Job requirements
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Essential
29 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Ability
Good team worker.
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Ability to organise self and others by prioritising and delegating as needed
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Good time management skills.
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Ability to educate others
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IT literate
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Clinical audit knowledge or ability to participate.
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Willing to develop professionally.
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Up to date knowledge of current NHS issues and aware of current trends in the NHS
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Ability to confidently make decisions based on evidence based practice
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Excellent communication skills.
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Able to communicate sensitive information to patients.
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Ability to ensure equality and value diversity.
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Understand implications of lone working
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Demonstrates personal value that align with the Trust values
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Flexible attitude to work
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Car owner/driver or suitable alternative transport to enable you to undertake the job
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Motivated
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Evidence of self-development
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Ability to communicate effectively in English
- Experience and Knowledge
Post registration experience
- Experience and Knowledge
Able to deal with difficult situations
- Experience and Knowledge
Ability to Identify and assess patients’ needs
- Experience and Knowledge
Ability to use resources appropriately
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Multidisciplinary working
- Experience and Knowledge
Willingness to undertake further training specific to role
- Education and Qualification
Registered Nurse level 1
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Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Education and Qualification
Current NMC registration
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Supervisor/Assessor competence or willingness to undertake
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience and Knowledge
Previous community nursing experience
- Education and Qualification
V150/V100/V300 Prescriber
- Education and Qualification
Evidence of CPD - Management of Leg Ulcers CPD Module
- Education and Qualification
Evidence of CPD - Tissue Viability CPD module
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of a Community Staff Nurse based at Great Eccleston Nursing Team. The advertised role is a Temporary Fixed Term 12 month post (30.0 hours per week).
It is essential that you have a full UK driving licence and access to a car for this Community Nursing role.
If you are innovative, enthusiastic, have a positive attitude to change and you are an excellent team player, we would like you to join our team to enable us to provide high quality, patient centred, holistic nursing care.
NMC Level 1 Registration (Adult Branch) & Enhanced DBS clearance required.
Car driver essential.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work as part of a community nursing service working across the Fylde coast, undertaking nursing duties in patients’ homes or clinic settings.
To provide safe, effective, individualised care to patients and to give support to families and service users requiring scheduled and unscheduled care interventions.
The role includes planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care, initiating changes to care and escalation, if required, to the senior community nurse and the wider team.
To monitor the condition and health needs of patients on a continual basis in partnership with colleagues, families and carers, referring to others for reassessment, when required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the individual requirements of patients and carers referred to District Nursing
Provide a high standard of evidence based nursing care to patients in the Community.
Use a high level of communication skills with patients and their families, including those with English as a second language or learning disabilities.
Actively seek to promote health both individually and to patients and carers.
Administer drugs within NMC guidelines.
Please read the full job description and person specification attached.
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.
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This advert is for Community Staff Nurse with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Blackpool, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Mat cover). The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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