Senior Community Nurse/District Nurse
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Wyboston, MK44 3BYView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
5 October 2026
4 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a District Nurse to work within our St Neots/A1 Community Nursing Team. You will be working as part of a team w...
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner with the integrated multi professional team
- To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of complex patients
- To be accountable for assessing interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines
- To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making
- Provide support and education of peers, new staff, non registered staff, and students
- To supervise junior colleagues
- Accountable for the delegation of caseload
- To provide high standards of nursing intervention within a patients own home, this includes lone working , with access to specialist and advanced practitioners when required
- To provide support, guidance and leadership to a team of nurses and non registered team members
- DVLA have a number ofreciprocalarrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- RGN level 1 educated to degree level.
- Post-registration qualification relevant to district nursing
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
Desirable: - Management of leg ulcer qualification; - Prescriber or willing to undertake; - Wound care qualification
Experience
Essential
- Multidisciplinary working experience
- Management experience
- Relevant and proven experience post registration in a variety of settings
- Nursing in both acute and community settings
Desirable: - Demonstrate application of clinical governance and experience of clinical supervision; - Experience in delivering training
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- The ability to respond to changing situations
- Ability to develop effective working relationships
- Ability to exercise initiative
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to innovate
Desirable: - Extensive understanding of clinical supervision
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of national government initiatives in health and social care and how these impact on local services
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
- Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings.
- Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others.
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
- Manoeuvre patients using safe techniques in accordance with care plan.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
21 September 2026
Last checked
23 September 2026
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