# Community Staff Nurse - Leominster District Nursing Team > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse-leominster-district-nursing-team/f9d5a8ae-ad87-4955-bae6-06847348d4c8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse-leominster-district-nursing-team/f9d5a8ae-ad87-4955-bae6-06847348d4c8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust - **Town:** Hereford - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifts to be worked including week days and weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T14:01:06.929Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Leominster/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/District_NursingCommunity_Nursing/District_NursingCommunity_Nursing-v8052829 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8052829?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy. ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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. ## 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 ### Other Factors **Essential** - Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post - Able to meet Moving & Handling requirements of the post with any aids or adaptions that may be required ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Ability to work autonomously and as part of a MDT - Ability to negotiate and influence, in difficult situations - Flexibility to meet the changing demands of the service - Excellent role model ability to motivate self and others - Positive outlook and the ability to problem solve in complex situations - Exceptional organisation and time management skills - Demonstration of 6 Cs in practice care, compassion, courage commitment competence, communication ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult) - Mentor and assessing qualification (For newly qualified staff this is expected within 12 months of commencement) ### 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-7956751 jdps (pdf, 375.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10342389) ## 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.