Community Nurse (Band 5) - St Martins Hospital

As a Community Nurse Band 5, you’ll be part of our valued team at Five Rivers Health and Wellbeing Centre, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ring fenced innovation funding each year

The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

As a Community Nurse Band 5, you will deliver high-quality, person centred nursing care to patients in their own homes, working in line with national and local policies, professional standards, and the NMC Code. You will work closely with patients, families, GPs, and multidisciplinary colleagues to assess needs, plan and deliver care, promote independence, and support positive health outcomes. This rewarding role offers the opportunity to work autonomously while being part of a supportive community team committed to delivering safe, effective, and evidence-based care.

You will contribute to service development, health promotion, continuous improvement initiatives, and the education of students and colleagues, ensuring the highest standards of care are maintained across the service.

Location:

Kempthorne House, St Martin's Hospital, Clara Cross Lane (or Midford Road), Bath, BA2

Hours:

37.5 hours per week

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• Assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate nursing care in partnership with patients, carers, and the multidisciplinary team.
• Monitor patient progress, recognising and escalating changes in condition appropriately.
• Prioritise and manage a caseload in line with patient need.
• Maintain accurate and timely patient records using electronic and paper-based systems.
• Deliver evidence-based care and contribute to quality improvement initiatives and clinical audits.
• Promote health, wellbeing, and independence for patients and carers.
• Participate in team meetings, handovers, clinical supervision, appraisals, and mandatory training.
• Support the learning and development of students and colleagues.
• Contribute to maintaining a safe environment through risk assessment, incident reporting, and adherence to infection prevention and control standards.
• Ensure the safe use, maintenance, and management of clinical equipment and stock.

You will be a NMC/1stlevel registered Nurse, you will have the ability to work both independently and also as part of a wider multidisciplinary team. It is expected that youshould have strong communication and organisation skills and a flexible approach which will ensureyou deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey.

You will have a full UK driving license with access to a car for work purposes with Business insurance for the vehicle used.

You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services,…