Community Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Registered Community Nurse to join the Lowestoft Primary Care Home team, providing person-centered care to adults in their homes, residential care, or clinic settings. You will manage a varied caseload, perform holistic assessments, and deliver nursing interventions such as catheterisation, medication administration, wound care, and palliative care. The position involves working autonomously within the community, supported by senior nurses, and contributing to patient self-care through health coaching. There are two positions available, one for 37.5 hours and one for 30 hours per week.
Key responsibilities
- Provide an excellent standard of person-centered care to adults in their own homes, residential care or clinic settings.
- Complete holistic assessments for patients referred to the service.
- Participate in delivery of nursing interventions including urinary catheterisation, administration of medication via injection, wound care, and palliative care.
- Work with patients towards self-care and independence utilising health coaching techniques.
- Maintain legible, accurate and contemporaneous patient records in accordance with ECCH Policy and Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for record keeping.
- Take responsibility for own personal and professional development; maintain competence, knowledge, and skills commensurate with role.
Essential criteria
- Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)
- BSc in Nursing Practice or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Ability to demonstrate clinical knowledge and competence within scope of clinical practice
- Previous experience of working in health care
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Competent IT skills
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Excellent record keeping skills
- PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Health coaching training
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship/ preceptorship qualification/ ENB 998
- Evidence of working towards a nursing degree
- Recent clinical experience in community nursing
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours: (Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together)
- Willingness and ability to work across different sites and travel to alternative sites and across the community as required
- Be able to support Trainee Nursing Associates
- Act as a role model to all students
- Able to demonstrate personal resilience, emotions and stress
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East Coast Community Healthcare CIC
Community Staff Nurse
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
Welcome to Lowestoft Primary Care Home (PCH) team.
Are you a Registered Nurse (Adult) or 3rd year student due to qualify? Do you want to progress your nursing career with a supportive and encouraging team, providing nursing care to patients in their own homes, clinic or residential homes?
We are looking for a dedicated and motivated Registered Community Nurse to join our team. Following a structured induction and with ongoing support, including a thorough Preceptorship period if needed, you will work autonomously within a community setting, managing a varied caseload safely and effectively.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the relevant qualifications, clinical skills and professional registration required for this role, along with the confidence and sound judgement to make independent clinical decisions.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. All applicants will be assessed fairly on merit against the requirements of the post.
The PCH team provides community services 7 days per week 07:00 - 20:30 hours
The core shift is 08:30 - 16:30, other shifts included in the rota are 07:00 - 15:00 and 12:00 - 20:00 as well as weekends and bank holidays on a rotational
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