We are seeking an experienced enthusiastic registered Band 5 nurse ready to extend their professional development within the community. The applicant will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to prioritise and time manage their own patient visits within the team.
The community setting is an exciting, complex, and diverse area to work in, with the privileged position of caring for patients in their own homes and being responsible for the implementation and undertaking of patient-centred care.
We are a family-friendly organisation and are happy to consider and compromise hours and locality of teams. We have three Integrated Community Teams: Severn - covering Stonehouse / Frampton area, Cotswolds - covering Stroud / Painswick / Bussage area, and Berkeley Vale - covering Dursley/ Wotton / Berkeley. We currently work on a rolling rota for weekends, usually 1 in 4, supporting good work-life balance.
Community nursing is a diverse role that requires autonomous working within a patient's home. The main duties are outlined below:
1. Practice as a member of the community nursing team, working within the Integrated Community Teams (ICTs).
2. Liaise with GPs, the ICTs, and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies.
3. Provide advice, information, and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to enjoy maximum independence, health, and well-being.
4. Creatively manage the holistic and clinical needs of patients with acute, sub-acute, and long-term conditions.
5. Enable patients living with long-term physical health challenges to live well within their communities, focusing on not only their physical health needs but also their wider holistic needs, e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, psychological needs, social needs, and spiritual needs.
To excel in this role, you will require excellent communication skills, the courage to make clinical decisions, and a willingness to develop your potential. You will require current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity, and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health, and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, and Return to Practice Practitioners.
Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.
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