Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Core service Hours 0800-1800hrs including weekends and bank holidays)
- Job ref
- 270-TH029-AD
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Campbell House / Manfield Court
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Community Nurses Wound Tier Service
Band 5
Job overview
Make a difference every day with Team NHFT
Are you a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse looking to develop your skills in a specialist community service? We are seeking a Band 5 Community Wound Care Nurse to join our dedicated Community Wound Service, supporting patients with complex and hard‑to‑heal wounds across Northamptonshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an Outstanding CQC-rated Trust, committed to delivering safe, high‑quality and patient-centred care. You’ll work closely with the Tissue Viability Team, senior nurses, and colleagues across our community nursing service to provide expert assessment, evidence‑based interventions and personalised care plans.
Main duties of the job
About the role
As a Community Wound Care Nurse, you will:
- Deliver complex wound care management including leg ulcer treatment and wound assessment.
- Perform and interpret Doppler assessments to support effective treatment planning.
- Provide wound care in clinic settings, patients' homes and care environments across the county.
- Educate and empower patients, families and carers to promote self-care and better outcomes.
- Maintain accurate, confidential clinical records in line with NMC and Trust standards.
- Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective patient care.
- Participate in audits, service improvement and ongoing professional development.
This role requires independent travel across Northamptonshire and the ability to carry equipment and undertake wound care in both clinic and home settings.
About you
You will be a caring, confident and enthusiastic practitioner with:
- Current NMC registration (Adult Nurse).
- Experience within community nursing and managing hard-to-heal wounds.
- Skills in leg ulcer management and Doppler assessment.
- Understanding of tissue viability principles and wound care best practice.
- Excellent communication, organisational and time‑management skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
You will demonstrate the NHFT values and leadership behaviours:
compassion, teamwork, accountability, authenticity, and a positive approach to change.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
(Please be advised that this position is subject to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021. All applicants must be eligible to work in a CQC registered Care Home and therefore must confirm that they have had a full course of an MHRA approved Covid-19 vaccination, unless exempt. Any successful applicants will be required to evidence their vaccination status as part of their pre-employment checks.)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Registrationand Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registered Adult Nurse with post Registrstion community Nursing experience experience
Desirable criteria
- Accredited university course in Wound Treatment or Tissue Viability obtained in the last 2 years
- Accredited university course in Wound Treatment or Tissue Viability obtained over 2 years ago
Post Registrstion Community Nursing Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working within a Community Nursing or Primary Care as a Registered Nurse
- Current leg ulcer assessment competency (including Doppler assessment)
Desirable criteria
- Experience using SystemOne Patient Electronic Record
- Demonstrate experience in vacuum-assisted closure dressings
- Demonstrate experience in communicating with the wider MDT
UK car driver
Essential criteria
- Uk car driver and owner
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sonia Sunner
- Job title
- Head of Service Community Nursing Pathway
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07842 321936
- Additional information
Georgina Ellis
Tissue Viability Lead Nurse
07775 912812 / 0300 027 2289
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