Job overview
Band 5 Community Nurse (RGN) Recruitment Open Day
Come and join us at Islip Village Hall on Sat 28th September 2024 between 10AM and 12.30 PM for our RGN Community Nurse Recruitment Open Day. This is your chance to explore exciting band 5 opportunities in nursing and make a real difference in our community.
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During the event, you'll have the opportunity to meet our team of dedicated nurses and learn more about the rewarding career path of a community nurse. Whether you're a newly qualified nurse or an experienced professional looking for a change, this event is the perfect platform to discover what district nursing has to offer.
Main duties of the job
District nurses make a difference everyday to the lives of the people they visit at home and in residential care homes. They provide increasingly complex care for patients and support for family members. Our nurses play a vital role in delivering compassionate care to our community members, and we are looking for passionate individuals who share our commitment.
Don't miss this chance to take the next step in your nursing career. Join us at the Community Nurse Recruitment Open Day and start your journey towards making a positive impact in the lives of others.
We have vacancies in the following locations
1. Chipping Norton
2. Bicester
3. Banbury
4. Carterton
5. Witney
6. Kidlington
7. Oxford
Interviews will be available on the day. Please be aware that you must be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle to be considered for these roles.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
8. Excellent opportunities for career progression
9. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
10. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
11. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
12. Competitive pension scheme
13. Lease car scheme
14. Cycle to work scheme
15. Employee Assistance Programme
16. Mental Health First Aiders
17. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
18. Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a car for work. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010.
The service operates 7 days per week, 8am to 6.30pm. Full or part time (minimum 22.5 hours) roles are available. Annualised hours contracts will be considered.
Please see the job description and person specification attached to this advert for more information on the job role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
19. Registered General Nurse (adult).
20. Educated to degree level or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
21. Knowledge around long term conditions and their management.
22. Evidence of ongoing professional development.
Desirable criteria
23. Previous Community Services experience.
Technical expertise/competence
Essential criteria
24. Demonstrates an understanding of local and national issues influencing the delivery and development of health care.
25. Demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of evidence based care.
26. Demonstrates an understanding of the Clinical Governance requirements.
27. All new starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process, aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale
28. Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
29. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
30. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
31. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
32. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
33. Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
34. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing