We are recruiting for a Community Nurse who wishes to join our team on a 6 month secondment.
You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients and staff receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards great people, great place.
We are looking for a Registered Nurse to join our dynamic Integrated Community Nursing Service. Community nursing is changing rapidly, and we provide all aspects of nursing care at home for many patients who would have traditionally remained in hospital.
The three locality teams work closely with our colleagues from Earl Mountbatten Hospice, Community Rapid Response, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, GPs, Practice Nurses, Specialist Nurses, mainland hospitals and outside agencies, such as Age UK and the Local Authority.
We would expect you to have good interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate that you are an evidence-based practitioner.
We work across three locality teams and the position will be for one of the three localities depending on the service need. Any preferences should be made known at the interview; however, this cannot be guaranteed.
Main duties of the job
Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
It is essential that you have a valid driving licence to drive in the United Kingdom as the role is community-based.
Clinical skills in all types of urinary catheterisation, syringe driver management, wound management and diabetes management are desirable, but not essential.
Support and training will be available to ensure a safe transition to working in the community setting.
A preceptorship programme is available.
About us
Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.
With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered nurse with current NMC registration
Experience
* Awareness of current issues in community nursing
* Clinically up-to-date
* Knowledge of the principles of manual handling and blood borne disease
Additional Criteria
* Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder, e.g. car driver, lone working
* Car driver with clean licence
* Awareness of personal safety
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata, per annum
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