Clinic Registered Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Secondment
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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 Registered Nurse to join the Welsh Blood Service's vital blood collection team in Talbot Green. The role involves supporting senior nurses in the safe and effective collection of blood at donor clinics, providing high-quality individualized care to donors. You will develop a range of clinical skills and collection techniques, including whole blood collection. The position requires clinical leadership and participation in a comprehensive training program.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- First Aid Certificate
- Experience of working within a customer focused environment. Experience of working in a team. Experienced in dealing with sensitive or confidential matters and an understanding of how this applies to the role.
- Experience of working people at all levels.
- Good communication, written and numeracy skills. Confident in the use of automated equipment. Able to work methodically and accurately often with competing demands. Demonstrates the ability to promote and foster good working relationships within a team. Standard key board and IT skills. Ability and dexterity to undertake venepuncture.
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Ability to assess donor needs that may be complex and subject to change. Understand the role WBS plays in the wider community. Understanding of confidentiality.
- Knowledge of working in a healthcare environment
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- First Aid Certificate
- Experience of working within a customer focused environment. Experience of working in a team. Experienced in dealing with sensitive or confidential matters and an understanding of how this applies to the role.
- Experience of working people at all levels.
- Good communication, written and numeracy skills. Confident in the use of automated equipment. Able to work methodically and accurately often with competing demands. Demonstrates the ability to promote and foster good working relationships within a team. Standard key board and IT skills. Ability and dexterity to undertake venepuncture.
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Ability to assess donor needs that may be complex and subject to change. Understand the role WBS plays in the wider community. Understanding of confidentiality.
- Knowledge of working in a healthcare environment
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,557 – £39,631 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Welsh Blood Service
Clinic Registered Nurse
The closing date is 10 September 2026
Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, compassionate, forward thinking, dynamic and committed Registered Nurse looking for a new career challenge within a forward-thinking staff focused organisation?
Are you passionate and committed to the delivery of high-quality evidence-based care and continuous service improvement? If so, we have the career choice for you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 Registered Nurse within our vital blood collection team based at Talbot Green within the Welsh Blood Service. A nursing role within collection services affords staff with development of a range of clinical skills and collection techniques including whole blood collection.
Working as part of a dynamic team, the Collections Nurse role is a clinical role responsible for supporting the Senior Clinic RNs and the wider collections team in the delivery of high-quality individualised care to our lifesaving donors. As a Collections Nurse, you will be expected to provide effective and compassionate clinical leadership to ensure optimal care of donors.
The Welsh Blood Service is committed to the development of our staff and successful applicants would progress through a comprehensive training programme on a supernumerary basis to ensure you are adequately prepared with the required speciali
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