# Community Registered Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-registered-nurse/e8a358d7-02cf-4d8a-8268-07b59d02e08f
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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Thundersley Clinic
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **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 (Shifts covering 0800 - 2100 over 7 day week)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19T12:20:55.968Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Benfleet/Essex_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Nursing/Community_Nursing-v8237424
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8237424?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.eput.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

### Community Registered Nurse - District Nursing -

### Castlepoint team

UK DRIVING LICENSE AND ACCESS TO A CAR ARE ESSENTIAL WHEN APPLYING FOR THIS POST - PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

### Main duties of the job

### Are you self-motivated, enthusiastic and looking for a new challenge?

### Would you like the opportunity to develop and further your nursing career in the community setting?

### We deliver care from 8am-9pm seven days a week including weekends and bank holidays with a variety of shifts.

We are looking for a compassionate, hardworking and motivated registered nurse to join our District Nursing Team in the Castlepoint area.

You will have daily responsibility for screening referrals and providing planned and unplanned care to patients within the community setting. You will liaise closely with local GP's and other members of the wider MDT as well as with patients and their families, therefore excellent communication and IT skills are essential.

There are many opportunities for further professional development.

You must be a first level registered nurse, hold a full valid UK driving licence and have access to a car.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Mains roles and responsibility will include:

- Referral triage
- Complex holistic assessments
- Hospital avoidance
- Palliative care
- Catheter care/bowel management
- Working collaboratively with the wider MDT/PCN
- Wound management
- Care planning for future visits with patients and their carers
- Liaise with community nurse Team Leaders for future patient visits and allocation for additional support/treatment
- Liaising and building relationships with MDT and PCN for collaborative working
- Excellent IT skills

### 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

### Skills/Experience

**Essential**

- Demonstrates ability to plan and prioritise workload.

**Desirable**

- Hospital or previous community experience
- Previous use of system one

### Personal Qualities

**Essential**

- Good Oral communication skilled based on fluency in the English Language

### Education/Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse (Parts 1 or 12)
- Full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.

**Desirable**

- Mentorship / or equivalent teaching qualification

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 152.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2990)
- [job description (pdf, 928.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10548878)
- [person specification (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10547953)
- [candidate privacy policy (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1853)
- [right to work information (pdf, 293.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2355)
- [values of the nhs pension (pdf, 151.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2659)
- [why join the nhs pension scheme (pdf, 91.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1849)
- [employer recognition scheme - gold award (pdf, 27.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2451)

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