Community Staff Nurse - Ross On Wye DN Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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 is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse to join the dedicated Ross-On-Wye District Nursing Team. The role involves providing holistic nursing care and support to patients in their own homes, aiming to encourage independence and prevent hospital admissions. Key duties include palliative care, wound care, managing long-term conditions, and performing holistic assessments. The team works closely with multi-disciplinary teams and provides a wound clinic service.
Essential criteria
- RN1
- Registered with NMC
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Health and Safety awareness
- Good Computer skills particularly Microsoft packages
Desirable criteria
- Wound Care
- Palliative Care
- Long term conditions
- Community experience
- Personal Attributes
- Flexibility to meet the changing demands of the Organization
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to negotiate and influence, in difficult situations.
- Good time management and ability to meet deadlines.
- Assertiveness and confidence.
- Other Factors
- Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
- Education & Qualifications
- RN1
- Registered with NMC
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Health and Safety awareness
- Good Computer skills particularly Microsoft packages
- Wound Care
- Palliative Care
- Long term conditions
- Community experience
- Personal Attributes
- Flexibility to meet the changing demands of the Organization
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to negotiate and influence, in difficult situations.
- Good time management and ability to meet deadlines.
- Assertiveness and confidence.
- Other Factors
- Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
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 - Ross On Wye DN Team
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidates for a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse post.
The key principles of Wye Valley Trust are to improve the health and well-being of the people we serve in Herefordshire and surrounding areas. We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our wonderful District Nursing Team.
The Ross-On-wye District Nursing Team are a very supportive and dedicated team, we are an incredibly engaging, positive and hard-working team, providing care and support to patients in their own homes.
We work closely with Golden Valley DN Team and often work as a locality where needed.
We work closely with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, including GP's, Palliative Care Nurses, Therapy Teams, and Advanced Clinical Practitioners. Ross DN Team also provide a wound clinic service based at the Community Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Our aim is to provide treatment and support to patients in their own homes. Whilst undertaking a holistic nursing assessment, we aim to encourage patients to remain as independent as possible, in order to prevent hospital admissions.
Due to the nature of this role, lone working and the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post are essential.
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