Community Nurse - South Gloucestershire

Job summary

Are you dynamic, enthusiastic and committed to delivering excellent patient care?Do you want to work for a progressive organisation where staff have a voice?

Then join us at Sirona care & health as part of the friendly and caring team in South Gloucestershire where you'll be supported to develop.

Our Community Nurses plan and deliver evidence-based care to patients within their own homes and clinics. You will work collaboratively as part of a supportive team comprising of Community Nurse Team Leaders, other Community Nurses, Therapists, Support Workers and Administrators as well as with the wider healthcare community.

You will have access to a comprehensive training package to enable you to meet the increasing challenges of complex care in the community. You will need excellent communication, time management and clinical skills as well as experience of working within a team. You will be required to use electronic patient record systems, and prioritise your own workload.

We can offer a variety of shifts between the hours of 8am-8pm, 7 days a week, supporting flexible working to give you a good work-life balance.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake the full range of clinical activities of the role, having received training, and been assessed as competent.
• Complete the appropriate training and Sirona Band 5 nursing framework competencies in order to deliver a competent clinical service.
• Escalate any serious changes in patient presentation or concerns you have to a more senior member of your team.
• Use shared decision making to empower patients and agree a person centred care plan - ensure implementation, evaluation and review of the plan.
• Make clinical judgements and decisions - can often require analysis of complex facts and situations.
• Monitor long term conditions, as delegated and in line with protocol.
• Communicate effectively with patients and other stakeholders including communicating sensitive information concerning the patients medical condition and writing clinical records.
• Provide mentorship, supervision and training to non-registered staff and peers.
• Take responsibility for own clinical competence and professional registration.
• Undertake audit activities and participate in research developments to improve the quality and safety of the service.
• Promote integrated care by supporting a team approach; ensuring effective and appropriate handover and communication with team members, other members of the primary, secondary health care team and other agencies.

About us

We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist health care services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, its about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care that we would expect for ourselves and our families.

At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, service users and communities. We therefore welcome applications from all those who feel they have the skills and attributes we are seeking.

Benefits:

We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and an NHS pension scheme plus much more! Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for more details.

Additional Information:

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received prior to the advertised closing date.

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Patchway Health Clinic

Thirlmere Road

Patchway

Bristol

BS34 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Patchway Health Clinic

Thirlmere Road

Patchway

Bristol

BS34 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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