices providing nursing care to the Practice population both in the patients home or clinic setting based on individual care needs.
Delivering on the organisational objectives to meet individual health care needs through high quality, safe and effective services to avoid unnecessary admissions to secondary care, support early discharge from hospital, effective case management for patients with complex long-term conditions or following an acute health episode and individualised care for the patient and carers at the end of life.
The post-holder will be required to demonstrate a high degree of autonomy and professional accountability, working within the Nursing and Midwifery guidelines to have responsibility for the management of a defined Community Nursing caseload within one or more GP practices in the absence of the Senior Community or Clinical Manager.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Job description
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
NMC Registered Nurse - Adult
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For help with your application, contact:
Jodie Bland
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£ to £ Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time
Reference number
348-SSW-9074
Job locations
Oakley Road
Millbrook
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 4GX
Royal South Hants Hospital
Graham Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 0YG