Community Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Community Nurse to join the Ketts Community Nursing Team in Attleborough. The role involves providing assessment and quality interventions to patients receiving care in their homes, focusing on palliative/end-of-life care and wound care. The successful candidate will work within an integrated team, supporting junior staff and contributing to high standards of patient care. Both newly qualified and experienced nurses are encouraged to apply.
Key responsibilities
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate all aspects of patient care, developing individualised, evidence-based care plans.
- Deliver interventions for patients with long-term conditions, palliative care, and rehabilitation needs to improve quality of life and independence.
- Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, and other healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated care.
- Ensure own caseload is planned and prioritised according to service targets and patient need.
- Provide advice/training to less experienced staff and supervise junior team members and students.
- Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and support all team members.
Essential criteria
- Able to provide high standards of care
- Highly motivated
- Tact & diplomacy
- Empathy & sensitivity
- Ability to manage stressful situations
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to use own initiative
- A team player
- Good time management skills
- Have basic IT and standard keyboard skills.
- Concentrate when undertaking patient care & inputting data/patient records
- Good observational & reporting skills
- Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
- Able to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
- Able to manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6 kg
- Able to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
- Able to communicate effectively using the English language in both verbal and written forms
- Must hold a full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle
- Experience of working within a clinical setting
- Diploma or 1st level degree in Nursing
- RN Qualification
- Current NMC registration
- ENB 998/mentorship preparation or equivalent
- Professional appearance
- Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
- Palliative care
- Diabetes management
- Be aware of Assistive Technology
- Long term conditions
- Leg Ulcer Management
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 1d ago · Closes in 12d
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East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Community Nurse
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Band 5 Community Nurse to join the Ketts Community Nursing Team based at Attleborough on a fixed term contract contract until June 2026.
This friendly and busy team requires a keen and motivated Nurse to provide assessment and quality interventions to the population of patients restricted to receiving care in their homes.
You will be a registered nurse with skills in palliative / end of life care, wound care (including management of leg ulcers and pressure ulcers) for this vulnerable group of patients and a strong desire to further develop your community nursing skills and experience.
You will be required to work over a 7 day working week including weekends and be hard working, motivated, with excellent communication skills. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in holistic assessment, to demonstrate that you use your initiative and have a keen interest in working with this group of patients. You must hold a full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
You will support staff working at a band 3 and 4 level, along with students and apprentices.
This post is suitable for both newly qualified Nurses and experienced Nurses.
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