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Job summary

Main area
Adult Nursing
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift Pattern covering shifts between 7am and 11pm 7 days a week)
Job ref
364-A-9702
Employer
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Epping ICCCT - St Margaret's Hospital - Epping
Town
Epping
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum plus 5% Fringe HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/02/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Nurse / District Nurse

Band 5

Job overview

The post holder will be responsible for assessment of care needs, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients within the Team Leader’s sphere of care.

The post holder works without direct supervision and is responsible for nursing care for the geographical area including weekends and evenings. 

The community team of West Essex is part of the wider Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care System supporting Out of Hospital Care to support West Essex Residents.   The post holder will be working as part of the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams supporting the Epping North and LBC (Loughton, Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell) Primary Care Networks with a focus on prevention of admissions and facilitating hospital discharges

Main duties of the job

  1. Takes responsibility for a patient or a defined group of patients within their own homes or elsewhere as defined by the Senior Nurse.
  2. Undertake comprehensive nursing assessments to identify the patient’s physical and environmental needs.
  3. Plans, evaluates and prioritises interventions and care for patients within his/her sphere of responsibility.
  4. Leads the clinical nursing management of the caseload’s most dependent patients.  Determines, in liaison with the Senior Nurse the frequency, type and monitors the efficacy of patient care offered.
  5. Regularly review caseload patient care, informing the Senior Nurse of any changes made.
  6. Establish priorities in his/her workload – organising his/her workload to make effective use of time.
  7. To act up in the Senior Nurse’s absence.
  8. Responsible for the delivery of nursing care for a geographical area including weekends and evenings.
  9. 1.    Liaise with other agencies and members of Primary Health Care Team and secondary care.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

  • Season Ticket Loans
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
  • Day One Flexible Employer

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To care for patient within the community at patients home. Provide care for those at home requiring health interventions such as:

  • Wound care
  • Catheter care
  • Palliative care and End of life 
  • Medication administration
  • Diabetes management 
  • PICC Line care 
  • Phlebotomy Services

It is imperative that the applicant works professionally within their clinical scope adhering to trust policies and within NMC standards of care. 

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered General Nurse

Skills

Essential criteria
  • NMC Registered
Desirable criteria
  • Continuing Healthcare knowledge
  • Compression Bandaging SKilss
  • Palliative Care experience
  • Catheter care experience
  • Wound management

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tracy Burn
Job title
Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]