Community Staff Nurse - Health Visiting
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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 Community Staff Nurse within the Amersham Health Visiting team in Buckinghamshire. The successful candidate will receive bespoke training and an induction program to support their transition into the community health visiting service. While experience in health visiting is not required, knowledge of the service and safeguarding practice is essential. There may be an opportunity to apply for Health Visitor training.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of further continued professional development
- Post qualification experience in relevant speciality
- Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification
- Skills, abilities & knowledge
- Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate
- Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision
- Ability to solve problems and use initiative
- Ability to develop clinical skills
- Willingness to undergo training (e.g. medications)
- Basic IT skills
- Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
- Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care
- Willingness to develop teaching skills
- Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards
- Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision
- Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse
- Awareness of current professional nursing issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
- Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting
- Special Circumstances
- Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary
- Education & Qualifications
- Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN
- Evidence of further continued professional development
- Post qualification experience in relevant speciality
- Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification
- Skills, abilities & knowledge
- Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate
- Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision
- Ability to solve problems and use initiative
- Ability to develop clinical skills
- Willingness to undergo training (e.g. medications)
- Basic IT skills
- Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
- Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care
- Willingness to develop teaching skills
- Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards
- Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision
- Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse
- Awareness of current professional nursing issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
- Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting
- Special Circumstances
- Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary
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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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Community Staff Nurse - Health Visiting
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
How would you like to work as part of a high performing Health Visiting Service in the beautiful county of Buckinghamshire?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join the Amersham Health Visiting team.
Main duties of the job
Bespoke training will provide support and ensure competencies within the role. You will be pro-active, have good communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrate an understanding of the public health role within health visiting.An induction programme will be provided for successful candidate to support their transition into the community health visiting team. Candidates do not need to have experience of working within the health visiting service but do require knowledge and understanding of the current health visiting service and safeguarding practice. The successful applicant may have the opportunity to apply for Health Visitor training.
To meet the requirements of this post you are required to be able to drive between different community localities.
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