A Vacancy at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
The World doesn’t need Superheroes, it needs Incredible People!
Do you want to support the NHS in these unprecedented times?
Are you passionate about care and looking for flexible working with weekly pay and NHS pension scheme membership?
Do you want the opportunity to work in a large, diverse organisation that promotes values of being Caring, Open, Respectful, Responsible and Inclusive?
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) are seeking Level 5 Bank Community Nurses for flexible working opportunities in our Early Intervention (EICT) and Community Teams within Birmingham
EICT is part of a wider Early Intervention programme, which has so far delivered 77000 fewer acute bed days used, 19000 fewer non-acute bed days and people spending 11.5 fewer days in the system. The impact is £25.8million saved for Birmingham to reinvest in Health and Social Care developments.
You will be joining a team in one of the largest Health and Social Care transformations in the country, delivering high quality care to patients within their own homes and/or other community settings, so preventing avoidable hospital admissions and facilitating early hospital discharge
A full driving licence and access to a car with business insurance is essential
Early Intervention Community Team is an integrated service which aims to build relationships and break barriers between organisations, whilst working effectively for the person, avoiding duplication and reducing delays and empowering staff to be decision-makers, and building trust with the wider system.
Health and social care professionals across Birmingham are working more closely than ever before to help older people and others with complex needs to recover faster and live healthier and more independent lives in their homes.
The results speak for themselves. More people are back in their own homes living more independently. More people are avoiding hospital admission and more people are recovering from a crisis faster.
Community Teams work with a variety of disciplines within the multidisciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for patients to ensure their independence and wellbeing.
Our Teams carry out a variety of nursing duties including assessment and care planning including relevant referrals as part of the patients holistic care of health needs, particularly in the areas of personal care, catheter care, bowel care, pressure area care, palliative care, wound management, diabetes and other long term conditions.
You will work as part of an experienced team however due to the nature of community working you would work as an autonomous practitioner within the community; this may include home visits or seeing patients in clinic settings.
BCHC provide high quality community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in people’s homes and in over 200 healthcare settings for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services. One of our key objectives is to be ‘a great place to work’ enabling everyone within the organisation to be the best that they can be.
IMPORTANT
• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
• Also ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully; particularly that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
Please note: We are looking to hold interviews on the 3rd August, 2024
Visit our website for further details about Birmingham Community Healthcare including our Trust values which are :-
• Caring
• Open
• Respectful
• Responsible
• Inclusive.
We look forward to receiving your application!
This advert closes on Friday 25 Oct 2024