Community Nurse

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our friendly Community Nursing Team, based in Fareham. This role is a fixed term contract of 12 months maternity cover.

In this role you will work alongside patients and their families to achieve improved health outcomes and promote health and wellbeing while demonstrating care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment. Care is based on comprehensive assessment, ensures continuity and is patient-centred, culturally sensitive and evidence-based and which promotes independence.

As a Community Nurse you will be responsible for completing patient visits each day, influencing clinical decisions and monitoring quality of patient care provided through utilising and maintaining expert clinical knowledge relevant to your own field of practice, underpinned by theory and expertise.

If this role interests you please get in touch with Kelly Moss, Community Matron at Kelly.moss19@nhs.net for further information.

Please note a full driving licence and access to a vehicle is a requirement for this role.

Main duties of the job

Act at all times with compassion, use effective communication and have courage when needed

Participate in the holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and therapy for patients in the home, residential and nursing homes, clinics, community centres and community hospitals

Make appropriate referral - including safeguarding risks - to members of the Community Care Team or external organisations

Provide safe medicines management

Inform the Integrated Clinical (or Senior) Lead of any concerns with patients, relatives, visitors, or staff

Communicate effectively with colleagues, patients and carers

Promote person-centred practice

Ensure that patients with palliative care needs (and their families) have those needs met

Recognise own limitations in the provision of clinical care and urgency of patients' needs

Actively support other teams in the department when needed so that those teams can deliver high standards of care

Develop own professional skills and ensure these are shared with the team and wider Division

Use reflective practice to analyse incidents and events and to develop high quality care

Ensure practice follows evidence-based practice and national guidelines are followed

Actively participate in the HIOWH developments related to chronic disease management and targeted care.

Initiate policy and practice changes as a result of incidents, audits and complaints.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

• Date posted: 01 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 1 years
• Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 348-PSE-11088
• Job locations: Alpha Court, Unit A6, Segensworth Business Centre, Segensworth Road, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5RQ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.