Employer: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Jaffray Resource Centre
Town: Erdington
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 plus on call
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/01/2025 23:59
Band 7 Community Nurse
Job Overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.***
You will join an established team of clinicians providing nursing interventions for patients with a diagnosis of learning disability with a range of complex health needs including physical health, mental health, and behavior. You will be part of a community nursing team working within the wider learning disabilities multi-disciplinary team.
We are looking for experienced clinicians to take the challenge of delivering a high standard of nursing intervention within the learning disability service. Do you have the skills and sound clinical knowledge to manage a caseload of patients and provide robust support and clinical leadership to your nursing and multi-disciplinary team colleagues? Are you a dedicated and motivated individual with experience and the ability to work independently? We are looking for organized and efficient clinicians with good communication skills to work within this busy team. If you enjoy variety and a fast pace of work within a patient-focused setting, this could be the job for you.
Main Duties of the Job
To work within the framework of a Multi-disciplinary Team to provide specialist support and guidance to adults with learning disabilities and their carers. To provide a clinical service through the effective management of an active caseload. To assist the Team Leader in the provision of leadership to the Community Nurses.
Working for Our Organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics, and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognized West Midlands Rehab Centre, and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalized care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
* Degree
* ENB 998 or equivalent
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience
* Significant experience of post-registration working in Learning Disabilities
* Formal supervision of staff
* Allocation and delegation of work
* Working within MDT
* Working within Multi-Agency
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long-term health condition as recognized under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC is an advocate of diversity and strives to mirror the community we serve as much as possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC is striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Benefits of Working for Us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees
* Flexible working where possible
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
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.
Application Numbers
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.***
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