Community Nursing Sister/District Nurse

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are wishing to recruit a District nurse or a community sister/charge nurse into the Fleet and Yateley community nursing team.

This is a full time position working a variety of shifts in the community setting.

As a District Nursing Sister/Community Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse you will manage a clinical caseload under the delegation of the team leader as well as exercising leadership and management of a defined community nursing team to ensure good clinical practices and high standards of care are maintained in order to meet service demand.

We offer a supportive environment with opportunities for further career development, and a strong in-house training programme.

Working within our Community Nursing Team you will support, assess, and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality, evidence-based practice. You will have a passion and enthusiasm to care for patients in their own homes.

The post holder will be part of a supportive team of other B6/7 across the other teams covering the north east of Hampshire providing a 7 day service covering the hours of 8am to 8am.

Car driver is essential with access to a vehicle for work, mileage is claimable via the trust expenses system.

Main duties of the job

You will manage a complex and diverse caseload of patients in conjunction with the Team Leader.

  • Support teams to provide information to patients, their families, and carers both formal and informal, so that they can make informed choices about current and future care needs.
  • Provide clinical support, leadership, and guidance to all staff to ensure that evidence-based care and clinical practice are maintained in Community Nursing Teams.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.

Date posted

24 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,162 to £44,629 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-EK-178

Job locations

Fleet community Hospital

Church Road

Fleet

GU51 4LZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • The post holder will effectively manage the community nursing team day to day.
  • Ensure a high level of quality care is given to our patients using evidence-based practice, shared learning, adhering to the NMC code of conduct and trust policy.
  • The post holder will be leading the community nursing team by example and using a variety of leadership skills and styles of communication to ensure the team are supported day to day and patient care provided is holistic.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for more information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • The post holder will effectively manage the community nursing team day to day.
  • Ensure a high level of quality care is given to our patients using evidence-based practice, shared learning, adhering to the NMC code of conduct and trust policy.
  • The post holder will be leading the community nursing team by example and using a variety of leadership skills and styles of communication to ensure the team are supported day to day and patient care provided is holistic.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for more information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Qualified RN for 4 years or more
  • DN SPQ Qualification
  • Evidence of previous experience at B6 level
  • Evidence of knowledge of community nursing
  • Practice Assessor

Desirable

  • Catheter course
  • Evidence of EOL courses
  • Some experience in leading and management of a team
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Qualified RN for 4 years or more
  • DN SPQ Qualification
  • Evidence of previous experience at B6 level
  • Evidence of knowledge of community nursing
  • Practice Assessor

Desirable

  • Catheter course
  • Evidence of EOL courses
  • Some experience in leading and management of a team

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).

UK Registration

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

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.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fleet community Hospital

Church Road

Fleet

GU51 4LZ


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fleet community Hospital

Church Road

Fleet

GU51 4LZ


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Community Matron

Kelly Gray

kellygray@nhs.net

07557926032

Date posted

24 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,162 to £44,629 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-EK-178

Job locations

Fleet community Hospital

Church Road

Fleet

GU51 4LZ


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