Community Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 24
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
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 a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse role within the countywide night nursing team, working 24 hours over three nights (23:00 - 07:30). The team supports patients in their own homes across Worcestershire, aiming to prevent hospital admissions and support early discharge. The role involves responding to unplanned referrals, including palliative care, wound care, medication administration, and initial patient assessments. You will work doubled up with a Health Care Assistant and receive a comprehensive induction.
Essential criteria
- Experience gained during Pre-Registration training.
Desirable criteria
- 2 years post registration experience.
- Community nursing experience.
- Experience of management of caseloads.
- Registered Nurse (RN1).
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
- Accredited courses in palliative care, tissue viability, Diabetes.
- Mentor award.
- Skills and Abilities
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role modelling good behaviour that supports team working.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Basic IT skills.
- Flexible, lateral thinker.
- Reflective practitioner.
- Proven ability to motivate others.
- Able to work competently without supervision and set own priorities.
- Responsible for own professional development.
- Ability to understand professional and ethical issues.
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
- Variety of evidence based clinical skills.
- Confidence to teach student nurses, trainee nursing associates, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Understanding of evidence-based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance.
- Competence in male and suprapubic catheterisation.
- Venepuncture and IV therapy.
- Cannulation.
- Management of syringe drivers.
- Additional Criteria
- Versatile and adaptable.
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
- Team player.
- Able to cope under pressure.
- Compassion and empathy skills.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
- Willingness to undertake further training.
- Experience gained during Pre-Registration training.
- 2 years post registration experience.
- Community nursing experience.
- Experience of management of caseloads.
- Registered Nurse (RN1).
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
- Accredited courses in palliative care, tissue viability, Diabetes.
- Mentor award.
- Skills and Abilities
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role modelling good behaviour that supports team working.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Basic IT skills.
- Flexible, lateral thinker.
- Reflective practitioner.
- Proven ability to motivate others.
- Able to work competently without supervision and set own priorities.
- Responsible for own professional development.
- Ability to understand professional and ethical issues.
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
- Variety of evidence based clinical skills.
- Confidence to teach student nurses, trainee nursing associates, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Understanding of evidence-based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance.
- Competence in male and suprapubic catheterisation.
- Venepuncture and IV therapy.
- Cannulation.
- Management of syringe drivers.
- Additional Criteria
- Versatile and adaptable.
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
- Team player.
- Able to cope under pressure.
- Compassion and empathy skills.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
- Willingness to undertake further training.
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.
Posted 11d ago · Closes in 5d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
Part time 24
hours 23:00 -0730 over three nights
This role
as a band 5 Community Staff Nurse will be within the countywide night
nursing team working 23:00 07:30 over 3 nights. The team is a countywide team
which is centrally based in Droitwich with satellite bases in Evesham,
Bromsgrove and Kidderminster, (this post is primarily based in Droitwich
covering the county of Worcestershire) they visit patients in their own home
and support them in remaining at home, preventing admission to hospital and
supporting early discharge from hospital. The post is all worked as unsocial
hours hence picking up pay enhancements for all hours worked which makes this
post more attractive. more money for less hours!!
These
working hours offer perfect work life balance particularly if you have a young
family, you will have the daytime to enjoy hobbies and activities but remain in
a progressive career. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care
to patients across Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to
develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual
professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support. If
you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in
touch with Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of
the advert.
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