Community Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic staff nurse to join the District Nursing Service in North Tyneside. The role involves providing patient-centred care in homes, residential settings, and clinics, with a focus on development and career progression. Community staff nurses work autonomously and as part of a team, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for diverse patients. The position requires a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Key responsibilities
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for diverse patients with a wide range of conditions and health needs.
- Develop and deliver programmes of health and social care.
- Provide care and support to patients with a terminal illness and their families, including emotional and bereavement support.
- Perform skilled nursing care such as wound management, palliative care, catheterisation, venepuncture, and drug administration by injection.
- Conduct diagnostic tests like Ankle Brachial Pressure Index using Doppler and interpret results.
- Maintain and promote high standards of professional practice and accountability.
Essential criteria
- State Registration on Part 1 of the 3 part NMC register
- Additional clinical qualifications or equivalent derived through experience at diploma / degree level if experienced
- Newly qualified staff will be required to undertake the Trust preceptorship programme within the first year in post.
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
- Experience and Knowledge
- Experience of working without direct supervised in a health care environment
- Ensuring the delivery of 'Compassion in Practice' - Nursing, Midwifery and Care Staff Vision and Strategy, incorporating the 6C's
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
- State Registration on Part 1 of the 3 part NMC register
- Additional clinical qualifications or equivalent derived through experience at diploma / degree level if experienced
- Newly qualified staff will be required to undertake the Trust preceptorship programme within the first year in post.
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
- Experience and Knowledge
- Experience of working without direct supervised in a health care environment
- Ensuring the delivery of 'Compassion in Practice' - Nursing, Midwifery and Care Staff Vision and Strategy, incorporating the 6C's
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
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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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Community Staff Nurse
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic staff nurse to join the District Nursing Service in North Tyneside for a Community Staff Nurse.
This is a fantastic opportunity to become a team member in an exciting service committed to providing patient centred care to patients in their own homes, residential care settings and in clinics. We are keen to provide our staff with development opportunities to enhance their skills, knowledge and career progression within the District Nursing Service, while providing high quality and safe service in line with the Trust Values.
Successful applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Community staff nurses work autonomously and as part of a team, reporting directly to their line manager, the community nursing team lead, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for a diverse group of patients with a wide range of conditions and health needs.
The development and delivery of programmes of health and social care.The delivery of care and support to patients with a terminal illness an
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