Band 6 Specialist Community NurseinSalisburyinSalisburyPUBLISHED THU 13 MAR 2025

Due to Wiltshire Health and Cares drive towards a resilient and skilled workforce, we have exciting opportunity that has arisen within the City Community Team for a qualified Community Nurse Specialist or an experienced Band 5 Community Nurse to undertake this role.

The SPQ is an initiative that seeks to develop our own staff into the leaders of tomorrow and you will be released to attend locally held action learning sets and benefit from the peer support.

You will become responsible for line managing junior members of staff and for managing one of the caseloads within the team.

This position will offer the successful candidate the opportunity of developing both professionally and personally; optimising and enhancing skills and competence whilst working alongside a supportive multi-disciplinary team.

The successful applicant will also be encouraged to contribute to the development and implementation of new ways of working to continually evolve care delivery for our Wiltshire patients and maximise the services within the Community Team.

For this post you need to be able to drive and have access to a car.

The team are a friendly and dynamic team and would welcome anyone who wanted to come and visit the team or if you have any enquiries please contact Laura Gowen on .

As a Specialist Community Nurse you will care for patients and their families in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work to help us continue to change things for the better. We feel passionate that everyone should feel valued when they come into contact with our organisation, whether that's you, someone we care for or the wider community we operate in.

You will put to use your strong communication and organisation skills, along with a flexible approach, to ensure you deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey.

You'll care for patients and their families in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work to help us continue to change things for the better. We feel passionate that everyone should feel valued when they come into contact with our organisation, whether that's you, someone we care for or the wider community we operate in.

Please see the attached JD for the full responsibilities of the role.

About us

As a Band 6 Specialist Community Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team at Five rivers Health centre, working with the City Community Team.

You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• AFC Band 6with 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
• 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 ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

Our ideal candidate will be / will have:

• Registered Nurse (RN) with current live PIN on NMC register
• Teaching and Assessing NMC approved qualification
• Evidence of relevant post registration specialist professional development
• 3 years experience as a registered nurse
• Experience in a variety of settings including hospital and community
• Experience of managing a range of long-term conditions
• Experience of working collaboratively with Social Services
• Evidence of innovative clinical practice development

As this role requires travel, a driving license and access to a car is required for this role.

Please see job description for full list.