Band 5 Staff Nurse

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.

Job Title -Staff Nurse

Band 5(£29,970 - £36,483)

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

Hours per Week:37.5 Hours/Week

Job Type:Permanent

The Role :

Within Locala's 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.

Main duties of the job

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. Every day is 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, 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 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 also work with partner services, with aim of avoiding premature admission to long term care.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications

About us

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.
• Refer a Friend Scheme -If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.

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.