Community Nurse

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 February 2025

Job summary

HIOW Healthcare is looking for inspirational RN's to deliver a high standard of quality care to patients within the community setting. Community Nurses work autonomously & as part of a team and care is delivered in the patient's own home environment (including residential care) & designated treatment rooms. Nurses are responsible for a manageable caseload, working across the city ensuring our patients are receiving the best quality care from their own homes & thereby avoiding hospital admission.

HIOWH Community Nurses work with adults who need support for a multitude of health conditions. These include:

Long term conditions management

Acute wounds & complex care

Palliative & EOL care

Facilitating discharge from hospital, drain management, administration of prophylactic medication

Continence care including catheter & bowel care

PICC line management

Administration of a variety of medications

As a lone worker, you will be supported by an experienced & nurturing team who are always available, to allow you to develop your existing skills into becoming an autonomous practitioner in the community. You will be provided the training you require to maintain & develop your clinical skills.

You will work within a team that is based at Bitterne Health Centre in Southampton. Our working patterns are across a 7 day week. Core shifts are 0830-1630 and 1400-2200, but we are open to discussing this. There is also a requirement that you will work 1 in 4 weekends as well as bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

*A registered nurse working as part of a multi-disciplinary Locality Health Team affiliated to a cluster of GP Practices providing nursing care to the Practice population both in the patient's home or clinic setting based on individual care needs.

*Delivering on the organisational objectives to meet individual health care needs through high quality, safe and effective services to avoid unnecessary admissions to secondary care, support early discharge from hospital, effective case management for patients with complex long-term conditions or following an acute health episode and individualised care for the patient and carers at the end of life.

*The post-holder will be required to demonstrate a high degree of autonomy and professional accountability, working within the Nursing and Midwifery guidelines to have responsibility for the management of a defined Community Nursing caseload within one or more GP practices in the absence of the Community Sister or Clinical Manager.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Date posted

10 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

449-ADS-6833

Job locations

Bitterne Health Centre

Commercial Street

Southampton

Hampshire

SO18 6BT

Royal South Hants Hospital

Graham Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO14 0YG

Western Community Hospital -Broadcast

William Macleod Way

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 4QE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registered Nurse - Adult

Desirable

Teaching and Assessing in Practice Mentorship

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate nursing skills e.g. medication management, wound care, IV therapy,palliative care management.
Demonstrate strategies for organising own workload and that of junior staff day-to-day.
Demonstrate and provide evidence of specialist clinical development and good practice examples of how key skills are applied.
Ability to act on own initiative in crisis situations and take responsibility for own caseload of clients.
Is able to work flexibly in a demanding and challenging environment.
Experience of conducting a basic audit.
IT skills.

Desirable

Supervision and training of others e.g. students.
Demonstrable ability to manage the team and caseload in the absence of the team leader.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registered Nurse - Adult

Desirable

Teaching and Assessing in Practice Mentorship

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate nursing skills e.g. medication management, wound care, IV therapy,palliative care management.
Demonstrate strategies for organising own workload and that of junior staff day-to-day.
Demonstrate and provide evidence of specialist clinical development and good practice examples of how key skills are applied.
Ability to act on own initiative in crisis situations and take responsibility for own caseload of clients.
Is able to work flexibly in a demanding and challenging environment.
Experience of conducting a basic audit.
IT skills.

Desirable

Supervision and training of others e.g. students.
Demonstrable ability to manage the team and caseload in the absence of the team leader.

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.