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Community Nurse - Band 5
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Job summary
Community Nurse (Band 5)
Join an Outstanding Team That Makes a Difference!
Location: Somer Valley Community Nurses, Midsomer Norton & surrounding areas.
Hours: Full time Fixed Term for 12 months.
Are you a dedicated and compassionate nurse looking to make a meaningful impact in your community? Would you like to join a service which has been rated as outstanding by CQC?The Somer Valley Community Nursing Team are excited to welcome a new Community Nurse to our close-knit and supportive team.
Why Join Us? A Passionate & Friendly Team: We are a friendly, compassionate and experienced team who value collaboration and innovation.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 5 Community Nurse, you will play a key role in supporting the community nursing team and wider multidisciplinary team in Midsomer Norton and the surrounding areas. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Providing holistic patient assessments and palliative care, including symptom management and psychological support.
Complex equipment assessment, ordering, and provision to meet patient needs.
Administering intravenous medications and managing Central Venous Access Devices for treatments such as antibiotics and cytotoxic therapies.
Subcutaneous fluid administration and controlled drug medication administration.
Developing specialist skills through link nurse roles or champion roles, gaining experience within specialist areas such as tis
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Details
Date posted
06 June 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/111228/15712
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Radstock
Avon
BA3 2DP
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
As a Band 5 Community Nurse, youll be part of our valued Somer Valley Community Team.
You will also feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
AFC Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salary with evidence provided)
Plentiful on site-parking
Clinical support from dedicated team leaders and clinical leads.
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 lifes 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 youre 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 ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with most of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
You will be dedicated registered nurse who is able to work both independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team. It is expected that youshould have strongcommunication and organisation skills and a flexible approach which will ensureyou deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of theirhealthcare journey.
You will have a full UK driving license with access to a car for work purposes.
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.
Job responsibilities
As a Band 5 Community Nurse, youll be part of our valued Somer Valley Community Team.
You will also feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
AFC Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salary with evidence provided)
Plentiful on site-parking
Clinical support from dedicated team leaders and clinical leads.
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 lifes 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 youre 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 ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with most of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
You will be dedicated registered nurse who is able to work both independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team. It is expected that youshould have strongcommunication and organisation skills and a flexible approach which will ensureyou deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of theirhealthcare journey.
You will have a full UK driving license with access to a car for work purposes.
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.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
General Requirements
Essential
Desirable
General Requirements
Essential
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Radstock
Avon
BA3 2DP
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Radstock
Avon
BA3 2DP
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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