Band 5 Community Nurse - Solihull Community

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

If you're a Band 5 staff nurse currently working for the trust and looking to move to another area, please go to http://uhbpolicies/documents/internal-lateral-transfer-of-post-holders.htm to access our transfer process.

Solihull Community Nursing team mirrors the national goal of creating a cohesive road map to increase the community nursing workforce.

Community nursing provides invaluable care to people in their chosen setting. We want to be able to offer more of this to the communities across Solihull. We want to offer our patients the best possible care and to allow our nursing colleagues to individually treat there patients with care, kindness and importantly safely.

We pride ourselves on being a supportive team, ensuring that staff satisfaction and supporting a healthy work / life balance are high on our priorities. You will join a wider team that is committed to patient care and be led by a management team who sees colleagues as the main driver in their goal to deliver excellent patient care.

We asked our existing team of incredible Nurses what they needed -- we listened and now we are acting. We are actively looking to expand our community team across Solihull and are seeking Nurses at Band 4 and 5. You could be returning to practice, seeking a move from ward based nursing, newly qualified or just intrigued by what community nursing entails.

Main duties of the job

Supported by our award winning UHB School of Nursing, Allied Health Professionals and Midwifery we can offer you a career where you can be assured of; quality education, wellbeing, leadership and all aspects of personal development. Within the School we offer a range of internal/external pathways to Research, Masters and PHD's that can be tailored to your career ambitions.

As a team we can offer flexible working patterns to best suit you. We give ongoing training, mentorship and guidance to all and can support with career enhancement through education and learning. If you'd like to join a caring and nurturing team, and provide the very best care to our patients we would love to hear from you.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Date posted

20 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-49438GB

Job locations

Solihull Community Nursing

Friars Gate,  1011 Stratford Road

Solihull

West Midlands

B90 4BN

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current registration as a First Level General Nurse

Experience

Essential

Knowledge in Safeguarding, issues and procedures

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current registration as a First Level General Nurse

Experience

Essential

Knowledge in Safeguarding, issues and procedures

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.

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).