Community Staff Nurse (Upper Eden)
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAppleby, North West
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust based in Appleby. The advertised salary is £32,073 to £39,043. Applications close on 4 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Community Staff Nurse (Permanent) 37.50 hours per week available. An exciting Band 5 Community Staff Nurse opportunity has arisen with us in the beaut...
This role requires you to demonstrate the skills and knowledge to support the provision of high quality care, to support patients with complex nursing needs within the community setting.
This is an excellent opportunity for dedicated and committed registered nurses who are looking to develop their clinical skills and expertise in caring for patients, working closely with health and social care colleagues to prevent hospital admission, facilitate hospital discharge and promote independence through reablement and management of long term conditions.
We are able to provide an individually tailored preceptorship program to experienced nurses and also be interested to hear from newly qualified nurses, whom we could support in the development of their nursing career.
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Essential: - Level 1 registered nursing qualifications
Desirable: - Post registration qualification in teaching/assessing; - Evidence of continuous professional development to degree level or equivalent experience
Essential: - Ability to use initiative, prioritise effectively.; - Demonstrate evidence to work as part of a team.; - Demonstrable recent Nursing experience.; - Demonstrate evidence to motivate team/peers.; - Evidence of clinical/professional development.
Desirable: - Knowledge of changing health agenda and impact for community nursing; - Leadership of a team; - Recent community nursing experience
Essential: - Demonstrable understanding of the extent of the role.; - Broad knowledge base of acute and chronic conditions.; - Understanding of scope of professional practice.; - Understanding of reflective practice and its application.; - Self awareness and appreciation of limitations.; - Demonstrate ability of change management.; - Problem solving skills
Desirable: - Knowledge of changing way health services are being planned and delivered.; - Awareness of current changes in the delivery of healthcare.
Essential: - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.; - Ability to delegate effectively.; - Ability to maintain confidentiality.; - Enthusiasm and ability to work as part of a team.; - IT skills.
Desirable: - Post registration clinical skills
Essential: - Able to travel independently.; - Able to work 24/7 and flexibly across a range of in-patient and community settings.
Essential: - Promote equality and value diversity (level 3)
How this role compares
We hold 1,145 NHS vacancies in North West that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £32,073. This role pays less than about 60% of them.
There are 12,688 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,530 of them in North West.
You have 14 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 54 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust has 70 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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