# Staff Nurse – Physical Health Community Services > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-physical-health-community-services/1789c602-ef02-4c75-9287-7cdacce12fab - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-physical-health-community-services/1789c602-ef02-4c75-9287-7cdacce12fab.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Marks Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £33,677 - £40,996 per annum, pro rata (Incl. of HCAS) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Job share, 32 hours per week (This post is for 8 x 4hrs 19:00-23:00 ( Job share Part Time)) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-27T13:40:37.873Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Maidenhead/Berkshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/OOH_Nursing_Service/OOH_Nursing_Service-v8260187 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8260187?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This post is for 8 x 4hrs 19:00-23:00 ( Job share Part Time ). Come and join our CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ Trust as a Community Out Of Hours Staff Nurse for the Berkshire Out of Hours Community Nursing Team. As a Community Staff Nurse, you’ll help deliver care to people in their own homes and get to work with an inspiring, skilled teams whilst you do it. We offer a supportive environment with opportunities for further career development, and a strong in-house training programme. Working within our Community Nursing Team you will support, assess, and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality, evidence-based practice. You will have a passion and enthusiasm to care for patients in their own homes. The Out of Hours District Nursing team works overnight from 19:00pm to 7:00am. This Post is for 8 x 4hrs 19:00-23:00 Hours a week. This will be different nights and can be discussed at interview. ### Main duties of the job - To work in conjunction with all staff within the team to holistically assess the needs of patients and carers, and to work in partnership with the patient and family to plan, implement and evaluate programmes of nursing care. - To be able to undertake first visits and take any immediate action, reporting back to the Team Leader/Community Nursing Band 6/Community Matron for further discussion and/or assessment. - To undertake practice assessor and supervisor training support students and new staff to the service. - Provide care according to the available evidence of best practice and the support of others in the development of evidence-based practice. - To be actively involved in promoting self-care for patients and building Health Promotion into care. - To develop and participate in planned teaching programmes for patients. - To demonstrate knowledge and skills including assessment, reassessment, medication management, bladder bowel care, tissue viability, care, use and administration of treatment using specialist equipment, palliative care, and symptom control, managing acute episodes of care, reducing hospital admissions, as per band 5 competency document. - To provide care to people with long term conditions undertaking reviews in accordance with the individual patient care plan and with support of more experienced colleagues as required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The “must haves” for this role: - Experience Band 5 Community Nurse with all competencies. - To work bank holidays/weekends or unsocial hours to meet the needs of the service. - Reasonable level of fitness required. - Good Communicational and Interpersonal Skills For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey. In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Mercy Muradzikwa 07768546448 or email mercy.muradzikwa@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help. Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable experience of excellent communication skills which promote two-way communication and help to establish collaborative team working and patient centred care. - Uphold the Trust’s values of being caring, committed and working as team through demonstrable examples and experience. **Desirable** - Community nursing Experience ### Additional Requirements **Essential** - Ability to travel between multiple Trust sites and non-Trust locations, including patient homes, some of which may not be easily accessible via public transport. ### Knowledge, Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Proficient use of digital tools and applications including Word, Outlook and patient management systems. ### Education/Qualifications/Training **Essential** - Registered General Nurse (RGN) - NMC Registration ### Continuous Professional Development **Essential** - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Mentorship training ## Documents - [working for us (pdf, 604.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10573805) - [help with you application (pdf, 328.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10573807) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 336.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10573806) ## 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.