Community Nurse Band 5 - Barking & Dagenham CHSCS
NHS AFC: Band 5
Main area: Community Nursing
Grade: NHS AFC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Full time - up to 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref: 395-BD016-25
Site: Barking & Dagenham
Town: Barking & Dagenham
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 plus HCAS per annum (pro rata if part-time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/03/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
We are recruiting to the Barking & Dagenham Community Nursing Teams, offering both part time and full time contracts. Applications from Student nurses are welcome.
We are seeking innovative, caring and dedicated registered Nurses to complement the Barking & Dagenham Community Health and Social Care team. Our community Nurses support the delivery of 24hr holistic health care to support our strategic vision of the ‘Best care by the best people’.
Main duties of the job
As a member of our community multi-disciplinary team, you will work within an integrated team of District Nurses, Specialist Nurses, Community Matrons, Therapists and Health Care Assistants to support the provision of high-quality evidence-based care that meets the health care needs of our local community. We also work in collaboration with Local Authorities, ICNs, GPs and Acute sector providers to facilitate care pathways that support early discharge and prevent hospital admission.
You will be travelling around our borough to deliver community-based care to patients in their own homes; therefore, a full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes is essential.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training, and the allocation of equipment.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently partway through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Current NMC R/N or any other 1st level Nursing, RN12 Adult qualification
* Evidence of post-registration education and training
* Relevant post-registration course e.g. Wound management, diabetes, leg ulcer care, continence care and assessment
* Nurse Prescriber (V150)
Experience
* Experience of working with professionals from other disciplines necessary
* Experience of working as a member of a team but also able to work autonomously
* Experience of providing packages of care, which involve other agencies
* Community Nursing Experience
* Experience of teaching and assessing students and other members of staff
* Experience of acting up in the absence of team leader in caseload and team management
Knowledge
* An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
* The content and application in practice of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
* Able to initiate patient assessment and care planning with the support of a senior colleague
* Able to work with patients and carers as partners in care
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long-term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work-life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part-time hours or another flexible pattern.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email recruitment@nelft.nhs.uk.
Correspondence with us
You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.
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.
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