Job overview
We are the Leominster District Nursing Team, a busy and 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, supportive, friendly and flexible. We are part of the North & West Primary Care Network and work closely with partners across the network.
We are based in the market town of Leominster nestled within the beautiful County of Herefordshire – covering two surgeries in the north-west area of the county. This rural area has many areas of outstanding beauty and is predominantly agricultural with rolling country side for miles.
We're seeking to recruit an experienced Community Staff Nurse (band 5) who shares our passion for caring for people in their own homes, strives towards excellence in community nursing and who has the ability to work well within a team of supportive colleagues.
Main duties of the job
We're keen to recruit colleagues 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, individualised and patient focused.
- Accountability – we work in partnership with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, including GP's, Palliative Care Nurses, Therapy Teams, and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.
- Respect - we foster good working environments and want our staff to feel safe, supported and empowered.
- Excellence – we are part of pilot in diabetes care to deliver optimal support for our patients. Do you share these values? If so, read on…
As a community nurse you will be responsible for delivering a wide range of nursing interventions such as wound care, palliative care, CVAD and drain management and catheter care. The team has a shared caseload and you will undertake daily home visits across the patch. You will be required to work weekends and bank holidays as part of a rota and cover late shifts until 8pm.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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This advert is for Community Staff Nurse - Leominster District Nursing Team with Wye Valley NHS Trust in Hereford, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Jun 2026.
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