Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

PCN Experienced Senior Community Nurse

The closing date is 16 October 2025

Job summary

An exciting development opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Community Nurse in a new service that bridges Primary Care and Community Nursing in East Northants PCN .

This initiative aims to proactively identify and manage health needs, reduce health inequalities, and deliver tailored interventions directly in patients' homes. By focusing on early identification, prevention, and long-term condition management, the service will enhance patient outcomes, reduce practice appointments, reduce hospital admissions, and support the broader goals of integrated community care and neighbourhood working.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate significant experience in the field of Community Nursing or Primary Care, together with a genuine desire to develop both the service and yourself.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to see patients within a given geographic area and may mean that you will need to liaise with a variety of GP surgeries.

As both an organisation and a service we are actively involved both local and national innovative projects around improving quality of care, integrated working with stakeholders, designing new pathways. We have an extensive program of training and skills development available for staff and actively nominate and encourage our staff to apply for national awards and recognition, such as Queen's Nursing Institute, RCN and Nursing Times awards.

Car owner/driver and current driving license essential or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

03 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Compressed hours

Reference number

270-TG381-ACS-A

Job locations

East Northants Community Nursing Team

Wellingborough/ Thrapston

NN8 1LP

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Registered General Nurse -NMC
Accredited CPD in relevant courses (DNSPQ, Diabetes's, LTCs etc.)

Desirable

Relevant CPD that is not mandatory or role specific training to demonstrate commitment to CPD
Nurse prescriber or working towards this

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Previous experience in a primary care/community setting for 2 years.
Experience of inputting into electronic patient record

Desirable

Evidence of working at Band 6 level in the community or Primary Care
Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of good communication skills
Understanding of autonomous working and the need to prioritise.
Evidence of cross system working.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Registered General Nurse -NMC
Accredited CPD in relevant courses (DNSPQ, Diabetes's, LTCs etc.)

Desirable

Relevant CPD that is not mandatory or role specific training to demonstrate commitment to CPD
Nurse prescriber or working towards this

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Previous experience in a primary care/community setting for 2 years.
Experience of inputting into electronic patient record

Desirable

Evidence of working at Band 6 level in the community or Primary Care
Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of good communication skills
Understanding of autonomous working and the need to prioritise.
Evidence of cross system working.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.