Staff Nurse/Community Staff Nurse

Job summary

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and strives to become an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleague's lived experiences.

Locala recognises the value that inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities.

If you are CARING and AMBITIOUS then join Locala and BE PART OF IT.

Locala Health and Wellbeing are delighted to be partnering with The Kirkwood to offer a unique and exciting job opportunity for Staff Nurses who are interested in gaining experience in both community and clinical settings.

Staff Nurse / Community Staff Nurse (The Kirkwood & Locala) 37.5 hours per week

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will undertake a rotational position, with alternating six-month placements between The Kirkwoods In-Patient Unit and Localas District Nursing services.

Following induction, the post-holder will work within a Multi-Disciplinary Team in both community and clinical settings, providing skilled and compassionate nursing care of the highest quality in two different, but equally important environments.

As part of their role, they will provide assessment of patient care needs and development, following this through to the implementation and evaluation of care.

We are seeking first-level registered nurses, with experience of multi-professional working to join our teams and help us provide specialist care to patients across Kirklees. Ideally, applicants will have an understanding of hospice and specialist palliative care, although all candidates will be considered.

We encourage you to get in touch to find out more about how this exciting opportunity and discover how it will help you to expand your knowledge and skills in two different, but equally important care settings.

If you would like an informal discussion about this role, please contact Sonia Tyndall, Sister for The Kirkwood, at sonia.tyndall@thekirkwood.org.uk or Claire Naylor at Locala at Claire.naylor@locala.org.uk

This is a two-year, fixed term position. Following the successful completion of the term, a substantive position within one of these areas will be considered.

About us

About The Kirkwood

The Kirkwood help to improve quality of life for local people affected by any life limiting illness, against all the odds. When time is short, we help those in our care to live well and make the most of every single day. We make the complex simple by focussing on what's important. And we support families and loves ones to live on and live well.

Our patients, their carers and those closest to them all have their own needs, aspirations and expectations. So our support is built around their personal wishes and goals. We offer a wider range of services designed to support patients, carers and family members at every stage of illness and in bereavement.

About Locala

Employing around 1500 people who are all committed to delivering the very best services to patients. Our team are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family.

Our services care for, and support people, from before birth to end of life, ranging from health visitors to physiotherapy, and sexual health to district nursing, as well as dental care, school nurses, and foot care.