Livewell Southwest

Community Registered Nurse

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Job summary

As an NHS provider, Livewell Southwest are at the forefront of Community Nursing. We invite you to discuss our various career opportunities. Please call Nicky on 07717530239 or forward your CV to nstidever@nhs.net

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Livewell Southwest for any band 5 Nurseswho currently do not hold a driving licence -we can support you to learn to drive by providing lessons during working time.

LWSW appreciates that work life balance is vitally important for our employees wellbeing & therefore we have hours available from 22.5 - 37.5 hours per week, working across 7 days.Our core hours are 0800 20:00 & are open to discuss any working pattern within these hours, to enable you to get the balance of home & work life that suits you.

The role requires positivity, excellent communication, leadership, & caseload management abilities. You will need to demonstrate integrity, initiative, sound clinical knowledge with evidenced based practice & the ability to support the team, approaching your work in a coordinated way.

We work integrated with primary care, adult social care, therapists, urgent & intermediate care services alongside our specialist services informing our ageing well MDTs which facilitates shaping our future to deliver great quality care for housebound individuals.

If you have an interest in community nursing, preventing hospital admissions & caring for people with complex long-term disease, through to the last stages of their life, this role is for you.

Main duties of the job

As part of this post you will also get your driving lessons paid for during working hours which can be flexible with the expectation that you have to remain in post for 1 year.

You will be joining the District Nursing Clinical Support Team (DNCST) where you will be driven to your designated areas for drop off & pick up by either a community healthcare professional or a designated driver. Whilst learning to drive, we will transport you to &from your patients within a DNCST car driven by a competent driver until you have completed your driving course.

You will be required to undertake a robust induction, allocated a mentor to support your learning to develop in your role. We offer training in line with the required competencies for you to build on your knowledge, experience &skills. You will be expected to undertake continued learning with accessibility to accredited courses.

You will be required to be an autonomous practitioner & a role model. Be responsible for assessing, triaging, planning, implementation &evaluation of care, support the Community Sister/Charge Nurse in their absence.

To be a Community Registered Nurse your role is vital in terms of coordinating peoples care through holistic evidence-based best practice in accordance with National & Organisational approved polices/procedures.

"please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility"

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.

We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.

Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:

Protected CPD time for registered staff

Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff

Leadership & mentoring programmes

Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training

A Robust Preceptorship

A bespoke induction programme

Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.

Date posted

31 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

B9832-2023-NM-8185-3

Job locations

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY

Job description

Job responsibilities

we would be looking at you obtaining your driving licence within 6 months of starting in post. Full details of this will be discussed at interview.
the full job description and personal specification is attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

we would be looking at you obtaining your driving licence within 6 months of starting in post. Full details of this will be discussed at interview.
the full job description and personal specification is attached.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of a variety of healthcare settings

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse

Behavioural Attributes & Competencies

Essential

Familiar with and committed to the principles and values of the NHS.
Demonstrate commitment to and focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.
Consistently put clinicians at the heart of decision making.
Creates and fosters a culture of openness, honesty, integrity and inclusiveness.
Values diversity and difference.
Uses evidence to make improvements and seeks out innovation.
Demonstrates commitment to partnership working.
Flexible approach to working.
Attention to detail.
Highly motivated with ability to influence and inspire others.
Outcomes focused.
Ability to act as a champion for patients/carers and their interests, ensuring the patients voice has an impact on service developments.

Skills

Essential

To be able to respond to urgent calls in different parts of the city
Ability to use initiative and work autonomously
Ability to problem solve
Good time management
Delegation skills
Negotiation skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Effective communication and interactive skills including oral, written and IT
Ability to assess and treat patients using evidence based practice

Desirable

Leadership, co-ordination and management skills
Advanced knowledge and competence with specialised skills required in everyday community nursing
Teaching/mentorship skills
Tissue Viability, compression bandaging
Palliative/terminal care
Picc/Hicc lines
IV Drugs, cannulation
Diagnostic skills e.g. Doppler
Tracheostomy, Peg feeds
Venepuncture
Continence management
Catheterisation, urethral, supra-pubic
Chronic disease management
Complex CHC assessments.
Previous triage experience

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of a variety of healthcare settings

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse

Behavioural Attributes & Competencies

Essential

Familiar with and committed to the principles and values of the NHS.
Demonstrate commitment to and focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.
Consistently put clinicians at the heart of decision making.
Creates and fosters a culture of openness, honesty, integrity and inclusiveness.
Values diversity and difference.
Uses evidence to make improvements and seeks out innovation.
Demonstrates commitment to partnership working.
Flexible approach to working.
Attention to detail.
Highly motivated with ability to influence and inspire others.
Outcomes focused.
Ability to act as a champion for patients/carers and their interests, ensuring the patients voice has an impact on service developments.

Skills

Essential

To be able to respond to urgent calls in different parts of the city
Ability to use initiative and work autonomously
Ability to problem solve
Good time management
Delegation skills
Negotiation skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Effective communication and interactive skills including oral, written and IT
Ability to assess and treat patients using evidence based practice

Desirable

Leadership, co-ordination and management skills
Advanced knowledge and competence with specialised skills required in everyday community nursing
Teaching/mentorship skills
Tissue Viability, compression bandaging
Palliative/terminal care
Picc/Hicc lines
IV Drugs, cannulation
Diagnostic skills e.g. Doppler
Tracheostomy, Peg feeds
Venepuncture
Continence management
Catheterisation, urethral, supra-pubic
Chronic disease management
Complex CHC assessments.
Previous triage experience

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Livewell Southwest

Address

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY

Employer's website

https://www.livewellsouthwest.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Livewell Southwest

Address

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY

Employer's website

https://www.livewellsouthwest.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)