Community Staff Nurse - Ledbury

Wye Valley NHS Trust

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Job summary

The East Locality are currently recruiting for a band 5 Community Nurse to join our supportive and dedicated team, based at Ledbury . This will be for 22.5 hrs per week.

We are a supportive and hard-working team, providing care and support to patients in their own homes. Whilst we see the majority of our patients at home, we are also able to see patients in a clinic-based setting, at Ledbury Hospital. This is for patients that are non-housebound, but require the expertise of the district nursing team.

We work closely with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, including GP's, Palliative Care Nurses, Therapy Teams, and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

You will be equipped for mobile working and will be provided with a laptop and smartphone, meaning that you will have access to patient data and are able to complete patient documentation and paperwork in real-time. All staff are expected to record their work electronically on EMIS, our electronic patient record system which links into the GP services to allow a seamless service provision. Training and on-going support will be given to support staff with EMIS and other electronic systems they will need to use.

After induction, the post holder will be required to work a mixture of shifts from 8am to 10pm - there are no night shifts.

You will be expected to use your own vehicle for travel, however you will be reimbursed for expenses occurred.

Main duties of the job

The focus of District Nursing is to support patients towards self-management, enabling them to continue to live as full and productive a life as possible, through education, equipment and or lifestyle changes. We also have the privilege of supporting people and their families at the end of their lives, working in close liaison with the Hospice Teams and Specialist Palliative Care Nurses.

Providing a high standard of care to patients in their own home or clinic environment, this will include a number of clinical competencies:

End of life care - syringe driver and symptom management.
CVAD management
Catheters - male, female and suprapubic
Complex wound care
Drain management
Compression/Dopplers
Bladder Scanning
Holistic assessment of needs
Skin Integrity
Nephrostomy care

There will be training provided via the Integrated Care Academy for the successful candidate.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Date posted

29 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year pro rata, pa with enhancements for unsocial hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

229-IC-5898639

Job locations

Ledbury Health & Care Centre

Market Street

Ledbury

HR8 2AQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

RN1
Registered with the NMC

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

Evidence of Continued Professional Development
Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality in all of the role
IT literate (including Microsoft office) and willing to learn new systems
Good communication skills both written and verbal with patients and across the MDT
To be able to plan and deliver person centred care

Experience

Essential

Working in a range of clinical settings

Desirable

Working in a community setting

Other Factors

Essential

Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

RN1
Registered with the NMC

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

Evidence of Continued Professional Development
Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality in all of the role
IT literate (including Microsoft office) and willing to learn new systems
Good communication skills both written and verbal with patients and across the MDT
To be able to plan and deliver person centred care

Experience

Essential

Working in a range of clinical settings

Desirable

Working in a community setting

Other Factors

Essential

Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post

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.