# Community Staff Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse/fd100a2a-9341-4fa1-a6e0-05898e3ab927 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse/fd100a2a-9341-4fa1-a6e0-05898e3ab927.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Kettering - **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 (7 day working service including weekend working) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day working weekend working required) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-05T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T14:22:03.917Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Kettering_Corby/Northamptonshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Nursing/Community_Nursing-v7955144 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7955144?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Community nurses make a difference everyday to the lives of the people they visit at home.  We are proud of our Community Nurses who provide increasingly complex care for patients and support for family members to encourage patient’s to receive the care they need in their own home. We are looking for experienced Registered Nurse’s with a passion for high quality nursing care and also experience in either acute medicine, Emergency Care or community nursing. The post holder will provide acute nursing assessment & interventions in patients’ own homes and will ensure that patients are referred onwards as appropriate to community services once their care episode is complete. Rewards and Benefits - Excellent learning and development to support you and develop your Nursing Career. - Flexible working opportunities - Free parking on Trust Sites - Competitive Mileage Rates - Enterprise Car Pool Scheme Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to training and developing its staff not only with clinical skills but also in leadership and managerial skills. You’ll also have access to our generous pension scheme and health service discounts, as well as generous annual leave plus bank holidays. ### Main duties of the job Working life As a Community nurse, you'll - assess the healthcare needs of patients and families - monitor the quality of care they're receiving - be professionally accountable for the delivery of care - utilise technology to enable you to update records as you go Your patients could be any age, but they'll often be elderly, while others may have been recently discharged from hospital, be terminally ill or have physical disabilities. The service aims to provide an excellent standard of care that supports patients to remain in their home environment. In Northamptonshire you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in order to support the service and focus on delivering quality outcomes and improving the patient experience. You'll play a vital role in keeping hospital admissions and re-admissions to a minimum and ensuring that patients can return to their own homes as soon as possible. Must have skills You will need to be adaptable and resourceful. You'll need to be well organised, confident and able to cope in diverse situations to deliver patient care. Leadership and management skills are also important, as with all nursing roles, communication skills, problem solving and good judgement are crucial. You will be part of caring team and be able to work flexibly with minimum supervision, with the ability to prioritise work based on the patient need. Join us and become part of Team NHFT. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document. ## Job Description Working life As a Community nurse, you'll Your patients could be any age, but they'll often be elderly, while others may have been recently discharged from hospital, be terminally ill or have physical disabilities. The service aims to provide an excellent standard of care that supports patients to remain in their home environment. In Northamptonshire you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in order to support the service and focus on delivering quality outcomes and improving the patient experience. You'll play a vital role in keeping hospital admissions and re-admissions to a minimum and ensuring that patients can return to their own homes as soon as possible. Must have skills You will need to be adaptable and resourceful. You'll need to be well organised, confident and able to cope in diverse situations to deliver patient care. Leadership and management skills are also important, as with all nursing roles, communication skills, problem solving and good judgement are crucial. You will be part of caring team and be able to work flexibly with minimum supervision, with the ability to prioritise work based on the patient need. Join us and become part of Team NHFT. ## Responsibilities For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document. ## Person Specification ### Qualification **Essential** - NMC Registration RGN or working towards ### Experience / Skills **Essential** - Good communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to work well under pressure - Ability to work flexibly as part of a team. - Computer literate **Desirable** - Previous community experience ## Documents - [benefits (pdf, 570.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2078) - [job description (pdf, 776.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10235805) ## 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.