Community Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 27.5
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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 role involves delivering high-quality nursing care to patients in their own homes within the community setting. Community Nurses manage a caseload, working autonomously and as part of a team to provide care for various health conditions, including long-term conditions, wound care, and palliative care. The position is part-time, 27.5 hours per week, based at Bitterne Health Centre, Southampton, with shifts across 7 days including 1 in 3 weekends and Bank Holidays. The nurse will work to prevent hospital admissions and support early discharge.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality, safe and effective nursing care to patients in their home or clinic setting.
- Manage a defined Community Nursing caseload within one or more GP practices.
- Work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary Locality Health Team.
- Provide care for patients with complex long-term conditions, acute health episodes, and at the end of life.
- Facilitate early discharge from hospital and avoid unnecessary admissions to secondary care.
- Adhere to Nursing and Midwifery guidelines, demonstrating professional accountability.
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nurse - Adult
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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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Community Nurse
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
HIOW Healthcare is looking for an inspirational nurse to deliver a high standard of quality care to patients within the community setting. Community Nurses work autonomously and as part of a team and care is delivered in the patient's own home environment. Our nurses are responsible for a manageable caseload, working across the city ensuring our patients are receiving the best quality care from the comfort of their own homes and thereby avoiding hospital admission.
HIOW Healthcare Community Nurses work with adults who need support for a multitude of health conditions. These include:
Long term conditions management
Acute wounds and complex wound care
Palliative and end of life care
Facilitating discharge from hospital, including drain management, administration of prophylactic medication
Continence care and bowel care
Administration of a variety of medications
Although a lone worker, you will be supported by a team who are always available, to allow you to develop your existing skills into becoming an autonomous practitioner in the community. You will be provided the training you require by attending appropriate training and working with our Educators in Practice and other staff within the team.
This is a part time position (27.5 hrs pw) work
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