Registered Nurse - Community | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 March 2026 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 9YQ |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7835246/432-HR1332-25 |
Summary
We are seeking a motivated Band 5 Community Registered Nurse to join our integrated Community Nursing Service in North East Essex.
This role offers the opportunity to deliver high-quality, patient-centred nursing care within patients’ own homes, supporting independence and preventing avoidable hospital admissions. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary neighbourhood team, managing a varied and rewarding caseload across the community setting
Our service operates 08:00–18:00, 7 days a week.
You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating evidence-based nursing care, including:
· Complex wound care and pressure ulcer management
· Leg ulcer care and Doppler assessment
· Catheterisation (male/female/suprapubic)
· IV, subcutaneous and intramuscular medication administration
· PICC/Hickman line management
· Palliative and end-of-life care including syringe drivers and symptom control
· Continence and bowel management
· Supporting referrals and coordinating multi-agency care
You will work autonomously while being supported by senior colleagues, and will contribute to clinical governance, audit and service improvement
We are committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality community care, supporting professional development and career progression, collaborative integrated working and making time matter for patients and staff
Proposed Interview Date; 23rd March 2026
To take responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating evidence based care for patients.
To provide ongoing nursing care and support to patients and carers, promoting the role of the nurse and clinical excellence.
To identify patients whose conditions become unstable and liaise with doctors and acute services appropriately.
To network with other professionals in order to co-ordinate a multi-disciplinary approach to care provision.
To be responsible for multi-agency care documentation in line with current practice.
To ensure that patients are able to make an informed choice about their current and future care needs.
Ensure that care is patient centred and confidentiality is maintained in line with Trust policy.
To prioritise own workload and work autonomously when necessary.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Mar 2026