# Band 5 - Community Nurses > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-5-community-nurses/9c53fe8b-4701-4007-8b1e-ee7d8d36de96 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-5-community-nurses/9c53fe8b-4701-4007-8b1e-ee7d8d36de96.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £36,943 - £44,900 pro rata, pa Inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-28T09:51:26.291Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Carshalton/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Community_Nursing/Community_Nursing-v8380107 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8380107?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Band 5 - Community Nurses *COME JOIN US!* Must have access to a vehicle and a valid driving license *Open to newly qualified nurses* We offer a structured preceptorship programme, clinical supervision and access to learning and development to support your continuous professional development. We encourage student nurses with an interest in pursuing a career in community nursing to apply. ******************************************************************************** Sutton Health and Care is a pioneering partnership made up of the GP federation in Sutton, the London Borough of Sutton, South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust and Epsom and St Helier hospitals. Working together, we provide community services in Sutton, caring for adults in their own homes across the borough. The partnership of Sutton Health and Care is truly exciting, and together, we can achieve more for the people we care for. We want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. We offer flexible shift patterns and encourage informal visits. We are a 7 day extended hours service; working Monday to Sunday, 7am – 7pm including weekends and bank holidays. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will work as part of a multi-professional team managing a GP-aligned caseload of patients in the community, ensuring the needs of the patients are identified and met. Promoting the independence of patients, assisting them to maintain/or improve their own physical, psychological and social well-being. To ensure that the service we deliver is adaptable and resilient, commercially focused and creates innovative solutions to enhance the patient experience. Job Purpose - To work as part of a community integrated service that is responsive to the needs of housebound patients within a define caseload. - To reduce inappropriate hospital admissions, minimise hospital lengths of stay and support vulnerable clients at home by undertaking comprehensive holistic assessment and care plans in order to facilitate and coordinate packages of care in partnership with GPs, patients, health and social care colleagues. - Work closely with aligned GP surgery, Clinical Commissioning Group and all relevant primary and secondary care and social care professionals, voluntary agencies and London Ambulance Service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Community Staff Nurse role at Epsom and St Helier. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Multidisciplinary team work - Experience in managing the needs of complex patients - Experience of conflict management - Care Planning **Desirable** - Experience in working in a community setting - Experience with supporting student Nurses ### Other requirements **Essential** - Car owner/driver insured for business use ### Education/ Qualifications **Essential** - Qualified RGN with current registration with NMC **Desirable** - Practice Assessor/Supervisor qualification ### Skills/Abilities/ Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to work unsupervised or with minimal supervision - Ability to work under pressure - Insight into current issues relating to delivery of community/primary care ## Documents - [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677) - [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2413) - [community nursing - band 5 (pdf, 667.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10708825) - [jd supplementary information (pdf, 151.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1953) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.