Community Staff Nurse Rapid Response
The closing date is 10 May 2026.
Are you a Registered Nurse looking to make a difference in a new team or seeking a new challenge to help support patients in the community? This opportunity is for full or part‑time registered nurses to work within the Rapid Response team based within Chesterfield/North East Derbyshire. There is scope for flexibility with hours/working patterns for the right candidate.
The role includes managing referrals into our service and providing evidence‑based care to support patients in their own home or care‑home settings. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care, promoting self‑care wherever possible in an efficient and clinically effective way whilst maintaining privacy and dignity. To provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high‑quality care and actively support the senior Community Nurse / District Nurse in the management of the health‑care environment. During your days you will be working alongside general practice, therapy, district nursing colleagues and services within acute hospitals to prevent hospital admission and support discharge home. We work closely with the Home Visiting Service and our Local Navigation Hub.
About us
Our Rapid Response team is developing and growing to support the District Nursing teams in Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire to provide a high‑quality service to our patients. We are a professional, friendly and enthusiastic team who work closely with our therapy colleagues to provide a holistic integrated service that enables and educates our patients to remain independent in their own homes, whenever possible, to prevent hospital admission and support a safe discharge home. Our purpose in Derbyshire is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire. We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.
Benefits
* Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
* 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
* Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
* Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
* Health service discounts and online benefits
* Incremental pay progression
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities have been outlined above under the role description.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse (RGN)
* Evidence of recent relevant training
Experience and Knowledge
* Experience of working in the community
* Evidence of research‑based/reflective practice
* Long Term Conditions
* End of life care
* Wound care and leg ulcer management
Other
* Ability to travel across Derbyshire County visiting patients' homes and across the county to access meetings and training.
* Able to work weekend and bank holidays
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.
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