Community Registered Nurse
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Kentish Town, NW5 2BXView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£38,488 to £46,852
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 November 2026
5 days leftJob description
Band 5 Community Registered Nurse - Camden, Full-time An exciting opportunity has become available in the East Integrated Neighbourhood Team for a Ban...
Your role will include providing high-quality care for patients in a community setting. You will work closely with other nursing and therapy staff to care for a designated caseload of patients. This will include undertaking holistic assessments, reviewing patient nursing care needs and supporting junior staff and students as needed.We have a range of Practice Development and Professional Leads who are on hand for supervision and support. You will work alongside Complex Care Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation assistants, Pharmacy technicians, students, and colleagues within Social Care, Mental Health, the Voluntary Sector, and General Practice.
You will work with our specialist teams i.e. Evening and Overnight Nursing team, Rapid Response, Palliative Care, Tissue Viability, Bladder & Bowel, Community Stroke and Neurology, Respiratory, Heart Failure and Diabetes teams and in-patient wards.
You will need NMC registration and have passion for learning and delivering the best nursing care. Community experience is not essential, but you will need to demonstrate an understanding of autonomous working in the community, with evidence of transferable skills.
Band 5 nurses work closely with patients, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 5 nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective clinical assessments
- Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalating concerns when necessary
- Escalating safety concerns and, by doing so, acting as effective advocates for those who use our service.
- Being open and transparent about their own practice
- Supervising the work of others
- Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made.
- Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement.
- Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records.
- Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.
As per national policies, there is a growing need to deliver more complex care in the community to ensure local hospital beds are free for patients who are acutely unwell. Every day is different in community nursing and you will be supported to obtain a comprehensive set of skills to care for patients with a variety of needs.
- The ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
- Diabetes management - monitoring of blood sugars and insulin administration. Access to a specialist diabetic nursing team.
- Tissue viability/Wound care- Leg ulcer, compression therapy, doppler assessments, Vac dressings, pressure ulcers, surgical wounds and many more. Access to a specialist tissue viability team.
- Bladder and Bowel skills- Male, female and suprapubic catheterisation, bowel care, continence assessments. Access to a specialist bladder and bowel team.
- IV medication administration: Care of picc/mid line, preparation and administration of intravenous medications.
- Palliative care: Support visits, symptom control, administration of anticipatory medications (stat doses and syringe drivers). Access to a specialist community palliative care team.
- Drain care: Rocket drains, nephrostomies, chest drains etc
Band 5 nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team, drawing support from more experienced nurses and other health professionals but also by supervising junior staff and students to ensure they are working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.
CNWL provides a robust preceptorship program that focuses on progression and development of skills which includes regular supervision and a first-class learning experience in all aspects of community nursing. We have an extensive in-house training program that will equip you with all the theoretical knowledge required to ensure you are a confident, competent practitioner. In addition, our Nurse Development Lead will be available to guide and support new starters within the district nursing service to ensure you feel supported and you have an enhanced learning and development experience.
Our nurses enjoy their experience of visiting patients in their own homes and building a rapport. They report feeling 'honoured to build such close professional relationships with their team and patients alike. There is no typical day in district nursing as every visit requires a different set of skills and approach. The variety keeps the job interesting and the learning never stops.
Benefits of working as a nurse for CNWL Camden:o Substantial relocation package if eligibleo Inner London weightingo Training and career development opportunitieso Opportunities for research and audit to support innovative practiceo Open to flexible working patternso Good opportunity for progressionCamden is a vibrant home to one of London's most visited tourist attractions: the markets, streets and shops that have grown around Camden Lock and its associated music venues. Camden, as a borough, is diverse, containing Hampstead Heath and its famous swimming ponds, Holborn and parts of the West End, as well as a very colourful culture, ethnic makeup, and a very wide socio-economic make-up.
Education, Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- NMC Registered nurse (Adult)
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
- Evidence of ongoing relevant CPD
- Willingness to undertake further studies as required as part of this role
Desirable: - Community experience as a student or substantive role
Skills and Knowlegde
Essential
- Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, use handover effectively, speaking face to face but and by telephone, writing letters and reports
- Able to maintain electronic patient records and working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Understanding how the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards impacts on their work and the people they are working with.
- Act as a mentor to HCAs, Nursing Associates and students
- Care planning: being able to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
- Understanding and appreciation of diversity and equality in practice.
- Able to organize own workload without direct supervision.
- Understanding the concept of quality and their role in improving safety, clinical outcomes and the patient experience
- Knowledge of recent development with health & social care
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Be a role model and embody CNWL's values by being Caring, Respectful, Empowering and working in Partnership.
- Able to work with NMC code
- Attention to detail
- Professionally brave and willing to act as an advocate for your patients
Other
Essential: - Can work across a seven day week.
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First seen
6 November 2026
Last checked
10 November 2026
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