Bank Band 5 Registered Nurse Associate - North Wiltshire

HCRG Care Group; Westbury; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading community health organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Bank Band 5 Registered Nurse to join their Clinical Team. The role involves coordinating patient care, providing advanced clinical skills, and advocating for patients within a progressive work environment. Candidates should be registered nurses with experience in community settings. Opportunities for professional development and a commitment to high clinical standards are essential.

Benefits

Free statutory and mandatory training

Access to professional development courses

Innovative working culture

Qualifications

• Experience in elderly care, frailty, or community services.
• Good communication skills, including IT literacy.
• Knowledge of the community environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating specialist interventions for timely patient care.
• Providing evidence-based advanced clinical skills.
• Managing clinical caseload and advocating for patients.

Skills

Autonomous work

Excellent communication

Ability to adapt

IT skills

Education

Registered Nurse

Tools

SystemONE

Job description

Benefits

• Free statutory and mandatory training, access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in‑house opportunities for professional development
• Innovative forward‑thinking culture with opportunities to propose ideas and apply for national funding to drive initiatives locally, benefiting patients and service users
• Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards; services rated good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission. As a Nurse you will work with a good degree of independence, carrying out tasks and responsibilities delegated by the lead clinician and play an important part of the team in meeting the needs of patients in community settings, initially focusing on those referred through the 2‑hour Urgent Community Response (UCR) and later supporting broader referral pathways

Responsibilities

As a Bank Band 5 Registered Nurse you will be a valued member of the Clinical Team, working across organisational boundaries to bring together the strengths of both acute and community services. Your key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating specialist interventions for people who might otherwise require hospital care or who need timely support to leave emergency departments safely; managing your clinical caseload and ensuring smooth coordination of care throughout each patient's journey
• Clinical practice – providing evidence‑based advanced clinical skills to support appropriate patient care under the guidance of a registered clinician. This includes assessing patients, interpreting tests within your scope of practice, planning care, recognising early signs of deterioration, responding promptly, escalating when needed, and documenting your actions clearly
• Management – organising your time and workload effectively, advocating for patients, managing your caseload day‑to‑day, offering advice and treatment recommendations, working closely with clinicians in the Virtual Ward team, and contributing to supervision
• Leadership – serving as a positive role model for colleagues, promoting collaborative working, challenging traditional boundaries in a supportive way while upholding high standards of quality, safety and professional practice
• Supporting the learning environment – demonstrating commitment to your own professional development and supporting the learning of colleagues and student nurses
• Continuous improvement – noticing areas where practice can be strengthened and contributing to improvement efforts within a Just Culture that values reflection and learning

Positions & Scheduling

Requests for duty – staff can request shifts or days off up to six weeks in advance to promote a better work‑life balance and accommodate personal commitments.

The post is based at either Chippenham, Malmesbury or Savernake Hospital and works Monday‑Sunday 8am‑6pm (shorter shifts are considered).

Qualifications

• Registered nurse
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Experienced in the use of NEWS2 diagnostic tool and when to escalati​e
• Contribute to the development of others, supervising and teaching, mentoring, including student nurses
• Previous experience in elderly care, frailty, community services or a relevant acute care speciality
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to adapt to the demands of a constantly changing environment
• Good IT skills
• Work within the NMC code of conduct
• Knowledge of the community environment
• Good communication skills including IT literacy and knowledge of computer systems
• Undertake evidence‑based clinical practice
• Experience of caring for people with long‑term conditions
• Experience of pressure ulcer prevention
• Awareness of self‑neglect, safeguarding and abusive situations to be the patient’s advocate
• Ability to be an effective team member and awareness of team dynamics
• Work within the boundaries of legislation, policies, procedures, and standards

Desirable Qualifications

• Knowledge of clinical systems such as SystemONE

Other Requirements

• Clean driving licence, car driver, access to a vehicle for daily use

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services. Working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes, we deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year, guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people. We’re a Disability‑Confident and Committed company, and we provide facilities, work‑environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.