# Community Staff Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse/70a7da40-e3b0-4643-9aec-4d9a97be9637 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse/70a7da40-e3b0-4643-9aec-4d9a97be9637.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** Aylesbury - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum (pro rata for part time) - **Contract type:** Permanent: Shifts 08-16 and 13-21 - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (08.00- 16.00 13.00 -21.00, 08.00 - 16.00 and 13.00 - 21.00. Weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-17T10:13:03.097Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Marlow/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Community/Community-v8163889 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8163889?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Do you live in Buckinghamshire and seek an opportunity to advance your nursing career within a role that will help develop your professional decision making and skills.  Why not try this new opportunity and join the Marlow Community Nursing Team (ACHT). The post will involve working with healthcare assistants and clinicians to provide nursing interventions to patients in their home environment, maximising their independence and providing care to avoid hospital admission as well as facilitating discharges from the acute. You must be innovative in your approach and willing to work with other members of the integrated team and ward staff to ensure a high quality service delivery. You must be willing to develop your own knowledge and skills, you will be supported in your personal development with training to  extend your community nursing skills. Experienced and newly qualified staff nurses will be considered for the post. 7 days a week shift pattern ### Main duties of the job - To contribute to processes for service and quality improvement - Assess the physical and psycho–social needs of patients and deliver therapeutic interventions based on best available evidence in order to improve health outcomes. - To manage own case load, delivering and evaluating service delivery to patients with a variety of medical conditions and those delegated by case managers. - To plan interventions with the Case Manager and other team members using the common assessment process - To take part in the referral management process to ensure patients are treated by the most appropriate member of the team/service - To contribute to the development of protocols and procedures developed for clinical pathways ### 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 \[email protected\] quoting the vacancy reference number. ## Person Specification ### EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse - Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative - Awareness of current professional nursing issues - Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality **Desirable** - Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting ### SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES **Desirable** - Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary ### SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate - Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision - Ability to solve problems and use initiative - Ability to develop clinical skills - Willingness to undergo training (e.g. medications) - Basic IT skills - Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct - Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care - Adaptable to change - Ability to work rotating shifts - Diplomatic approach with professionalism - Flexible and approachable **Desirable** - Willingness to develop teaching skills - 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 ### EDUCATION, QUALIFICATION & TRAINING **Essential** - Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN **Desirable** - Evidence of further continued professional development - Post qualification experience in relevant speciality - Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 200.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10465051) - [person specification (pdf, 256.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10465052) - [functional requirements (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10465053) ## 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.