# Community Staff Nurse - City > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse-city/c9b1d2a9-4e1e-43e8-a7a2-f1471a0c6119 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse-city/c9b1d2a9-4e1e-43e8-a7a2-f1471a0c6119.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust - **Town:** Hereford - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £31,049 - £37,796 pa pro rata - plus enhancements for unsocial hours - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (variety of shifts between 08.00 and 20.00 seven days a week) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (shifts between 08.00 and 20.00) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-09T08:42:42.925Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Hereford/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/District_Nursing/District_Nursing-v8068117 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8068117?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Hereford City District Nursing Team Due to the promotion of a team member, we are able to offer a fixed term 12 month band 5 position. Have you always wondered what community nursing entails? Would you like a new challenge or have you had experience on the community and wish to pursue it as a career, then this is an opportunity for you. Due to the promotion of the current post holder we have a full time Band 5 community staff nurse vacancy within City District Nursing Team. As a Community Nurse you will become highly skilled in many different areas using many extended clinical skills and where no two days are the same. The team supports patients registered with the 2 Primary Care Networks which are co-located in the City of Herefordshire.  It is a large team with a caseload of around 850 patients, this allows a higher level of support for staff new to the community, allowing supervision for competency achievement. Our base is at Belmont and we share a large office with neighbourhood team therapists which enables excellent levels of communication regarding shared patient care and concerns. ### Main duties of the job Most of our work is with housebound patients but, we also run a District Nurse Clinic for non-housebound patients who need the very specific skills of a District Nurse to support their treatment. The focus of District Nursing is to support patients towards self-management, enabling them to continue to live as full and productive a life as possible, through education, equipment and or lifestyle changes.  We also have the privilege of supporting people and their families at the end of their lives, working in close liaison with the Hospice Teams and Specialist Palliative Care Nurses. As community teams we enjoy working with many other health and social care professionals, Care Homes and Care Agencies.  All staff are expected to record their work electronically on EMIS, our electronic patient record system which links into the GP services to allow a seamless service provision.  Training and on-going support will be given to support staff with EMIS and other electronic systems they will need to use. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy. ## Job Details Hereford City District Nursing Team Due to the promotion of a team member, we are able to offer a fixed term 12 month band 5 position. Have you always wondered what community nursing entails? Would you like a new challenge or have you had experience on the community and wish to pursue it as a career, then this is an opportunity for you. Due to the promotion of the current post holder we have a full time Band 5 community staff nurse vacancy within City District Nursing Team. As a Community Nurse you will become highly skilled in many different areas using many extended clinical skills and where no two days are the same. The team supports patients registered with the 2 Primary Care Networks which are co-located in the City of Herefordshire. It is a large team with a caseload of around 850 patients, this allows a higher level of support for staff new to the community, allowing supervision for competency achievement. Our base is at Belmont and we share a large office with neighbourhood team therapists which enables excellent levels of communication regarding shared patient care and concerns. ## Job Description Most of our work is with housebound patients but, we also run a District Nurse Clinic for non-housebound patients who need the very specific skills of a District Nurse to support their treatment. The focus of District Nursing is to support patients towards self-management, enabling them to continue to live as full and productive a life as possible, through education, equipment and or lifestyle changes. We also have the privilege of supporting people and their families at the end of their lives, working in close liaison with the Hospice Teams and Specialist Palliative Care Nurses. As community teams we enjoy working with many other health and social care professionals, Care Homes and Care Agencies. All staff are expected to record their work electronically on EMIS, our electronic patient record system which links into the GP services to allow a seamless service provision. Training and on-going support will be given to support staff with EMIS and other electronic systems they will need to use. ## Responsibilities To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Working in a range of clinical settings **Desirable** - Working in a community setting ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult) ### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities **Essential** - Evidence of Continued Professional Development - Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality in all of the role - IT literate (including Microsoft office) and willing to learn new systems - Good communication skills both written and verbal with patients and across the MDT - To be able to plan and deliver person centred care ## Documents - [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985) - [229-ic-7707791 jdps (pdf, 344.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10359234) ## 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.