L&B Bank Community Nurse - Band 5
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a Bank Band 5 Community Nurse role within the South Locality District Nursing Team in Tower Hamlets, covering the Luton and Bedfordshire area. The successful candidate will provide high-quality nursing care to patients, working within an integrated service alongside physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and other healthcare professionals. The role involves assessing, planning, and implementing care plans with an emphasis on promoting independent living and evidence-based practice. Support and development for staff are key goals of the service.
Key responsibilities
- Provide high quality nursing care to patients who reside in the Luton and Bedfordshire area.
- Work closely with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Care Navigators, Mental Health Liaison Nurse and Psychologist.
- Collaborate with local General Practices and other statutory and non-statutory services.
- Conduct clinically robust assessment and treatment plans for new admissions.
- Promote independent living through holistic, evidence-based care.
Essential criteria
- RGN
- Good organizational Skills and ability to priories work and delegate effectively to the team
- Experience of working in a multi professional team and lead across organization to achieve high patient outcomes.
- Assess plan and implement a plan of care for individual patients
- Ability to liaise effectively with members of the Primary care team
- Ability to organize and deliver high standards of evidence based clinical nursing care
- Understanding and knowledge of the complex needs and long term conditions management.
- Knowledge of current professional issues facing nursing
- Knowledge of community nursing practice and current legislation.
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues and the protection of adults.
- Knowledge of information governance and the responsibility
Desirable criteria
- DN Cert/Dip/Degree
- Non-Medical Prescriber V300
- Nurse Formulary prescriber V100
- Advanced history taking and physical assessment course
- Able to professionally and personally develop oneself and other team members.
- Knowledge of agencies and organisations within the primary care systems that can be utilized to gain optimum care for a patien
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £35,964 – £43,780 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 11d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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East London NHS Foundation Trust
L&B Bank Community Nurse - Band 5
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
Role : L&B Bank Band 5 Community Nurse
Are you a Newly Qualified band 5 registered nurse or an experienced nurse that is looking for your next career move?
Do you want to make a difference? Then why not join the South Locality District Nursing Team in Tower Hamlets. We are looking for adult community registered nurses to cover a bank role within the Trust.
As a Bank Band 5 Community Nurse you will be providing high quality nursing care to patients who reside in the Luton and Bedfordshire area.
Main duties of the job
Our team is an established integrated service. This will give you the opportunity to work closely with our Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Care Navigators, Mental Health Liaison Nurse and Psychologist. Our service is also supported by a team of experienced administrators. You will also have the opportunity to work closely with the local General Practices, and other statutory and non-statutory services to meet the health and social needs of this local population. The integration and collaboration of all these disciplines and services allows all new admissions to our service to have a clinically robust assessment and treatment plan, with an emphasis to promote independent living, that is holistic, evidence based
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