Community Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a compassionate Registered Nurse to provide community care to patients in their homes across Taunton, Wellington, and Wiveliscombe. You will manage complex health issues, collaborate with other disciplines, and work closely with the Hospital @ Home and Rapid Response teams. The position involves developing a broad range of nursing skills, making autonomous clinical decisions, and creating holistic care plans, with comprehensive training provided.
Key responsibilities
- Provide care to patients in their homes, managing a range of complex health issues.
- Collaborate with various other disciplines and work closely with the Hospital @ Home team and Rapid Response.
- Develop a broad range of nursing skills, including IV medication administration, palliative and end-of-life care, complex wound management, catheter and continence care, diabetes management, PICC line care, medication administration, and drain tube management.
- Make autonomous clinical decisions and create holistic care plans with support from colleagues and Team Leaders.
Essential criteria
- Appropriately registered with the Professional body as per post requirements,
- Relevant degree or equivalent qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional development and to have undertaken post registration training
- Substantial experience in the required setting
- Demonstrate clinical and managerial leadership ability
- Experience of working in multi-agency services.
- Ability to undertake the higher level clinical skills required for the specialist area
- Experience of mentoring
Desirable criteria
- Leadership/management programme or prepared to undertake a course
- Non- Medical Prescriber
- Coaching and/or mentorship training
- Substantial experience in the required setting
- Demonstrate clinical and managerial leadership ability
- Experience of working in multi-agency services.
- Ability to undertake the higher level clinical skills required for the specialist area
- Experience of mentoring
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Community Nurse
The closing date is 09 September 2026
Job summary
Are you a compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) seeking a new opportunity? We haveCommunity Staff Nursepositions available within the team, based at Harrison House.
Our service covers the urban and rural areas of Taunton, Wellington and Wiveliscombe. The usual working patterns are day shifts covering 8am-4pm, 9am-5pm or 10am-6pm. You'll also work one twilight shift per week (2pm-10pm) and weekend cover on a rota which include additional unsocial hours enhanced payments. There are a separate night team. We offer flexible working solutions where possible to ensure a work-life balance.
You'll need to be a car driver with your own vehicle to visit patients.We offer a generous mileage allowance to cover the use of your car for NHS business, which includes both mileage and depreciation.
If you're a qualified RN looking for a rewarding challenge to advance your nursing career, join our friendly, and highly skilled team of nurses and support staff. We also welcome applications from newly qualified nurses,where we can offer you preceptorship to support and guide you in your new role.
Main duties of the job
As a community RN, you'll provide care to patients in their homes, managing a range of complex health issues and collaborating with various other disciplines.
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