Community Staff Nurse
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Shiremoor, NE27 0HJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 October 2026
1 day leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic staff nurse to join the District Nursing Service in North Tyneside for a Community Staff Nurse....
Community staff nurses work autonomously and as part of a team, reporting directly to their line manager, the community nursing team lead, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for a diverse group of patients with a wide range of conditions and health needs.
- The development and delivery of programmes of health and social care.The delivery of care and support to patients with a terminal illness and their families including the provision of emotional and bereavement support.
- The performance of skilled nursing care including aspects of assessment, wound management, palliative care and catheterisation.
- The performance of diagnostic tests such as Ankle Brachial Pressure Index using Doppler and the interpretation of the results to decide further courses of action.
- Performance of procedures which require fine dexterity and skill such as venepuncture, drug administration by injection and the removal of sutures.
- Interpretation of results and the communication of these to patients e.g. blood glucose estimation. Explaining aspects of care to patients and carers allowing the opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns.
- Maintenance and promotion of high standards of professional practice including the sharing of approaches and experience with others.
- Maintain a duty of care to patients, carers and colleagues through the exercise of personal and professional accountability.
The Community Staff Nurse works in partnership with patients and carers in the community, providing health education and nursing care within the Scope of Professional Practice. The post-holder is an integral member of the community nursing team working with colleagues to delivery clinical care to patients living in their own homes and within residential care homes.
Although the post holder has access to advice they are expected to work largely unsupervised. In addition, the post-holder is expected to supervise the work of others including auxiliary nurses and student nurses on placement.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential
- State Registration on Part 1 of the 3 part NMC register
- Additional clinical qualifications or equivalent derived through experience at diploma / degree level if experienced
- Newly qualified staff will be required to undertake the Trust preceptorship programme within the first year in post
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
Other requirements
Essential
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential: - Experience of working without direct supervised in a health care environment
Desirable: - Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools; - Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
6 October 2026
Last checked
8 October 2026
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