Community Nurse Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic, enthusiastic, and motivated Community Nurse Practitioner to provide and support high-quality patient care. The role involves autonomous clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prescribing, and referral of patients. You will be integral in delivering community services, making rapid clinical assessments, and ensuring patients are cared for in the most appropriate place. The practitioner will respond to patients in crisis within a 2-hour national target as part of the Community Urgent Care Response Team. This role offers the chance to participate in the ongoing development of the team and the Clinical Hub.
Essential criteria
- First Level Registered Nurse
- Current NMC registration
- Health Assessment Qualification
- Independent / Supplementary Nurse Prescriber (V300)
- Educated to Degree level or can demonstrate experience of operating at this level
- Evidence of professional development and regular study since qualification
- Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of formal Leadership / Managerial Training & Development
- Ability to prioritise workload effectively
- Be able to work autonomously within the speciality to include the advanced clinical assessment, diagnosing, treating, discharging or referring agencies
- Keen to develop own skills and develop nursing practice within the service
- Experience working in hospital avoidance or community setting
- Manage staff effectively achieving optimum team satisfaction and team development
- Evidence of having developed team working skills and implemented teamwork practices
- Analytical & Judgement Skills
- Problem solving skills
- Ability to exercise independent judgement
- Ability to demonstrate negotiating and influencing skills
- Problem solving skills
- Planning & Organisational Skills
- Motivated - able to motivate self and others to deliver a quality service
- Forward thinking - to identify opportunities for improvement in service development
- Flexible - to meet the demands of the service
- Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Trust Values
- Able to provide safe, caring, and effective services
- Values and behaviours that reflect the Trust values of Care, Respect and Responsibility
- Commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that is free from discrimination and where people feel they belong and their contribution is valued
- Knowledge & Training
- Evidence of high level expert clinical skills and knowledge in accordance with relevant clinical competencies
- Evidence of leadership / management qualities
- Evidence of teaching / supervision skills
- Communication & Relationship Skills
- Must be able to commute to meet the demands of the role
- Can work on own initiative
- Can work as part of a team
- Flexible approach to work
- Skilled competent practitioner who can act as a role model
- Ability to work within a team and develop others
- Honest and trustworthy
- Demonstrates attention to detail
- Demonstrates respect for patient dignity
- Professional at all times
- Able to cope with distressing or emotional circumstances
- Physical Skills
- Must be able to commute to meet the demands of the service
- To be able to manual handle equipment to/ from the work base and patient's home
- Qualifications & Education
- First Level Registered Nurse
- Current NMC registration
- Health Assessment Qualification
- Independent / Supplementary Nurse Prescriber (V300)
- Educated to Degree level or can demonstrate experience of operating at this level
- Evidence of professional development and regular study since qualification
- Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of Clinical Governance
- Evidence of formal Leadership / Managerial Training & Development
- Ability to prioritise workload effectively
- Be able to work autonomously within the speciality to include the advanced clinical assessment, diagnosing, treating, discharging or referring agencies
- Keen to develop own skills and develop nursing practice within the service
- Experience working in hospital avoidance or community setting
- Manage staff effectively achieving optimum team satisfaction and team development
- Evidence of having developed team working skills and implemented teamwork practices
- Analytical & Judgement Skills
- Problem solving skills
- Ability to exercise independent judgement
- Ability to demonstrate negotiating and influencing skills
- Problem solving skills
- Planning & Organisational Skills
- Motivated - able to motivate self and others to deliver a quality service
- Forward thinking - to identify opportunities for improvement in service development
- Flexible - to meet the demands of the service
- Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Trust Values
- Able to provide safe, caring, and effective services
- Values and behaviours that reflect the Trust values of Care, Respect and Responsibility
- Commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that is free from discrimination and where people feel they belong and their contribution is value
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Community Nurse Practitioner
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
Community Nurse Practitioner-27.5 Hours Permanent
We are seeking to recruit a Community Nurse Practitioner to provide and support the provision of high-quality patient care. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic, enthusiastic, and motivated practitioner to develop new ways of working. They will be integral in delivering community services in different ways across the localities. As a Community Nurse Practitioner, you will be responsible for the assessment of the health and clinical needs of the patient, to undertake consultations with patients as an autonomous practitioner using advanced clinical practice skills and own clinical judgement to diagnose, treat, to prescribe where required, refer to other services and discharge patients.
Main duties of the job
A key part of the role will include making rapid clinical assessments of patients with undifferentiated conditions, making evidenced based treatment plans whilst aiming to ensure patients are cared for in the most appropriate place. As part of the Community Urgent Care ResponseTeam, the practitioner will be expected to respond to patients who are experiencing crisis within a 2 hour national target. You will be required to ensure delivery of high quality patient cent
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