Join Nottinghamshire's Community Nursing teams and make a difference! We're looking for kind, caring, and compassionate nurses for our B5 vacancies. Whether you have community experience or not, we welcome you to be part of our supportive and highly encouraging team.
Whether an experienced or a newly qualified nurse, you'll thrive in our community Nursing workforce. Our Community Nursing teams take pride in the positive impact they have on patients' lives every day. You will become an expert clinician in wound care, palliative care, continence care and the care of patients with long term conditions. If you have the passion, drive, and ability to deliver high-quality care, we want you to join #TeamNottsHC.
Join us as a Band 5 Staff Nurse, full-time, in a substantive position. Our service operates from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week, offering flexibility in working hours. An additional team of Nurses and HCA's offer a robust, reactive evening and night Nursing team.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for providing skilled nursing care and will work flexibly supporting the team to deliver high quality integrated care. You will need to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful and approachable.
Providing integrated care following a holistic assessment which enables patients to be cared for in their own homes and clinic settings. You will facilitate the prevention of unnecessary hospital admission/re-admission by reducing the effects of ill health and disability and maximising the individual's potential for independence.
A robust induction and competency-based development package will be provided. Newly qualified staff will be offered a preceptorship programme.
Job responsibilities
Aspects of the role include:
* To assess, plan, implement, promote and evaluate safe, creative and effective treatment plans in collaboration with the patients diverse needs, their carers and other professionals.
* Deliver interventions that are evidenced based.
* Be responsible for the safe monitoring, management and administration of medication.
* Work autonomously, building leadership skills and advanced clinical assessment skills.
* You will build effective relationships with patients, their carers, family and colleagues across the MDT.
* You will develop exceptional planning and organisational skills.
* You will be able to analyse care and treatment provided, and develop sound clinical decision making.
* You will be trained to deliver high quality care and develop.
* Knowledge in all areas including palliative care, leg ulcer management, acute and chronic wound care, understand bladder and bowel dysfunctions, provide supportive care to carers and family members.
* You will delegate and support junior staff, building leadership skills.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
We would offer you:
* Clinical and managerial supervision.
* Full induction and training.
* Competitive mileage rates.
* No night shifts.
* Health and wellbeing service including but not limited too, occupational health, MSK services, staff counselling and support services.
* A range of flexible working options.
* Incentive schemes: childcare scheme, lease care, and travel pass scheme.
* Career progression and future secondment onto the Community Specialist District Nurse Programme.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
* Professional Qualification (RGN) to degree level or equivalent.
* Maintains current registration with the NMC.
Desirable
* Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration.
Experience
Essential
* Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
Desirable
* Specialist and area specific experience.
Contractual
Essential
* A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Skills
Essential
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Good written/oral communication skills.
* Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic.
* Ability to be flexible.
* Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
* IT skills.
* Full UK driving licence.
* Access to vehicle for work purposes.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.
Employer details
Employer name
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
West Bridgford Health Centre
Musters lane
West Bridgford
NG2 2JG
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