Employer: Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Cinderford Health Centre
Town: Cinderford
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/03/2025 23:59
Community Nurse (Forest of Dean)
Band 5
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Job overview
We are currently seeking nurses possessing the highest standards of care and compassion in order to aid, coach and support our diverse population of patient requirements here in the Forest of Dean.
As a Registered Community Nurse, you will be placed in the privileged position of caring for patients in their own individualised environment and responsible for the implementation and undertaking of patient centred care.
Our collaboration with our Integrated Community Team colleagues is something we pride ourselves on within the Forest of Dean locality. In addition, Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust Community Nurses are placed in possession of:
* Individualised development planning
* A supportive diverse management structure
* Funded university accredited courses (relevant to post in line with individual nurse’s career progression wishes and agreed upon with line management)
* Autonomy and development to manage own workload and take responsibility to manage a small caseload of patients in partnership with line manager
To excel in this role, you will require excellent communication skills, the courage to make clinical decisions and a willingness to develop your potential. Please note a full driving licence and use of a vehicle for work purposes are essential for this role as a Community Nurse.
Main duties of the job
* You will require current NMC registration; post-registration experience is helpful but not essential and we have an excellent preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses.
* You need to be able to work over a shift system which includes early and late shifts across 7 days including weekends and bank holidays.
If you feel you have the drive for excellence and wish to experience the freedom, self-management and progressive nature of Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust Community Nursing team then make applying the next investment in your future career today.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Assess patient and carers needs through strength-based assessment.
* Develop individual care plans in partnership with patients and carers. This will include information, advice, sign-posting and education.
* Regularly evaluate care plans to ensure they are up to date and appropriate, reporting clinical changes or areas of concern to the appropriate member of the team.
* Provide skilled nursing care interventions, support and advice to colleagues, patients and carers.
* Work to reduce unwarranted variation in clinical practice, providing evidence based interventions which effectively enable people.
* Discuss issues relating to care and support of individual patients with other disciplines and agencies, and refer to those who can better meet their needs.
* Collaborate with colleagues in the Integrated Community Teams and other aligned services to enable people within their communities, maximising their potential and promoting their independence.
* Administer and monitor medications consistent with policies and procedures.
* Contribute to the prioritisation of workload, taking responsibility for a delegated caseload of patients.
* Assist in providing consistently high standards of evidence based care that meets the patient’s requirements and satisfaction.
* Maintain accurate patient documentation on the electronic clinical recording system.
* Respond appropriately to feedback from patients and carers about the service, using the open approach of the organisation and within Duty of Candour expectations.
* When suitably experienced, to act as a Named Nurse, providing care oversight for a defined cohort of patients managed in the ICT Community Nursing caseloads.
* When suitably experienced, to act as a clinical triage nurse within the centralised Community Nursing referral centres, providing clinical review of patients and engaging with health and care professionals to enable effective patient flow and referral management.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
* Registered Nurse with NMC
* Degree or Diploma in Nursing or equivalent
* Willingness to undertake additional training as required.
* Full driving licence and use of vehicle
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
* Experience of working without direct supervision
* Experience of working with student learners in practice
* Previous experience of community nursing practice
* Evidence of post-registration education & training.
* Holistic health assessment course (or equivalent)
* Teaching & assessing qualification
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
* Ability to work on own initiative, assess patients competently and report back to Team Leader (or appropriate health care professional) relevant changes in patient’s condition.
* Ability to effectively manage the workload, prioritise and delegate work in the absence of the Team Leader - District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse.
* Ability to liaise effectively within the Primary Health Care Team and with other professionals / agencies.
* Demonstrable skills in risk assessment and management.
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
* Flexible, family-friendly and agile working opportunities
* Recognition and long service awards
* Fast Track physiotherapy
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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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