Community Staff Nurse (Cockermouth & Maryport)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced or newly qualified nurse to join the Cockermouth Community Team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred holistic care in the home environment. You will assess, monitor, and evaluate clinical nursing care, manage workload, and support patient independence and rehabilitation. The team is looking for registered or newly qualified nurses eager to develop their community nursing career.
Essential criteria
- Level 1 registered nursing qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Post registration qualification in teaching/assessing (ENB 998/NST 307) or equivalent
- Post registration qualification in Acute/Chronic Disease Management
- Nurse Prescribing
- Knowledge and Experience
- Demonstrable recent community nursing experience.
- Ability to use initiative, prioritise effectively.
- Demonstrate evidence to work as part of a team.
- Demonstrate evidence to motivate team/peers.
- Evidence of clinical/professional development.
- Demonstrable understanding of the extent of the role.
- Broad knowledge base of acute and chronic conditions
- Understanding of scope of professional practice.
- Understanding of reflective practice and its application.
- Self-awareness and appreciation of limitations.
- Demonstrate ability of change management.
- Problem solving skills
- Knowledge of changing health agenda and impact for community nursing
- Knowledge of changing way health services are being planned and delivered
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to delegate effectively.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Enthusiasm and ability to work as part of a team.
- IT skills.
- Personal Circumstances
- Demonstrates flexibility to meet needs of service.
- Able to travel independently of public transport
- Current driving licence with access to own vehicle.
- Level 1 registered nursing qualifications
- Post registration qualification in teaching/assessing (ENB 998/NST 307) or equivalent
- Post registration qualification in Acute/Chronic Disease Management
- Nurse Prescribing
- Knowledge and Experience
- Demonstrable recent community nursing experience.
- Ability to use initiative, prioritise effectively.
- Demonstrate evidence to work as part of a team.
- Demonstrate evidence to motivate team/peers.
- Evidence of clinical/professional development.
- Demonstrable understanding of the extent of the role.
- Broad knowledge base of acute and chronic conditions
- Understanding of scope of professional practice.
- Understanding of reflective practice and its application.
- Self-awareness and appreciation of limitations.
- Demonstrate ability of change management.
- Problem solving skills
- Knowledge of changing health agenda and impact for community nursing
- Knowledge of changing way health services are being planned and delivered
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to delegate effectively.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Enthusiasm and ability to work as part of a team.
- IT skills.
- Personal Circumstances
- Demonstrates flexibility to meet needs of service.
- Able to travel independently of public transport
- Current driving licence with access to own vehicle.
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.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 14d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Community Staff Nurse (Cockermouth & Maryport)
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced or newly qualified nurse to join our supportive team in Cockermouth Community Team.
This is a fixed-term contract for 12 months for 37.5 hours per week.
If you are looking to become part of a friendly community nursing team, providing holistic care in the home environment this job is for you...
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Cockermouth Community Nursing Team. The team thrives to deliver safe, effective and patient centred care to the population of our case load. We are looking to recruit registered or newly qualified nurses, eager to develop their community nursing career.
The Trust will provide a twelve month preceptorship period for all newly registered healthcare professionals.
Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.
Main duties of the job
- To prioritise referrals and manage workload
- To assess, monitor and continually evaluate risk management of situation and environment for both patient/carer/family and staff and deal with safety issues as identified.
- To assess, deliver and evaluate all aspects of clinical
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