Community Staff Nurse | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Cambridge, CB1 3DQ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Sept 2026
Closing date:	7 Oct 2026

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Summary

The Out Hours Community Nursing Team are looking for a B5 to join the team.

Do you want an exciting and interesting job with a great career potential?

Do you aspire to make a real positive contribution toward nursing in the community and working within the Countywide Out of Hours Team ?

The Out of Hours Community Nursing Team across Cambridgeshire is currently offering opportunity for a B5 Nurse within CPFT across the county working in Cambridge Huntingdon, Peterborough .

We provide a service 7 days a week, working closely with other community services and PCN’s to provide high standard holistic care to the population of Cambridgeshire .

All staff will be expected to work the following shift patterns to support the service over a 7 day period

Twilight Shift 1800-2400

Night shift 2145-08:15

You will have the opportunity to develop yourself, with extensive learning and development opportunities.

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

As a Community Staff Nurse, you will be working as an autonomous practitioner within the out of hours countywide team.

You will provide high standard of nursing care and interventions within the patient’s own home, with support from team leaders.

The patient will be at the centre of the care being provided, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.

You will be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines. Patient needs will be identified through holistic nursing.

You will have opportunity to provide support and education to peers, new staff and students.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work.

• To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines.

• To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate.

• To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.

• Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks

• To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication, e.g. hearing loss, diminished sight, depression, speech problems, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems and pain.

• To work effectively within the Out of Hours Team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies by attending MDT meetings, case reviews.

• To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and NMC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate.

• To inform/update all members of the multi-disciplinary team, service users and appropriate others, of changes involving current care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient.

• To ensure that medications are stored and recorded according to the rules relating to the drugs policy of CPFT.

This advert closes on Monday 21 Sep 2026

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