• Job Description

  Req#: C9197-25-0620?language=en&page=139&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Please click here to see a video on our community nursing team:

  District Nursing Recruitment Video

  Lewisham and Greenwich NHS trust has an exciting opportunity for dedicated Community Staff Nurses to join the Adult Community Nursing Service delivering services to patients in their own homes in one of our 4 local neighbourhoods.

  Main duties of the job

  As no two days are the same in the community, you will be able to work with a high degree of autonomy and professional accountability where the work you do makes a real difference to your patients and those important to them, in line with our trust values.

  The aim of our service is to enable patients to stay at home longer and leave hospitals faster maximising their potential for independence and wellbeing. To succeed in this goal, our community teams work closely with members of the wider multi-disciplinary teams to plan and deliver complex care.

  About us

  Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

  1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
  2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
  3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
  4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
  5. Making equalities mainstream

  Details

  Date posted

  26 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum plus HCA

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  197-AJ6949

  Job locations

  Lewisham Borough Health Centres

  London

  SE13 6LH

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The two shift patterns for the role: 08.00 16.00 and 12.00 20.00, with weekends on rota

  A driving license and access to a vehicle is necessary for this role.

  We would encourage you to get in touch with us prior to application to hear all about our community teams and how you can get involved.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The two shift patterns for the role: 08.00 16.00 and 12.00 20.00, with weekends on rota

  A driving license and access to a vehicle is necessary for this role.

  We would encourage you to get in touch with us prior to application to hear all about our community teams and how you can get involved.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Training

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse - Adult on the Nursing and Midwifery Register
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • To meet the numeracy literacy and clinical competency requirements of the role

  Desirable

  • Evidence of other post registration education and training
  • Clinical specific post registration courses such as; wound, diabetes, continence care, including leg ulcer management and/or other nursing interventions

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of communicating and working in partnership with other professionals and agencies

  Desirable

  • Teaching experience including facilitating groups for delivering health promotion
  • Experience of working in a community setting

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Knowledge of current reforms and developments in community care
  • Understands the importance of promoting self care and rehabilitation for the housebound patient
  • Knowledge and awareness of principles of audit, research and clinical governance
  • Understands the value of timely record keeping and accurate recording of nursing interventions

  Skills and Attributes

  Essential

  • Ability to develop SMART care plans to deliver quality nursing care to patients

  Desirable

  • Ability to deliver a broad range of practical nursing tasks to monitor and manage patients' conditions Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to use own initiative, work autonomously as well as in a team

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Training

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse - Adult on the Nursing and Midwifery Register
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • To meet the numeracy literacy and clinical competency requirements of the role

  Desirable

  • Evidence of other post registration education and training
  • Clinical specific post registration courses such as; wound, diabetes, continence care, including leg ulcer management and/or other nursing interventions

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of communicating and working in partnership with other professionals and agencies

  Desirable

  • Teaching experience including facilitating groups for delivering health promotion
  • Experience of working in a community setting

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Knowledge of current reforms and developments in community care
  • Understands the importance of promoting self care and rehabilitation for the housebound patient
  • Knowledge and awareness of principles of audit, research and clinical governance
  • Understands the value of timely record keeping and accurate recording of nursing interventions

  Skills and Attributes

  Essential

  • Ability to develop SMART care plans to deliver quality nursing care to patients

  Desirable

  • Ability to deliver a broad range of practical nursing tasks to monitor and manage patients' conditions Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to use own initiative, work autonomously as well as in a team

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

  Address

  Lewisham Borough Health Centres

  London

  SE13 6LH

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

  Address

  Lewisham Borough Health Centres

  London

  SE13 6LH

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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