Main area: Community Nursing
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Variable hours available, please contact to discuss)
Job ref: 453-24-6825209
Employer: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: South Locality
Town: Bradford
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/12/2024 23:59
Interview date: 08/01/2025
Community Staff Nurse
Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs, we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.
Job overview
Are you looking for a role where no 2 days are the same? Where you have the opportunity to make a difference to people living in their home environment? If so, this could be the Job for you.
We are currently inviting applications for Community Staff Nurses to join our Community Nursing Teams in the South locality of Bradford.
As a community nurse working within the planned care service, you will be providing high-quality care for people in their own homes, ranging from long-term conditions to complex and palliative care. You’ll be working on a rotational basis as part of a seven-day service, with the support of agile technology to help you deliver timely, high-quality care, with support from specialists across the Trust.
There are a variety of shift patterns available between the hours of 8am and 9pm, 7 days per week.
There are lots of development opportunities available to you as a community staff nurse to enable you to progress your career and offer promotion to senior nurses or further study to become a qualified specialist practitioner or advanced practitioner, along with other modes of study to enhance your skills in tissue viability or palliative care as a few examples.
Applicants must be able to regularly travel extensively across the district to meet the needs and demands of the service. The job will be based in South.
Main duties of the job
1. Work as part of the district nursing team, providing a compassionate, responsive, and quality-driven service to all BDCT service users and their carers.
2. Assess individuals and population needs which affect their health and social well-being, working collaboratively with the district nurse caseload holder as and when appropriate.
3. Plan, implement and review programmes of health interventions for individuals and populations, in conjunction with other colleagues and agencies.
4. Enable/encourage patients and carers to develop their knowledge and understanding of their own health and well-being and to manage loss and change, enabling self-management of condition wherever possible.
5. Develop, monitor, evaluate and review care delivery by the team, working collaboratively with the GPs and practice colleagues and other agencies.
6. Enable, encourage, and support individuals, families, groups and communities to address issues which affect their health and social well-being.
Working for our organisation
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
* We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
* We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
* We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
* Increased mileage rates for > 3500
* A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
* A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
* Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the attached Job Description and the Person Specification for more information about this role.
Right to Work in the UK
Prior to your appointment, you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.
As a condition of continuous employment, it is essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust.
Person specification
Experience
* Understanding and/or experience of interagency working and adult protection.
Qualifications
* RGN / RN/EN Current NMC registration
Training
* Able to demonstrate ongoing professional development including a willingness to undertake education and training to meet the needs of the service
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