A permanent Band 5 Community Staff Nurse post with North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, working in the Eden Integrated Care Community across the Eden Valley. The core of the work is complex nursing care in the community, aimed at preventing hospital admission, supporting discharge, and managing long-term conditions through reablement. Shifts run between 8.30am and 11pm on a rotational basis with weekend cover, and the role spans in-patient and community settings. Sponsorship may not be available, so check visa eligibility before applying.
What the job involves
- Provide high-quality care to patients with complex nursing needs in the community
- Prevent hospital admission and facilitate hospital discharge
- Promote independence through reablement
- Manage long-term conditions
- Work closely with health and social care colleagues
- Work as part of the community team in the Eden Integrated Care Community
What’s required
Qualifications
- Level 1 registered nursing qualification
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
Experience
- Demonstrable recent nursing experience
- Evidence of working as part of a team
- Evidence of motivating team or peers
- Evidence of clinical or professional development
Skills & knowledge
- Broad knowledge of acute and chronic conditions
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to use initiative and prioritise effectively
- Ability to delegate effectively
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- IT skills
Checks & eligibility
- DBS disclosure check
Other
- Able to travel independently
- Able to work 24/7 and flexibly across in-patient and community settings
- Promote equality and value diversity (level 3)
Nice to have
- Post-registration qualification in teaching or assessing
- Evidence of continuous professional development to degree level or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of the changing health agenda and its impact on community nursing
- Leadership of a team
- Recent community nursing experience
- Understanding of changing ways health services are planned and delivered
- Awareness of current changes in the delivery of healthcare
- Post-registration clinical skills
What’s offered
- 27 days' holiday rising to 33 after 10 years
- Flexible working scheme
- NHS discounts (subject to eligibility)
- Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work (subject to eligibility)
- Development opportunities (subject to eligibility)
- Competitive NHS pension scheme
- Free, confidential counselling and information service via Vivup
- Twelve-month preceptorship for new-to-registration nurses
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
