Band 5 Triage Nurse - Clayton , Burscough

Package Description

As a Band 5 Triage Nurse you will be part of our valued team in our West Lancs Community Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

• £31,049 - £37,796 (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 every day 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

Job Introduction

Are you a compassionate and experienced Registered Nurse looking to use your clinical expertise in a dynamic, coordination‑focused role? HCRG Care Group is seeking a Band 5 Triage Nurse to join our dedicated team, helping us deliver safe, timely and effective community care.

As a Band 5 Triage Nurse, you will play a central role in managing the flow of referrals into the District Nursing service. Acting as the ‘District Nurse of the Day’ , you will:

• Triage incoming referrals , determining clinical priorities, levels of need and risk.
• Coordinate onward referrals to the District Nursing team, ensuring patients receive the right care at the right time.
• Monitor and track all referrals , reducing attrition and supporting seamless continuity of care.
• Work closely with our administrative team to maintain accurate and timely referral information.
• Provide safe, effective decision-making in an office-based, non–patient facing environment .

We’re looking for someone who is:

• An experienced Registered Nurse , qualified to Band 5 level.
• Confident and experienced in clinical decision-making.
• Highly organised, able to prioritise and manage multiple demands.
• A strong communicator who enjoys working collaboratively across teams.
• Motivated to support high-quality community healthcare through robust triage and coordination.

You’ll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking organisation committed to delivering excellent community services. We offer development opportunities, flexible working and a workplace where your clinical skills contribute meaningfully to patient outcomes—without the demands of a patient-facing environment.

About the Company

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, 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 .

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as…