Senior Community Nurse

Job summary

We currently have the opportunity for 1 x Senior Community Nurse to join our Shelton & Hanley Community Nursing team based at Bentilee Neighbourhood Centre.

Community nursing teams deliver holistic, complex care to housebound patients within their own home environments. You will be responsible for leading the community nursing team, managing the caseload and supporting staff development. You will work alongside the leadership team to ensure proactive and effective care delivery, liaising and working with the multidisciplinary team to ensure individualised and evidence based care to our patients.

Main duties of the job

-You will be responsible for allocating patient visits within the skill set for the community nursing team. You will work alongside the Lead Practitioner to manage the caseload, including reviewing demand and capacity.

-You will be competent in a variety of clinical skills, and be able to share your knowledge and expertise with others, signposting to more specialist services as appropriate.

-You will an effective leader, demonstrating care, compassion and empathy and role modelling the Trust values. You will be able to support staff within the team to develop their own skills and will offer a high standard of supervision.

-You will be able to engage complex patients, agree mutually beneficial treatment plans and to plan, implement and evaluate care pathways.

-You will support with quality assurance, including audit, incident reporting and gaining patient feedback. You will work with the leadership team to evaluate this in line with objectives.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.