Main area Community Nursing Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: 2x Full time contracts. 1 based in East Northants, 1 based in Kettering & Corby Hours
* Full time
* Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (8am-6pm shift pattern) Job ref 270-TG381-ACS-A
Site East Northants Community Nursing Team Town Wellingborough/ Thrapston Salary £38,682 - £46,580 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/10/2025 09:00
Job overview
An exciting development opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Community Nurse in a new service that bridges Primary Care and Community Nursing in East Northants PCN.
This initiative aims to proactively identify and manage health needs, reduce health inequalities, and deliver tailored interventions directly in patients’ homes. By focusing on early identification, prevention, and long-term condition management, the service will enhance patient outcomes, reduce practice appointments, reduce hospital admissions, and support the broader goals of integrated community care and neighbourhood working.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate significant experience in the field of Community Nursing or Primary Care, together with a genuine desire to develop both the service and yourself.
Main duties of the job
This initiative aims to proactively identify and manage health needs, reduce health inequalities, and deliver tailored interventions directly in patients’ homes. By focusing on early identification, prevention, and long-term condition management, the service will enhance patient outcomes, reduce practice appointments, reduce hospital admissions, and support the broader goals of integrated community care and neighbourhood working.
You will be expected to see patients within a given geographic area and may mean that you will need to liaise with a variety of GP surgeries.
As both an organisation and a service we are actively involved both local and national innovative projects around improving quality of care, integrated working with stakeholders, designing new pathways. We have an extensive program of training and skills development available for staff and actively nominate and encourage our staff to apply for national awards and recognition, such as Queen’s Nursing Institute, RCN and Nursing Times awards.
Car owner/driver and current driving license essential or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Qualification
* Registered General Nurse -NMC
* Relevant CPD that is not mandatory or role specific training to demonstrate commitment to CPD
* Nurse prescriber or working towards this
Knowledge & Experience
* Previous experience in a primary care/community setting for 2 years.
* Experience of inputting into electronic patient record
* Evidence of working at Band 6 level in the community or Primary Care
* Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of good communication skills
* Understanding of autonomous working and the need to prioritise.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered.
At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role.
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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