Company: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Highweek
Posted: April 28th, 2026
The closing date is 05 May 2026
We are looking for a dedicated Band 5 Nurse to join our team within our new Healthy Ageing Hub, known as The Harbour, based in the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit at Newton Abbot Hospital.
You will be joining a service that provides compassionate, high-quality care primarily for older adults. Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will play an important role in ensuring patients receive timely assessment, effective treatment, and safe, well‑coordinated discharge.
In this Band 5 Nurse role, you will deliver holistic, patient‑centred care from admission through to discharge, always striving to maintain the highest standards of treatment, dignity, and support for every individual you care for.
We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses, as well as 3rd year student nurses who are due to qualify. We are also open to sponsorship however, this is limited to applicants who already hold Skilled Worker status and are currently working in the UK as a NMC registered nurse.
Please note this is a full‑time role 37.5 hours per week permanent opportunity, working Monday to Friday initially, with the potential for weekend working as the service develops.
As a Band 5 Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering safe, effective, and compassionate patient care as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will
Elsewhere, you will support patients and their families, ensuring dignity, comfort, and clear communication is maintained at all times.
We are developing an exciting new model of care for people living with frailty, designed to keep patients well, independent, and supported in the place they call home wherever possible.
Based at The Harbour at Newton Abbot Hospital, this innovative service brings together community, acute, and specialist teams to provide joined‑up, responsive care. Most patients will be triaged through a dedicated frailty coordination function and directed to the most appropriate part of the service based on their individual needs.
Where it is safe and appropriate, care will be delivered at home or in community settings, including intermediate care beds, supported by our Urgent Community Response (UCR) teams and Frailty Virtual Ward service. This allows patients to receive acute‑level care outside of hospital, with access to wrap‑around support for both patients and their families/carers.
For those who need rapid assessment, the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and ambulatory care service at Newton Abbot provides an alternative to hospital admission, with access to timely diagnostics and senior clinical opinion. This also supports patients already under virtual ward care who require urgent review.
When inpatient care is required, patients may be admitted to beds at Newton Abbot Hospital, with a proactive focus on safe and timely discharge back to their own home or usual place of residence as soon as possible.
The NHS England ambition for Frailty Virtual Wards is to bring care closer to home, supporting patients who would otherwise require hospital admission. This approach is gaining real momentum across Devon, and our teams are at the heart of delivering this change.
In this role, you will place people at the centre of everything you do, ensuring each individual's voice is heard and respected when planning and delivering their care.
Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to holistic, high‑quality care planning, ensuring the best possible outcomes for patients and the wider community.
A key part of your role will include supporting and mentoring junior colleagues, fostering a positive team culture, and working together to achieve shared goals.
Through all aspects of your work, you will be encouraged and supported to develop your own clinical skills, engage in learning opportunities, and contribute to the continuous improvement of services. Join us and help shape compassionate, innovative care that enables people to live well at home, while developing your nursing practice across dynamic and evolving care settings.
The Harbour brings together a truly integrated multidisciplinary team, including Urgent Community Response services, Frailty Virtual Ward staff, the Healthcare of Older People team, and the Newton Abbot ward MDT. The team includes GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and trainee ACPs, therapists, nurses, consultants, and a consultant nurse all working collaboratively to deliver high‑quality, person‑centred care.
This is an opportunity to be part of a forward‑thinking service that is reshaping how care is delivered for people living with frailty across Devon.
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.
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum pro rata
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