Job overview
Come and join our CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ Trust as a Community Staff Nurse in the Out of Hours District Nursing team. As a Community Staff Nurse, you’ll help deliver care to people in their own homes and get to work with inspiring, skilled teams whilst you do it. We offer a supportive environment with opportunities for further career development, a strong in-house training programme, including excellent links with our partner Universities and opportunities to gain further qualifications.
The Out of Hours District Nursing team works overnight from 7pm to 7am
The OOH team covers District nursing in Berkshire overnight.
We believe in care that treats the whole person, not just the condition. We enable patients to stay at home longer and leave hospitals faster. Our community nurses work closely with members of the wider multi-disciplinary teams, including our GP's, local hospices, complex care nurses, health and social care coordinators, specialist nurses and therapist colleagues.
Main duties of the job
1. To work in conjunction with the Team Leader/ Community Nursing Band 6/ all staff within the team to holistically assess the needs of patients and carers, and to work in partnership with the patient and family to plan, implement and evaluate programmes of nursing care.
2. To be able to undertake first visits and take any immediate action, reporting back to the Team Leader/Community Nursing Band 6/Community Matron for further discussion and/or assessment.
3. To establish working relationships with other professionals and voluntary agencies to achieve health aims.
4. To undertake practice assessor and supervisor training support students and new staff to the service.
5. Provide care according to the available evidence of best practice and the support of others in the development of evidence based practice.
6. To be actively involved in promoting self-care for patients and building Health Promotion into care.
7. To demonstrate knowledge and skills including assessment, reassessment, medication management, bladder bowel care, tissue viability, care, use and administration of treatment using specialist equipment, palliative care and symptom control, managing acute episodes of are, reducing hospital admissions, as per band 5 competency document.
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
8. Caring for and about you is our top priority
9. Committed to providing good quality, safe services
10. Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
11. Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
12. 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
13. Generous NHS pension scheme
14. Excellent learning and career development opportunities
15. ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
16. Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
17. Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
18. Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
19. Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
20. Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
21. Registered Nurse /Adult Nurse Trained along with complete NMC registration (or in the instance of a final year nursing student able to provide these prior to their agreed start date for the role)
22. To work bank holidays/weekends or unsocial hours to meet the needs of the service.
23. Reasonable level of fitness required.
24. Good Communicational and Interpersonal Skills
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
25. Registered General Nurse (RGN)
26. NMC Registration
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
27. Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
28. Mentorship training
Previous Experience
Desirable criteria
29. Community nursing Experience
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
30. Well-developed written and verbal communication skills
31. Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
32. Ability to identify risks and act accordingly with regard to safety of oneself, patients and others using the appropriate aid
33. Able to demonstrate use of own initiative and ability to work alone
34. Ability to demonstrate organisational skills
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
35. IT skills – including Excel, PowerPoint
36. Able to travel across multiple sites in Berkshire
37. Ability to demonstrate professional behaviours and attitudes
38. Full UK driving license and access to own car
39. Able to work flexibly across 7 -day service requirements
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
40. Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence based care.
41. Evidence of effective team working
42. Ability to demonstrate and show evidence of effective clinical skills
Desirable criteria
43. Experience of teaching relatives and carers across all areas of care
Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.
Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.
Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.
Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.
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