# Community Staff Nurse Rapid Response > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse-rapid-response/5ab49553-88be-440a-884f-d15a12d460e8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse-rapid-response/5ab49553-88be-440a-884f-d15a12d460e8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Chesterfield - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa, pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (End date September 2027) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (7 day service between 08:00 and 18:30 including weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-08T07:01:07.287Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Derby/Derbyshire_Community_Health_Services_NHS_Foundation_Trust/District_Nursing/District_Nursing-v8139163 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8139163?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dchs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an Registered Nurse who is looking to make a difference in a new team or seeking a new challenge to help support patients in the community? If so, this opportunity is for you! We are looking to recruit NMC registered nurses to work within the Rapid Response Nursing team in Derby City. Service working hours 8-1830 daily 7 days a week. We recently achieved Gold status for standards of care, highlighting the fantastic care we provide. We are a professional, friendly, and enthusiastic team who work closely with our integrated community colleagues to provide a holistic integrated  service that enables and educates our patients to remain independent in their own homes, whenever possible, to prevent hospital admission and support a safe discharge home. There has never been a more exciting time to join one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country – one that is also among the very best NHS employers, as voted by its own staff. Please apply to join our team today! ### Main duties of the job Provide high-quality nursing care to our patients in our local community to keep them safe at home, prevent hospital admission and support hospital discharge home. We are based from Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, there is an expectation to travel across the locality as and when required to meet the needs of our patient group. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care in the most efficient and clinically effective way, whilst maintaining the patient’s privacy and dignity. Provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high quality care and actively support the Community Nursing sister/charge nurses in the management of the health care environment. Implement / refer on to the relevant services as appropriate. Work in close collaboration with the Integrated Community Teams/GP surgeries and local acute trusts. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please review the Job Description and Person Specification.   To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site.  You will need to register if you do not already have an account ## Person Specification ### UK Driving Licence **Essential** - Able to travel across sites to meet job requirement ### Skills and Attributes **Essential** - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - IT Skills - Written and recording skills - Ability to supervise junior nursing staff - Ability to assess, plan and implement care ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - Full NMC registered Nurse - Evidence of recent relevant training - Student assessor ### Experience and Knowledge Required **Essential** - Experience of working in the community - Evidence of research based/reflective practice - Knowledge of local and national priorities. - Understanding of the wider NHS agenda regarding community services **Desirable** - Experience of long term conditions - Experience of Leg Ulcer management and lower limb assessments - Experience of end of life care ## Documents - [band 5 jd / ps (pdf, 176.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10437612) - [application guidance (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2565) ## 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.