Job summary

Community Nurse - Band 5

Devizes Community Team

30 Hours per week - Permanent

Wiltshire Health and Care provides adult community-based services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. There has never been a better time to join us. We are always keen to review the way we work, making the best use of resources and up to date technology to deliver improved services for our patients and a good working experience for our staff.

Our values and behaviours were developed by our staff and are important to us.

Historic Wiltshire with its rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools really does have something for everyone. What are you waiting for?

We have exciting Band 5 Community Nurse opportunity within our Devizes Community Team. The aim of the role is to care for clients in their own home holistically so they can remain at home during their recovery or coping with long term conditions. There are many opportunities to learn new skills and develop into an expert in community nursing. We are looking for an experienced, caring, motivated Community Nurse to join our busy, professional, and dynamic team.

Main duties of the job

Wiltshire Health and Care are supportive of their staffs wellbeing and in return we are looking for dynamic and innovative staffs, which are expected to work seamlessly across multi-professional community services and to forge close links with other local teams, including Primary care and Salisbury Foundation Trust.

The successful candidate will be able to provide clear evidence of up to date and relevant clinical practice and education as well as an appetite for innovative practice. Applicants need to have enthusiasm and commitment to working within a community-based team and to have recent experience of working in or in partnership with community services within the NHS.

Now is an exciting time to join the team, using modern technology to support electronic patients records.

For informal enquires regarding this exciting opportunity please call Clare Tinnion, Community Team Manager on 01380 732525

About us

Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers.

If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!