Community Staff Nurse

Main area Community Nursing Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (07.00-23.00 7 days a week) Job ref 364-B-552

Site Stansted Clinic Town Stansted Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 23:59

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.

You’ll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.

The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.

We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.

We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.

We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.

Join us and you’ll do the best work of your life – and make a difference to other people’s lives. What we do together, matters.

Job overview

The post holder will be responsible for assessment of care needs, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients within the Team Leader’s sphere of care.

The post holder works without direct supervision and is responsible for nursing care for the geographical area including weekends and evenings.

The community team of West Essex is part of the wider Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care System supporting the Care Closer to Home model within West Essex.

The post holder will be working as part of the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams supporting North Uttlesford Primary Care Network with a focus on prevention of admissions and facilitating hospital discharges.

Main duties of the job

1. Takes responsibility for a patient or a defined group of patients within their own homes or elsewhere as defined by the Senior Nurse.

2. Undertake comprehensive nursing assessments to identify the patient’s physical and environmental needs.

3. Plans, evaluates and prioritises interventions and care for patients within his/her sphere of responsibility.

4. Leads the clinical nursing management of the caseload’s most dependent patients. Determines, in liaison with the Senior Nurse the frequency, type and monitors the efficacy of patient care offered.

5. Regularly review caseload patient care, informing the Senior Nurse of any changes made.

6. Establish priorities in his/her workload – organising his/her workload to make effective use of time.

7. To act up in the Senior Nurse’s absence.

8. Responsible for the delivery of nursing care for a geographical area including weekends and evenings.

Working for our organisation

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Takes responsibility for a patient or a defined group of patients within their own homes or elsewhere as defined by the Senior Nurse.

2. Undertake comprehensive nursing assessments to identify the patient’s physical and environmental needs.

3. Plans, evaluates and prioritises interventions and care for patients within his/her sphere of responsibility.

4. Leads the clinical nursing management of the caseload’s most dependent patients. Determines, in liaison with the Senior Nurse the frequency, type and monitors the efficacy of patient care offered.

5. Regularly review caseload patient care, informing the Senior Nurse of any changes made.

6. Establish priorities in his/her workload – organising his/her workload to make effective use of time.

7. To act up in the Senior Nurse’s absence.

8. Responsible for the delivery of nursing care for a geographical area including weekends and evenings.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC registered or working towards
• Clinical skills and experienced in patient care
• Community Nursing experience

Knowledge and skills

• wound care management
• Administration of injections
• End of life experience
• Diabetes management
• Enhance Communication skills

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note -staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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