Job overview
This role is to cover maternity leave until 30/08/2027. Working 22.5 hours per week, the shift pattern is over 7 days a week and will include regular evening shifts and may be required to cover night shifts to cover sickness and annual leave as the need arises.
The post holders will work as a registered Nurse within Community Services across the Dalton and Ulverston District nursing footprint, accountable for providing evidence based, holistic nursing care of patients.
The post holders will be required to work as part of the integrated team across community settings such as patients’ homes, residential and nursing homes. Flexible working will be required to meet the needs of the patients group and the service as it continues to develop. Whilst working with other health care professionals the post holder will develop the ethos of integrated care and seamless services ensuring that patient care is delivered to the highest possible standard.
You will be expected to support the Sister/Team Leader in leading the team supervising, directing staff and delegating workload according to skills of the staff within the team.
Main duties of the job
Full details available in the attached job description.
Community nurses deliver a wife range of highly skilled interventions in the patients own home. This includes the management of long term conditions including diabetes care, end of life care, catheter care and symptom control and support. We support patients to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, preventing hospital admission and supporting patients to lead a long and happy life.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full details in job description and personal spec.
Good communication skills and a solid documentation skills set across a range of IT systems is required. You will poses a wide range of clinical skills such as female/male and suprapubic catheterisation, compression bandaging, doppler investigations, IPC drain care, venepuncture, a wide range of wound care, medications administration, syringe pump management, bowel and bladder assessment and care and much more.
You will work predominantly as a lone worker, making autonomous decisions and have the support and contact of your team throughout the shift. Use of a car is required.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Recent nursing experience
- Experience of lone working.
- Demonstrate experience of delivering high quality personalised care.
- Demonstrate evidence to work as part of a team.
- Demonstrable experience of using initiative and effective prioritisation
Desirable
- Community nursing experience
skills and knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable understanding of the extent of the community staff nurse role
- Ability to delegate effectively
- insertion of range of catheters including male/female/SP
- up to date and recent venepuncture knowledge
- knowledge and experience in wound care
- Knowledge and experience of palliative & EOLC
- Knowledge and experience of holistic assessment and care
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of doppler assessment
- Knowledge and experience of compression bandaging
Education & qualifications
Essential
- Level 1 registered nursing qualifications
Desirable
- Community Specialist Practitioners Qualification
- NMP
- Supporting professionals in rpactice/mentoring
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This advert is for Community Staff nurse - Maternity leave cover with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in Kendal, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Ending on 30/8/2027). The application deadline is 30 Jul 2026.
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