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Main area: Community Nursing
Grade: 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern includes evenings and weekends)
Job ref: 828-PROVIDE3223-A
Employer: Provide CIC
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kestrel House
Town: Chelmsford
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: Today at 23:59
Job Overview:
The post-holder will work within a community nursing team visiting patients in their home including care settings to deliver delegated nursing care. They will assist the registered staff in providing a highly specialized Community Nursing Service to adults. This involves ensuring appropriate pathways of care for patients who require those services.
To contribute to the assessment and treatment of individual patients on the caseload and communicate any changes in care needs to the registered staff. To communicate with patients, relatives, carers and health care professionals to assist the registered staff in ensuring an integrated, holistic approach to patient care.
Main duties of the job:
* Able to work alongside a multidisciplinary group of health professionals.
* Able to work independently and autonomously undertake clinical and non-clinical tasks.
* Possessing observational and communication skills which complement your role.
* Possess basic computer skills.
* Willing to develop in your role and adjust your responsibilities as the service grows and transforms.
* Able to work flexibly on a roster basis.
* A car driver with access to a car.
Working for our organisation:
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks. We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Eligible for NHS Pension
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities:
* Able to carry out delegated tasks.
* Able to evaluate different approaches to tasks and identify which is the most useful.
* Understands when to seek guidance from more expert practitioners.
* Is aware of the range of equipment and devices that can support independent living.
* Takes responsibility for own development and work practice.
* Attends regular clinical supervision.
* Responsible for inputting patient information onto the computer.
* Makes judgements, some of which require a comparison of options.
* Able to work with others towards shared goals.
* Able to listen to, understand, and follow lengthy instructions and narratives.
* Attending clinical training specifically glucose blood testing and phlebotomy.
* Participating in appraisal, supervision and peer review and maintain an up to date development portfolio including evidence of experiential learning, reflective practice and any relevant training and experience.
* Maintaining ongoing personal development by taking part in relevant training courses as identified in the yearly professional development review.
* Aware of health and safety practices and procedures and acts in accordance with these.
* Understands and respects confidentiality.
Person specification:
Essential criteria:
* NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or Equivalent.
* Car Driver.
* Basic IT Skills.
Desirable criteria:
* Community Experience.
Work Related Knowledge and Experience:
Essential criteria:
* Experience of working in a health/care environment.
* Understanding of professional conduct.
* Information Governance awareness.
Desirable criteria:
* Previous experience of lone working.
Skills and Aptitudes:
Essential criteria:
* Ability to work without direct supervision.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Good organizational skills.
* Ability to organize and prioritize own workload under supervision of RN.
* Effective time management skills.
* Effective demonstration of communication and interpersonal skills.
Circumstances:
Essential criteria:
* Ability to work with others.
Desirable criteria:
* Discreet, helpful, empathetic, friendly.
Further Information:
How will we contact you?
* All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
* We regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion.
* If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.
* If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.
Checking progress on your application?
To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can.
Closing Date:
Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.
Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?
If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination:
Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination. We recognize taking the vaccine provides the best defense against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.
Anti Fraud:
Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.
Disability:
If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.
Work Trials:
Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.
We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.
Successful Applicant:
You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators. The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfill our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
Seniority level:
* Entry level
Employment type:
* Full-time
Job function:
* Other
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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