Community Staff Nurse - City
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a fixed-term Band 5 Community Staff Nurse position within the Hereford City District Nursing Team. The role involves providing nursing care to housebound patients and running a District Nurse Clinic for non-housebound patients requiring specific skills. You will support patients towards self-management, educate them on lifestyle changes, and provide end-of-life care in liaison with hospice teams. The role requires electronic record-keeping on EMIS, with training provided.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality in all of the role
- IT literate (including Microsoft office) and willing to learn new systems
- Good communication skills both written and verbal with patients and across the MDT
- To be able to plan and deliver person centred care
- Working in a range of clinical settings
Desirable criteria
- Working in a community setting
- Education & Qualifications
- Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality in all of the role
- IT literate (including Microsoft office) and willing to learn new systems
- Good communication skills both written and verbal with patients and across the MDT
- To be able to plan and deliver person centred care
- Working in a range of clinical settings
- Working in a community setting
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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Wye Valley NHS Trust
Community Staff Nurse - City
The closing date is 09 September 2026
Job summary
Hereford City District Nursing Team
Due to the current post holder being successful in obtaining a place of the DN Specialist Practitioner Course at Birmingham University we are able to offer a fixed term Band 5 community nurse post.
Have you always wondered what community nursing entails? Would you like a new challenge or have you had experience on the community and wish to pursue it as a career, then this is an opportunity for you. Due to the promotion of the current post holder we have a full time Band 5 community staff nurse vacancy within City District Nursing Team. As a Community Nurse you will become highly skilled in many different areas using many extended clinical skills and where no two days are the same.
The team supports patients registered with the 2 Primary Care Networks which are co-located in the City of Herefordshire. It is a large team with a caseload of around 850 patients, this allows a higher level of support for staff new to the community, allowing supervision for competency achievement.
Our base is at Belmont and we share a large office with neighbourhood team therapists which enables excellent levels of communication regarding shared patient care and concerns.
Main duties of the job
Most of our work is with housebound patients but,
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