Senior Registered Nurse - Community

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Developmental Senior Registered Community Nurse to join our North East Essex Community Nursing Service.

You will be appointed at Band 5 and complete a structured Senior Registered Nurse (SRN) Skill Passport, progressing to Band 6 Community Senior Nurse on successful completion.

This role is suited to a motivated Registered Nurse ready to develop advanced clinical, leadership and case management skills within an integrated neighbourhood team.

We provide nursing care 08:00–18:00, 7 days a week, supporting patients in their own homes. Our focus is on:

• Promoting independence and self-management
• Preventing avoidable admissions
• Delivering high-quality, evidence-based community care
  
  

You will work within a multidisciplinary team managing complex and long-term conditions.

Through The SRN Skill Passport, You Will Develop

Advanced Clinical Practice

• Complex assessment and case management
• Wound, leg ulcer and pressure ulcer care
• Catheterisation and subcutaneous medication
• Palliative and end-of-life care

Holistic diabetic care and referral triage

Leadership & Caseload Management

• Daily workload allocation
• Supporting junior staff
• Audit, governance and service improvement
  
  

Integrated Working

• MDT collaboration with GPs, social care and hospice teams
• Risk assessment and autonomous decision-making
  
  

Full training, supervision and competency assessment will be provided.

Proposed Interview Date: 24th March 2026

Be responsible for the expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidence based nursing care to meet complex health care needs to individuals and their carers within the defined caseload across the community setting

To provide ongoing nursing care and support to patients and carers, promoting the role of the nurse and clinical excellence.

To prescribe medicines within a defined clinical area according to the scope of practise and professional competence of the individual.

To support any adult who requires care at home through a diverse range of pathways which support wellness and promote independence where the patients care can only or is best delivered within the home environment

Assess, review and minimise clinical risk and avoid crisis where possible or take appropriate measures or escalation to ensure risk is both known, explored and understood by the relev

ant staff

Embrace an open approach to clinical care which upholds evidence based care and underpins the quality and governance expectations of the organisation

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.