Community Staff Nurse | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	12 June 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	12 July 2025
Location:	Thatcham, RG18 3HD
Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7274431/371-CHS1024-A

Summary

An exciting career opportunityhas arisen for aCommunity Staff Nurseto join the West Berkshire Community Nursingteam.


Within the community we are seeing more complex and acute patients than ever before, with increasingly specialist treatment and care being provided by highly skilled staff.


Working within our Community Nursing Team you will support, assess, and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality,evidence basedpractice.You will havea passion and enthusiasm to care for patients in their own homes.


The Community Nursing service offers care to patients in their own homes, 7 days a week, 08.30 – 19.00, inclusive of Bank Holidays.


The service has a wide range of skill mix fromBand 3 Healthcare assistants, through to band 7 Community Matrons.


You will have a commitment to providing holistic care to patients in their own homes, be able to work on you own initiative and work well within a team. Key clinical skills include complex wound care, bladder & bowel management, palliative & end of life care,as well asmedication administration.


You will receive support into the role through induction, training and beyond. There will be opportunities for personal development and career progression if desired.



Newly qualified or about to qualify this could the role for you.

• To work in conjunction with the Team Leader/ Community Nursing Band 6/ Community Matron and all staff within the team to holistically assess the needs of patients and carers, and to work in partnership with the patient and family to plan, implement and evaluate programmes of nursing care.

• To be able to undertake first visits and take any immediate action, reporting back to the Team Leader/Community Nursing Band 6/Community Matron for further discussion and/or assessment.

• Toestablishworking relationships with other professionals and voluntary agencies to achieve health aims.

• To undertake practice assessor and supervisor training support students andnew staffto the service.

• Provide care according to the available evidence of best practice and the support of others in the development ofevidence basedpractice.

• To be actively involved in promoting self-care for patients and building Health Promotion into care.

• To develop andparticipatein planned teaching programmes for patients,

• Todemonstrateknowledge and skills including assessment, reassessment, medication management, bladder bowel care, tissue viability, care, use and administration of treatment using specialist equipment, palliativecareand symptom control, managing acute episodes of care, reducing hospital admissions, as per band 5 competency document.



Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.

The 4 “must haves” for you to be considered for this role: 

1. Registered General Nurse (RGN), NMCregistration. 

1. Well developedwritten and verbal communication skills

1. Ability to assess,plan,implementand evaluatecare.

1. Able to work flexibly across 7 days servicerequirement


For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.



We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call:Sian Banwell,sian banwell@berkshire.nhs.ukTel07971314572or Helen Daw,helen.daw@berkshire.nhs.uk,Tel 07717507360who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.


This advert closes on Thursday 19 Jun 2025

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