Are you a compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) seeking a new opportunity? We have a Community Staff Nurse position available within the team, based at Shepton Mallet Hospital.
Our service covers the urban and rural areas of Mendip. This position includes day shifts and are usually 8am-4pm, 9am-5pm, or 10am-6pm. You will be required to also work twilight shifts (2pm-10pm) and one in four weekends, which include additional unsocial hours enhanced payments. There are no night shifts. We offer flexible working solutions where possible to ensure a work-life balance, and part-time hours will be considered.
You will need a driving licence with your own vehicle to visit patients. We offer a generous mileage allowance to cover the use of your car for NHS business, which includes both mileage and depreciation.
If you're a qualified RN looking for a rewarding challenge to advance your nursing career, join our friendly and highly skilled team of nurses and support staff. We also welcome applications from newly qualified nurses, where we can offer you preceptorship to support and guide you in your new role.
Main duties of the job
As a community RN, you will provide care to patients in their homes, managing a range of complex health issues and collaborating with various other disciplines. You will also work closely with the Hospital @ Home team, focused on preventing acute admissions. You will develop a broad range of nursing skills, including IV medication administration, palliative and end-of-life care, complex wound management, catheter and continence care, diabetes management, PICC line care, medication administration, and drain tube management.
You will need to make autonomous clinical decisions and create holistic care plans, with the support of your colleagues and Team Leader. Comprehensive training and guidance will be provided by our Clinical Lead nurse.
Job responsibilities
Community Nurse role is a varied and enjoyable role providing nursing care within the patient's own home. Community Nurse skills are vast and include wound care, medication administration, IVs, compression, end-of-life care including syringe drivers and stat doses, PleurX drains, nephrostomy care, verification of death, and much more. We work closely with other community services and GP practices to ensure the best possible patient care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC pin
Experience
* Community experience
* Community nurse skill set
Additional Criteria
* Driving licence
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 to include twilight and weekend cover over 7 days a week.
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