Site Thurrock Community Hospital
Town Thurrock
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 p.a. (plus HCAS) pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 20/03/2025 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. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation.
Job overview
Community Nurse (Thurrock) - Band 5
This is a District Nursing role, not Mental Health
We are welcoming applications from Registered Adult Nurses or students approaching the end of their training for our Band 5 Community Nurse vacancy in Thurrock.
Come and join our Community Nursing Team in Thurrock, Essex - a great location which benefits from mixed rural and urban areas.
Main duties of the job
You will be working with a diverse community enabling you to develop knowledge and skills around differing cultural perspectives whilst delivering nursing care. We work in patients' own homes and residential care homes. Our patients are over the age of 18 with a predominant physical nursing need (Please note that this is not a position within a Community Mental Health team).
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applications from students and newly qualified nurses are welcome as we can offer you a comprehensive induction and local preceptorship programme.
The ideal candidate must be a registered nurse (Part 1) registered with the NMC and will work as a member of the Integrated Community team, working within and across professional and organisational boundaries. Liaising with GPs, other professionals and statutory and voluntary agencies, he/she will deliver individualised care to patients under the supervision of the Senior Nurse.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Adult Nurse - NMC Sub part 1 RNA (Adult)
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
* Experience of working in a community team
* Knowledge of primary care
Skill
* Ability to get self and any equipment needed around the community in an efficient and timely manner
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients.
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.
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