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.

A number of opportunities are available for dedicated and passionate Community Staff Nurses.

Roles cover areas across North Kirklees and Greater Huddersfield, with night shifts also available.

Working within the Community Nursing Network team, you will undertake duties involving delivery of nursing services and holistic assessments of patients health needs using a person centered approach.

Main duties of the job

This includes providing quality and seamless nursing care to housebound patients and being proactive in coordinating their care needs as appropriate, avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital or long term care institutions.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to be involved in facilitating self-care for patients with long term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery.

We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated and reliable Community Staff Nurses who are keen to support and deliver a range of quality nursing services to our patients within Kirklees. We are looking for people with energy, enthusiasm and drive, as well as excellent professional skills.

We are able to consider tailored working hours in practice to meet those required for registration and to meet personal needs, we can consider those who can only work weekends, evenings or Nights.

An enthusiasm to support our teams to deliver high quality services is a must for this role, and you will also need to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable and approachable.

In return to develop your career in Community Nursing, we can offer you excellent learning and development, clinical supervision and preceptorship for newly qualified nurses.

About us

Welcome to Locala Health and Wellbeing - proud to provide NHS community healthcare services across Kirklees, Calderdale and Bradford. We help people have better lives - and you can too.

"Join us" and you will get:

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%

Agenda for Change pay scales and holiday allowances - We are committed to the AfC scales for all colleagues and acknowledge all existing NHS length of service.

Development opportunities - We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.

A say in how things are done - We are a membership-based, colleague-owned organisation. Join us and you immediately become a member with opportunities to be involved and have your say.

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."

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details about the duties and responsibilities for this role, please refer to the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

• Please refer to the attached person specification document.

Experience

Desirable

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Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).