Main area Nursing Grade Band 5 Contract 12 months (Maternity Cover for 18.75 hours per week for 12 months fixed term or secondment Band 5) Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week Job ref 310-OPAC-7401090
Employer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Botolph Bridge Community Health Centre Town Peterborough Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/09/2025 23:59
Community Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
Are you a registered nurse or about to qualify?
Do you want an exciting and interesting job with a great carer potential?
Do you aspire to make a real positive contribution to nursing in the community and working within a community nursing team?
The community nursing team across Peterborough are currently offering opportunities for full time and part time hours working within CPFT. We provide a service 7 days a week, working closely with other community services and PCN’s to provide high standard holistic care to the population of Peterborough.
You will have opportunity to develop yourself, with extensive learning and development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
As a community staff nurse, you will be working as an autonomous practitioner within the multi-disciplinary team and community nursing team. You will provide high standard of nursing care and interventions within the patient’s own home, with support from the wider team.
The patient will be at the centre of care being provided, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making. You will be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines. Patient needs will be identified through holistic nursing.
You will have opportunity to provide support and education to peers, new staff and students.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of ourethnic minority andLGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
* To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work.
* To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines.
* To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of clinical reasoning skills.
* To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate.
* To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
* Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately.
Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks.
*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
Person specification
Education
* • Evidence of professional development
* • Mentorship qualification or equivalent
* • Management of leg ulcer qualification
Experience
* • Community experience
* • Primary care experience and experience in wound care
Skills
* • Ability to demonstrate commitment to a high quality care and service provision
* • Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
* • Able to assess plan and implement care and formulate care plans
* • Support Integrated Care Workers and teach and support student nurses and HCAs
* • Time Management and prioritisation skills
* • Understanding of clinical supervision
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
* Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
* Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
* Children’s community services in Peterborough;
* Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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