Community Matron

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Band 7
Main area Nurse Grade Band 7 Contract 12 months (Fixed term or secondment until 22nd February 2027)
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job  
Site Camborne Health Office Town Camborne Salary £47,810 - £54,710 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 14/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 20/01/2026.

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

• Great Care
  • Care based on what matters to people.
  • Care provided at home or close to home.
  • Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
  • Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
• Great Organisation
  • Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
  • Technology enabled care.
  • Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
  • Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
• Great People
  • A place people love to work and feel valued.
  • Living our values with staff (all voices count).
  • Attract, grow and develop talent.
  • Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
• Great Partner
  • Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
  • Joined‑up community services.
  • Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
  • Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part‑time or another flexible pattern.

In addition, although the role advertised may have a home office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are looking for a Senior Nurse, experienced working with patients in the community with complex long‑term conditions. Covering a secondment you will join with our North Kerrier Community Matrons/Long‑term Conditions Nurses who, as part of the wider Community Nursing Team, work closely across Adult Community Services, Adult Social Care and Primary Care, using enhanced clinical skills to enable patients to remain independent at home for as long as possible and with the aim of reducing the risk of avoidable hospital admissions.

We are looking for someone who has completed the HEAB 358 Advancing Practice in Long Term Conditions Management module or the equivalent. The post holder should be an independent prescriber or working towards this qualification.

The post holder will need a high level of communication, problem‑solving and decision‑making skills. An ability to manage risk appropriately and collaboratively is essential.

This is an exciting opportunity as you will be expected to work in partnership with others to develop, take forward and evaluate direction, policies and strategies as we seek to expand our proactive frailty approach within the North Kerrier Neighbourhood Team.

• Ability to take a comprehensive history, perform a systematic physical examination and establish baseline data to inform the development of a comprehensive and personalised care plan.

• Integrate care across all care settings; preventing duplication, fragmentation and delay occurring as patients move between care settings.

• Establish the dynamic process of understanding, reflecting, active listening and checking understanding, thus developing a therapeutic relationship with patients and their carers.

• Provide the knowledge, and utilise coaching to empower patients and families to make informed decisions and participate in care planning.

• Play an active role in disseminating knowledge about chronic disease and its management within the Community Nursing Team, mentoring students as required and developing education for other colleagues.

• Contribute to the development of policies, procedures and guidelines, ensuring they are implemented and monitored.

• Develop at least one special area of expertise to be seen as a…