Job summary
- Main area
- Adult nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-8042113-OPS
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- DAART Team - The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital
- Town
- Oswestry
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
DAART Staff Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.
Job overview
Please note that this job does not meet the salary requirements for work visa sponsorship due to being part-time and as such we will be unable to progress your application if you do not have the right to work in the UK.
Diagnostic Assessment and Access to Rehabilitation Treatments (DAART) is a care closer to home service that falls under Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust's Urgent and Emergency Care division.
DAART offers same day IV therapies, blood transfusion products, medical assessments and DVT intervention treatments.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- To ensure that personal professional practice meets and exceeds the standards set for provision of patient care and contributes to overall excellence within the clinical area.
- Regularly, to take charge of a clinical area, managing the nursing service, including the assessment of patient care needs, and the development, implementation and evaluation of patient care programmes.
- The ability to rotate to additional DAART site i.e. Royal Shrewsbury.
- To act as DAART co-ordinator in the absence of senior personnel.
- To provide professional leadership and support to nursing colleagues.
- To contribute to the effective use of resources and assist in the ordering of replacement stock.
- To assist with supervising and assessing student nurses with their learning and experience in DAART.
- To maintain effective communication with various disciplines, relatives, patients and outside agencies within the clinical environment.
- Administering of IV therapies, carrying out observations, carrying out ECGs, cannulation and management and care of cannulas and CVADs and phlebotomy.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN
- Evidenced recent study and personal development
- RGN Up to date personal portfolio
- Ability to demonstrate a level of English language and grammar commensurate with writing in service user case notes.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clear documentational skills and IT skills
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary/multi agency health/social care/ environment
- Experience with Intravenous treatments, blood transfusion products and physical assessment
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
- To deliver a high standard of care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Green
- Job title
- DAART services team leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01743 261095
List jobs with Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors