Community Nurse

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to be part of a team striving to make a difference with patient care in our community then this is the role for you.

We are looking for Community Nurses to work in our Cambridge East Nursing Team. You will be fully supported to gain new skills and experience needed to deliver high quality nursing care to patients in their own home or residential setting.

As a community nurse we will develop your wound care, palliative care, and long-term conditions knowledge and skills; supporting you to become an expert in assessment and care‑planning to deliver quality care that is caring and compassionate.

If you are looking for a new challenge, or to just progress in your career, come work with our CPFT Community Nursing Team.

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. Public transport is not acceptable.

• Have experience of working in the community.
• Are educated to RGN level.
• Can demonstrate a commitment to high quality care and service provision.
• Can work flexibly and as part of a team.
• Have the ability to assess and formulate care plans.
• Are able to teach and support student nurses and integrated care workers within your team.
• Have enhanced communication and interpersonal skills.

• Keeping the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
• Providing a high standard of care.
• Providing a high standard of nursing intervention within a patient’s own home, with access to Specialist and Advanced Practitioners when required.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

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Name:
Natasha Edwards

Job title:

Area Nurse Manager

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Telephone number:

Kate Faulkner

Clinical Lead
- Cambridge East Community Nursing Team