# Community Nurse (Cheltenham) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nurse-cheltenham/537208cf-615e-436b-8196-988a20b413b0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nurse-cheltenham/537208cf-615e-436b-8196-988a20b413b0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Gloucester - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (1 in 4 weekend, shift patterns are 8am-4pm and 12pm-8pm (Late Shift), one Late Shift per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-24T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-06T00:02:36.843Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Cheltenham/Gloucestershire_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Integrated_Community_Teams_ICT/Integrated_Community_Teams_ICT-v8105509 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8105509?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ghc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are currently seeking nurses possessing the highest standards of care and compassion in order to aid, coach and support our diverse population of patient requirements here in Cheltenham. Band 5 Community Nurse roles based in Cheltenham.  As this is a community based role, the successful candidate will require a driving licence and the use of a vehicle for work purposes. We are seeking experienced Registered Nurses for this position. ### Main duties of the job To excel in this role, you will require excellent communication skills, the courage to make clinical decisions and a willingness to develop your potential. You will require current NMC registration, post-registration experience is helpful but not essential and we have an excellent preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses. We are a Technologically SMART Trust, offering a ‘Mobile office’ model providing you with all the equipment needed to carry out your role in comfort whilst on the road. This is as a result of the “YOU SPOKE - WE LISTENED”  working results in staff safety due to live system and instant access to patient notes and past interactions whilst on the move. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module “Preceptorship for Healthcare” (AP7026). Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme. ## Person Specification ### QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - Registered Nurse with NMC - Degree or Diploma in Nursing or equivalent - Willingness to undertake additional training as required. ### LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Experience of working without direct supervision - Experience of working with student learners in practice **Desirable** - Previous experience of community nursing practice - Evidence of post-registration education & training. - Holistic health assessment course (or equivalent) - Teaching & assessing qualification ### PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Ability to work on own initiative, assess patients competently and report back to Team Leader (or appropriate health care professional) relevant changes in patient’s condition. - Ability to effectively manage the workload, prioritise and delegate work in the absence of the Team Leader - District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse - Ability to liaise effectively within the Primary Health Care Team and with other professionals / agencies **Desirable** - Demonstrable skills in risk assessment and management ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10400078) - [staff benefits - ghc (pdf, 618.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2522) - [additional information for applicants (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2656) ## 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.