# Community Nursing Sister - Golden Valley > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nursing-sister-golden-valley/b34b6746-8f29-46cf-ab66-871a5dd402c8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nursing-sister-golden-valley/b34b6746-8f29-46cf-ab66-871a5dd402c8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust - **Town:** Hereford - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifts across 7 days 08.00 - 20.00) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T10:31:27.771Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Golden_Valley/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/District_Nursing/District_Nursing-v8048065 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8048065?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are the Golden Valley District Nursing Team, a dedicated team providing excellent planned and unplanned nursing care to patients in their own homes. We aim to deliver high quality care to improve health & wellbeing and to support our patients to remain living at home. We pride ourselves in being hard-working and a small knit supportive Team. We’re seeking to recruit a permanent 37.5 hour a week  Band 6 District Nursing Sister who shares our passion for caring for people in their own homes and strives towards excellence in community nursing. It is desirable for this post that the successful candidate will hold the Specialist Practitioner Qualification in District Nursing. We’re keen to recruit a colleague with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities: - Compassion - we work closely with patients and their families to ensure care is holistic, person-centred and patient-focussed. - Accountability – we work in partnership with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, including GP's, Palliative Care Nurses, Therapy Teams, - Respect  - we foster good working  environments and want our staff to feel safe, supported and empowered. - Excellence – we work closely with the Quality Matron and Advanced Care Practitioners to support complex patient care. Do you share these values? If so, read on… ### Main duties of the job As a district nursing sister you will hold an individual caseload delivering a wide range of nursing interventions such as, but not limited to CVAD , EOL care, drain management and catheter care. In addition you will support junior team members with more complex nursing interventions on the team’s shared caseload. You will be expected to undertake senior reviews of complex patients within their own home and co-ordinate care appropriately. You will provide clinical supervision for those within the team as appropriate and utilise your leadership skills to enhance and develop knowledge and skills of staff. You will work closely with your designated GP practice, attend multidisciplinary  meetings and work in partnership with our health and social  care colleagues to provide optimal care plans for our complex patients. We are a busy service and caseloads are reflective of this.  Golden Valley covers one of the largest geographical areas. This requires you to have good organisational skills, an ability to work independently and flexibility to support the needs of the service. You will be able to demonstrate excellent nursing skills, ability to motivate others and work well as part of a small team. You will be required to work weekends and bank holidays as part of a rota and cover late shifts until 8pm. The role involves visiting patients at home in a rural setting and you therefore must be able to drive and have access to a car. There are opportunities for lease cars. ### 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. ## Job Details We are the Golden Valley District Nursing Team, a dedicated team providing excellent planned and unplanned nursing care to patients in their own homes. We aim to deliver high quality care to improve health & wellbeing and to support our patients to remain living at home. We pride ourselves in being hard-working and a small knit supportive Team. We’re seeking to recruit a permanent 37.5 hour a week Band 6 District Nursing Sister who shares our passion for caring for people in their own homes and strives towards excellence in community nursing. It is desirable for this post that the successful candidate will hold the Specialist Practitioner Qualification in District Nursing. We’re keen to recruit a colleague with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities: Compassion - we work closely with patients and their families to ensure care is holistic, person-centred and patient-focussed. Accountability – we work in partnership with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, including GP's, Palliative Care Nurses, Therapy Teams, Respect - we foster good working environments and want our staff to feel safe, supported and empowered. Excellence – we work closely with the Quality Matron and Advanced Care Practitioners to support complex patient care. Do you share these values? If so, read on… ## Job Description As a district nursing sister you will hold an individual caseload delivering a wide range of nursing interventions such as, but not limited to CVAD , EOL care, drain management and catheter care. In addition you will support junior team members with more complex nursing interventions on the team’s shared caseload. You will be expected to undertake senior reviews of complex patients within their own home and co-ordinate care appropriately. You will provide clinical supervision for those within the team as appropriate and utilise your leadership skills to enhance and develop knowledge and skills of staff. You will work closely with your designated GP practice, attend multidisciplinary meetings and work in partnership with our health and social care colleagues to provide optimal care plans for our complex patients. We are a busy service and caseloads are reflective of this. Golden Valley covers one of the largest geographical areas. This requires you to have good organisational skills, an ability to work independently and flexibility to support the needs of the service. You will be able to demonstrate excellent nursing skills, ability to motivate others and work well as part of a small team. You will be required to work weekends and bank holidays as part of a rota and cover late shifts until 8pm. The role involves visiting patients at home in a rural setting and you therefore must be able to drive and have access to a car. There are opportunities for lease cars. ## 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in problem solving and supporting other team members - Experience in working independently and as part of a team ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse (NMC Registration) - Evidence of continued Professional Development via post graduate level courses - SPQ Qualification **Desirable** - Specialist Practitioner Qualification - V100/V300 Nurse Prescribing ### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities **Essential** - Good leadership skills and the ability to motivate staff - Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team - Ability to manage work load for self and others ## Documents - [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985) - [229-ic-6690484 jdps (pdf, 280.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10337087) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.