Band 5 Nurse Intermediate Care

Job summary

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Band 5 Staff Nurse

Job Location Kirklees Intermediate Care Beds (Ings Grove House Mirfield)

Hours per Week: 37.5 Hours/Week

Job Type: Permanent

The Role :

Within Localas Health and Wellbeing Integrated Communities we deliver a range of multidisciplinary community services, including integrated health and social care with our colleagues in Kirklees Council.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Staff Nurse to join our Intermediate Care Team! The Intermediate Care Service supports medical and surgical service users from discharge from hospital, to their journey home.

Main duties of the job

Every day there is something different from complex wound care, to monitoring deteriorating patients and so much more in between. If you are interested in skill and experience development and thrive on a service user journey, this is the role for you!

The Nursing Team boasts a variety of skills and experiences to enhance your knowledge and professional development within a supportive environment. We pride ourselves on excellent standards of Nursing Care and service user satisfaction. The Nursing Team works collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team compromising of GPs, Physician Associates, Occupation Therapists, Physiotherapists, Pharmacists, Healthcare Support Workers and our Kirklees Care Team. Together we rehabilitate service users to succeed in their home environment, preventing hospital admissions and preserving safety.

We offer a 7-day service, working 8am until 7pm in a rota pattern providing assessment, treatment and evaluation of clients needs using a holistic and patient centred approach. The ultimate aim being to prevent unnecessary future admission to hospital and to ensure the swift appropriate discharge from hospital to offer rehabilitation and enable our clients to return home. The team will also work with partner services, with the aim of avoiding premature admission to long term care. Working with initiative is essential, and there will be opportunities to support and skill share with colleagues within the team as well as across the different sectors.

About us

This is an exciting time to be part of a developing, although well-established team, with a number of service transformation projects in progress.

Regular clinical and managerial supervision will be received, and the opportunity to develop clinical skills.

For more information please refer to Job Description & Person Specification

For more information please contact Damian Conway - damian.conway@locala.org.uk Megan McDermott Megan.mcdermott@locala.org.uk or Kathryn Ewart Kathryn.ewart@locala.org.uk. Telephone 03330 436 245

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:

• Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Development opportunities We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Be part of an organisation doing things differently. One that delivers CQC-rated Good NHS healthcare services, as well as having a positive social impact in local communities.