# Senior Community Nurse/District Nurse (DNSPQ) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-community-nursedistrict-nurse-dnspq/a117fede-02e8-4560-9ca3-b1cef06bc559 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-community-nursedistrict-nurse-dnspq/a117fede-02e8-4560-9ca3-b1cef06bc559.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Cambridge - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Expectation to work weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-26T11:13:11.555Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/Cambridgeshire_Peterborough_NHS_Foundation_Trust/District_Nurse/District_Nurse-v8114259 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8114259?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community nurse  to join our Cambridge East Nursing Team. You will be working as part of a team which includes a Community Nursing Clinical Lead,  Community Nurses (RN), and Healthcare Assistants. You will link closely with colleagues outside of CPFT including GPs and other members of the multidisciplinary team to support excellent nursing care at home, reducing the necessity for acute hospital admission. The successful candidate will need to have worked within a community nursing team or similar role – with community related continual professional development evidenced with completion or plan for completion of  post graduate community related qualification. The successful candidate will be supported and encouraged to  develop their career within role. ### Main duties of the job Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria. - To work as an autonomous practitioner with the integrated multi professional team - To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of complex patients - To be accountable for assessing interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines - To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making - Provide support and education of peers, new staff, non registered staff, and students - To supervise junior colleagues - Accountable for the delegation of caseload - To provide high standards of nursing intervention within a patients own home, this includes lone working , with access to specialist and advanced practitioners when required - To provide support, guidance and leadership to a team of nurses and non registered team members *DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities - To work as  an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team, neighbourhood teams - To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills - To be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of the multidisciplinary team - To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making - Provide support and education t peers, new staff non-registered staff and students - To supervise junior staff and students overseeing patient intervention and ensure that a high standard of care is delivered and staff achieve set competencies - To be accountable for a delegated case load - To prioritise all referrals according to clinical lead and allocate or signpost appropriately - To provide a high standard of nursing intervention within a patient's own home this includes lone working with access to Specialist and Advanced Practitioners when required - To identify patient needs, agree goads and to provide appropriate holistic nursing interventions, to refer to other services and provide or order equipment ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community nurse to join our Cambridge East Nursing Team. You will be working as part of a team which includes a Community Nursing Clinical Lead, Community Nurses (RN), and Healthcare Assistants. You will link closely with colleagues outside of CPFT including GPs and other members of the multidisciplinary team to support excellent nursing care at home, reducing the necessity for acute hospital admission. The successful candidate will need to have worked within a community nursing team or similar role – with community related continual professional development evidenced with completion or plan for completion of post graduate community related qualification. The successful candidate will be supported and encouraged to develop their career within role. ## Job Description Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria. To work as an autonomous practitioner with the integrated multi professional team To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of complex patients To be accountable for assessing interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making Provide support and education of peers, new staff, non registered staff, and students To supervise junior colleagues Accountable for the delegation of caseload To provide high standards of nursing intervention within a patients own home, this includes lone working , with access to specialist and advanced practitioners when required To provide support, guidance and leadership to a team of nurses and non registered team members *DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website ## Responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team, neighbourhood teams To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills To be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of the multidisciplinary team To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making Provide support and education t peers, new staff non-registered staff and students To supervise junior staff and students overseeing patient intervention and ensure that a high standard of care is delivered and staff achieve set competencies To be accountable for a delegated case load To prioritise all referrals according to clinical lead and allocate or signpost appropriately To provide a high standard of nursing intervention within a patient's own home this includes lone working with access to Specialist and Advanced Practitioners when required To identify patient needs, agree goads and to provide appropriate holistic nursing interventions, to refer to other services and provide or order equipment ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Multidisciplinary working experience - Management experience - Relevant and proven experience post registration in a variety of things **Desirable** - Demonstrate application of clinical governance and experience of clinical supervision - Experience in delivering training ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - The ability to respond to changing situations - Ability to develop effective working relationships - Ability to exercise initiative - Ability to prioritise and manage workload to meet the needs of the service - Ability to innovate **Desirable** - Extensive understanding of clinical supervision ### Physical requirements **Essential** - Ability to travel independently around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential. - Manoeuvre patients using safe techniques in accordance with care plan ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - RGN Level 1 educated to degree level - Evidence of ongoing professional development - Mentorship qualification or equivalent. **Desirable** - Prescriber or willing to undertake - Leadership qualification ### Knowledge & Understanding **Essential** - Ability to work flexibly as part of a team - Demonstrate problem solving - Excellent communication skills - Excellent documentation skills - Excellent time Management and prioritisation Skills. ## Documents - [cpft values (pdf, 114.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1743) - [cpft benefits (pdf, 74.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2967) - [cpft accommodation (pdf, 713.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2805) - [cpft mindful employers (pdf, 51.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1744) - [senior community nurse/district nurse (dnspq) jdps b6 (pdf, 456.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10409719) ## 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.