Community Nurses | Essex Partnership University NHS Trust

What do Community Nurses do?

Community nursing has transformed over the years, providing care that helps prevent hospital stays and allows people to receive support in the comfort of their own homes.

This could involve:

Treating and caring for people in a safe environment
Enhancing quality of life for people with long-term conditions
Providing palliative care
Wound care
Preventing the deterioration of health

What do you need to join us?

You need:

A NMC UK Registration
Hold a full valid UK driving licence
Own a car

As well as these, there are certain qualities we look for in Community Nurses:

Confident and able to cope in potentially challenging situations

Takes a holistic, person-centred approach to care.

Considers the persons other health conditions and social issues.

Ready to develop their skills, knowledge and career.

What our team have to say about working in Community Nursing:

Become a Healthcare Community Leader

Being the role model – leading by example, is important part of nurses role. Being proactive and professional when providing advice, guidance and support in clinical practice. To work in collaboration with the trust, universities and social care – which is in line with the NHS Long Term Plan 2019 vision.

Represent EPUT and our service at:

Primary Care Network Meetings
South East Essex Frailty Networks
Local End of Care Networks
South East Essex Respiratory networks
others when necessary

The work requires community nurses to be proactive and responsive in managing both long term and short-term patients. The patients are now more complex, and their needs often require the potential for collaborative working.

The community Nurse role is both - preventative and supportive and plays a crucial role in the primary health care team.

Community nurses assess complex patients, putting plans into place alongside other MDT professionals to maintain patients at home and prevent hospital admission.

They provide specialist advice in community nursing and to be the interface with primary and acute care.