Community Staff Nurse
The closing date is 26 October 2025.
Lincolnshire Community Health Service (LCHS) has an opportunity for Registered Nurses to join their Grantham Community Nursing Team. We have vacancies for 1 full‑time permanent position and 2 part‑time positions.
As a community staff nurse you will work autonomously and as part of a team, delivering care to patients in their own homes, care homes and clinic settings. Successful candidates will be responsible for assessing care needs, planning, delivering, and evaluating nursing care using evidence‑based practice.
Main duties of the job
Community nursing is exceptionally rewarding as it allows therapeutic relationships to be developed with patients in their own homes. The role embodies a person‑centred care approach and places patients at the centre of care delivery.
The skillset of a community nurse is vast and non‑exhaustive, requiring knowledge and expertise in a range of areas. Interventions include wound management, continence care, palliative care, medication administration, and long‑term condition management. Close collaboration with the MDT (social workers, GP's, Allied Health Professionals) ensures effective coordination of patient care, demonstrating a positive impact on our patients.
About us
Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, fairness, and inclusion, encouraging applications from underrepresented candidates.
We recognise the increasing demand for flexible working practices. Flexible options such as part‑time, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models help staff balance personal and professional commitments and improve service delivery.
We support professional development through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page for more information at https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev.
Job responsibilities
Travel to patients’ homes and clinic settings is required; access to transport is essential due to rurality.
The service operates from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm, seven days a week, with variable shift patterns: early shifts (8:00 am‑4:00 pm, 9:00 am‑5:00 pm) and late shifts (10:30 am‑6:30 pm). Weekend hours are 8:00 am‑5:00 pm or 8:00 am‑6:30 pm.
All new staff undergo a 12‑week induction programme, robust preceptorship, and clinical skills training, supported by an experienced clinical education team.
Detailed responsibilities and required skills can be found in the Job Description & Person Specification attachments. Applicants should meet the essential criteria outlined therein when applying.
Qualifications
* Current first‑level UK NMC adult nurse registration
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Demonstrated mentorship, supervisory or assessor qualification and its application in practice
* Further relevant training (e.g., palliative care, wound care, elderly care, diabetes)
* Evidence of completed leadership modules/qualification
* Evidence of V100 or V150 Community Practitioner prescribing course undertaken
* Post‑registration qualifications (palliative care, care of the elderly, wound care, continence or other relevant post‑qualification)
Experience
* Experience of assessment, care planning, and care delivery
* Experience of delegating and supervising others
* Application of research and evidence‑based care
* Teaching or dissemination of knowledge and skills
* Team working experience
* Health promotion / coaching strategies experience
Skills
* Range of clinical skills pertinent to area of practice
* Excellent communication skills, including record keeping
* IT and electronic patient record systems competence
* Ability to perform practice audit
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) is required to check for any prior criminal convictions.
Employer
Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust
Compensation
£31,049 to £37,796 per annum, pro rata.
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