# Community Staff Nurse - Health Visiting > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse-health-visiting/49ed0a2c-fccf-4b2a-aca0-5c10302238dd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse-health-visiting/49ed0a2c-fccf-4b2a-aca0-5c10302238dd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Amersham Hospital (current NHS organisation address) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (secondment) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-25T15:20:47.819Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Thame/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Community/Community-v8213082 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8213082?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview How would you like to work as part of a high performing Health Visiting Service in the beautiful county of Buckinghamshire? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join Princes Risborough Health Visiting team. ### Main duties of the job Bespoke training will provide support and ensure competencies within the role. You will be pro-active, have good communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrate an understanding of the public health role within health visiting. An induction programme will be provided for successful candidate to support their transition into the community health visiting team. Candidates do not need to have experience of working within the health visiting service but do require knowledge and understanding of the current health visiting service and safeguarding practice. The successful applicant may have the opportunity to apply for Health Visitor training. To meet the requirements of this post you are required to be able to drive between different community localities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application. If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number. ### 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** - Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse - Able to demonstrate clinically effective practice with children and families - Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality **Desirable** - Knowledge of current issues which impact on Professional Practice - Able to evaluate and audit practice to help achieve positive health outcomes - Work within local and National Frameworks for implementing Clinical Governance - Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting ### Special Circumstances **Desirable** - Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN **Desirable** - Leadership at the Point of Care, or other leadership training - Staff Appraisal Training - Evidence of further continued professional development - Post qualification experience in relevant speciality - Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification ### Skills, abilities & knowledge **Essential** - Works to evidence-based practice - Awareness of interagency collaboration - Computer skills - Ability to identify families with complex health needs **Desirable** - Experience of undertaking staff appraisals - Participation in Specialist projects - Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards - Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 192.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10520710) - [person specification (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10520711) - [functional requirement form (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10520712) ## 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.