Community Staff Nurse - Ross On Wye DN Team (Fixed Term Contract)

Wye Valley; Ross-on-Wye; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse for the Ross-on-Wye District Nursing Team. This fixed term, part-time post (30 hours per week) covers 12 months, with shifts across 7 days 08:00–20:00. Salary £32,073–£39,043 per year pro rata.

The post supports home-based care and MDT collaboration in the Ross-On-Wye locality. The role requires holding RN1 and NMC registration, with experience in community settings, palliative care and managing long-term conditions.

Qualifications

• RN1 registration with NMC is essential.
• Health and safety awareness is required for community settings.
• Experience in palliative care and long term condition management is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide treatment and support to patients in their own homes.
• Conduct holistic nursing assessments and promote patient independence.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care and enable timely discharges.
• Maintain accurate records and support wound/clinc services as needed.

Skills

Health and Safety awareness

Palliative Care

Long term conditions

Education

RN1

Registered with NMC

Job description

Community Staff Nurse - Ross On Wye DN Team (Fixed Term Contract)

Band 5

Main area South West Locality Grade Band 5 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (Shifts across 7 days 08.00 - 20.00) Job ref 229-IC-8404199

Site Ross District Nursing Team Town Ross On Wye Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

If we receive a large volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidates for a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse post.

We have a part time, fixed term post for 12 months Band 5 available.

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.

Main duties of this role include, but are not limited to;

• - Palliative care
• - Wound care
• - Managing end of life symptoms and providing support for relatives/carers
• - Managing long term conditions in a community environment
• - CVAD and drain management
• - Chemotherapy disconnect
• - Holistic assessments
• - Post operative care following discharge
• - Wound clinic service
• - Venous blood samples

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach our potential.”

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• RN1
• Registered with NMC

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Health and Safety awareness
• Palliative Care
• Long term conditions

Experience

• Community experience

Personal Attributes

• Flexibility to meet the changing demands of the Organization
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• 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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.