Community Staff Nurse (District Nurse Team)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 02/10/2026
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Role summary
Join the Staffa and Limes Core Community District Nursing Team as a qualified nurse on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role involves providing high-quality nursing care to patients in their homes, preventing hospital admissions, and supporting hospital discharge. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised patient care, working closely with integrated community teams and GP surgeries. This is an opportunity to join a supportive team within one of the country's leading community NHS providers.
Key responsibilities
- Provide high-quality nursing care to patients in the local community.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care.
- Provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high quality care.
- Actively support the District Nurse in the management of the health care environment.
- Implement / refer on to the relevant services as appropriate.
- Work in close collaboration with the Integrated Community Teams/GP surgeries and local acute trusts.
Essential criteria
- NMC registered Nurse (including newly-qualified and soon-to-be-qualified)
- Evidence of recent relevant training
- Experience of working in the community
- Evidence of research based/reflective practice
- IT Skills
- Ability to use transport as you will be expected to travel across the Derbyshire County visiting patients' homes and across the county to access meetings and training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of long term conditions
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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Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
Community Staff Nurse (District Nurse Team)
The closing date is 02 October 2026
Job summary
Would you like to work with us? We are looking for a qualified nurse to join our Staffa and Limes Core Community District Nursing Team, on a 12 month fixed term basis. The post could also involve working across other teams in North East Derbyshire and South Hardwick.
There has never been a more exciting time to join DCHS which is one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country - one that is also among the very best NHS employers, as voted by its own staff.
This is a great opportunity to join a supportive and well established team
So please apply to join our team today!
Main duties of the job
Provide high-quality nursing care to our patients in our local community to keep them safe at home, prevent hospital admission and support hospital discharge home.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care in the most efficient and clinically effective way, whilst maintaining the patient's privacy and dignity.
Provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high quality care and actively support the District Nurse in the management of the health care environment.
Implement / refer on to the relevant services as appropriate.
Work in close collaboration with the Integrated Com
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