# Community Registered Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-registered-nurse/dd0b9312-b24a-4569-959a-07ed83a05a07 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-registered-nurse/dd0b9312-b24a-4569-959a-07ed83a05a07.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Torquay - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Weekend Rota Cover included due to 7 day service requirement) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T09:33:50.889Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Devon/Torquay/Torbay_South_Devon_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing/Nursing-v7996261 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7996261?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview If you are passionate about providing high quality individualised patient care, enthusiastic about supporting patients' rehabilitation and increasing their independence and quality of life we would like to hear from you. You will work as a registered nurse within an integrated team, working across the community, this includes: Community Nursing, Intermediate Care and Community Matrons. You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, have a Patient centred approach to care, be highly motivated and able to work autonomously as well as part of a team. An ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information: using empathy and reassurance skills. Can provide motivational and negotiation skills in areas where consent/ co-operation is required or there may be barriers to understanding. To include undertaking best interest decisions Health Careers | ### Main duties of the job - To deliver high quality care to the housebound patients of Torquay and work as part of multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with primary care and secondary care. - Patient comfort and well-being are paramount - Achieving agreed standards of care - Working as part of, and contributing effectively, as a valued team member - Other objectives to be discussed, set and reviewed at time of Achievement Review - An ability to communicate and liaise effectively within a range of settings including:- GP’s Primary Health and Social Care Team Practice staff Hospital Staff – Sisters/Nurses/Hotel Services/OT’s/Physio Community Staff – Health Visitors/Community Nurses/Admin Staff Zone Manager Macmillan Nurse   Out of hours services: Devon Docs SWAST (Ambulance Service) Safeguarding Team Patients/families/carers Third Sector Organisations Care Trust Representatives Nursing/Residential Homes - An ability to communicate and liaise effectively within a range of settings including:- - GP’s - Primary Health and Social Care Team - Practice staff - Hospital Staff – Sisters/Nurses/Hotel Services/OT’s/Physio - Community Staff – Health Visitors/Community Nurses/Admin Staff - Zone Manager - Macmillan Nurse - Devon Docs - SWAST (Ambulance Service) - Safeguarding Team - Patients/families/carers - Third Sector Organisations - Care Trust Representatives - Nursing/Residential Homes ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification. #caretojoinus ## Job Details If you are passionate about providing high quality individualised patient care, enthusiastic about supporting patients' rehabilitation and increasing their independence and quality of life we would like to hear from you. You will work as a registered nurse within an integrated team, working across the community, this includes: Community Nursing, Intermediate Care and Community Matrons. You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, have a Patient centred approach to care, be highly motivated and able to work autonomously as well as part of a team. An ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information: using empathy and reassurance skills. Can provide motivational and negotiation skills in areas where consent/ co-operation is required or there may be barriers to understanding. To include undertaking best interest decisions Health Careers | ## Job Description To deliver high quality care to the housebound patients of Torquay and work as part of multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with primary care and secondary care. Patient comfort and well-being are paramount Achieving agreed standards of care Working as part of, and contributing effectively, as a valued team member Other objectives to be discussed, set and reviewed at time of Achievement Review An ability to communicate and liaise effectively within a range of settings including:- GP’s Primary Health and Social Care Team Practice staff Hospital Staff – Sisters/Nurses/Hotel Services/OT’s/Physio Community Staff – Health Visitors/Community Nurses/Admin Staff Zone Manager Macmillan Nurse Out of hours services: Devon Docs SWAST (Ambulance Service) Safeguarding Team Patients/families/carers Third Sector Organisations Care Trust Representatives Nursing/Residential Homes An ability to communicate and liaise effectively within a range of settings including:- GP’s Primary Health and Social Care Team Practice staff Hospital Staff – Sisters/Nurses/Hotel Services/OT’s/Physio Community Staff – Health Visitors/Community Nurses/Admin Staff Zone Manager Macmillan Nurse Devon Docs SWAST (Ambulance Service) Safeguarding Team Patients/families/carers Third Sector Organisations Care Trust Representatives Nursing/Residential Homes ## Responsibilities Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification. #caretojoinus ## Person Specification ### Specific Skills **Essential** - Ability to demonstrate good time management skills - Ability to demonstrate relevant team worker experience - Proven relevant experience in a range of clinical skills including complex and specialist skills **Desirable** - Willing to undertake V150 community practitioner prescribing course - Palliative care skills - Understands clinical supervision and able to demonstrate relevance to practice - Previous experience of working in an integrated health and social care environment ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Relevant I.T. knowledge/experience - Awareness of safeguarding adults and children - Awareness of mental capacity act - Awareness of resource management - Holistic client assessment using an identified model of care - Utilising specialist knowledge across a wide range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge - Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations - Knowledge of principles of Research and Audit - Proven relevant experience in communicate complex information to patients, carers, and health and social care staff - To manage/prioritise a caseload, demonstrating appropriate delegation **Desirable** - Health and Safety awareness - Equality and diversity awareness - Understands clinical governance - Awareness of local and government agendas ### Qualifications and training **Essential** - Qualified Registered Nurse Level 1 Adult Nursing - Ability to generate prescriptions and order pressure relieving equipment using available IT systems in place **Desirable** - Mentorship Course - Tissue Viability/ Leg Ulcer course - Community Nurse Prescriber V150 - Diabetes course - Palliative Care Course - Experience of continuing health care assessments - Experience of COPD or Heart Failure ## Documents - [community registered nurse (docx, 917.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10355724) ## 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.