Main area Nursing Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Expectation to work weekends) Job ref 310-OPAC-6876145
Site 15 Mowlem Road Town Cambridge Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 03/02/2025 23:59
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge?
Do you want to be part of a team striving to make a difference with patient care in our community? Then this is the role for you. We are looking for Community Nurses to work in our Cambridge North Villages and North City Nursing Team. You will be fully supported to gain new skills and experience needed to deliver high quality nursing care to patients in their own home or residential setting. Our area covers the north of Cambridge City centre and the surrounding villages north of Cambridge.
As a community nurse, we will develop your wound care, palliative care, and long-term conditions knowledge and skills; supporting you to become an expert in assessment and care-planning to deliver quality care that is caring and compassionate.
Main duties of the job
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
We are looking for people who:
* Have experience of working in the community.
* Are educated to RGN level.
* Can demonstrate a commitment to high quality care and service provision.
* Can work flexibly and as part of a team.
* Have the ability to assess and formulate care plans.
* Are able to teach and support student nurses and integrated care workers within your team.
* Have enhanced communication and interpersonal skills.
You will be responsible for:
* Keeping the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
* Providing a high standard of care.
* Providing a high standard of nursing intervention within a patient's own home, with access to Specialist and Advanced Practitioners when required.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
* To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work.
* To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines.
* To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of clinical reasoning skills.
* To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate.
* To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
* Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks.
* To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication, e.g., hearing loss, diminished sight, depression, speech problems, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems, and pain.
* To work effectively within the team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies by attending MDT meetings, case reviews.
* To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and NMC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* Evidence of professional development
* Mentorship qualification or equivalent
Experience
* Community Experience
Skills and abilities
* Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care & service provision
* Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
* Good communication
* Able to assess, plan and implement care and formulate care plans.
Knowledge and Understanding
* Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
* Shows a realistic appreciation of the challenges of working with the client group
Other
* Has a valid driving licence
* Flexibility to work over seven days per week
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
* Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
* Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
* Children’s community services in Peterborough;
* Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
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