Community Staff Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Community Staff Nurse to join the Bracknell Community Nursing Team.

Community nursing is evolving, with patients presenting with increasingly complex and acute needs. Our highly skilled team delivers specialist, evidence-based care to patients in their own homes, supporting them to remain independent and receive high-quality care in the community.

In this role, you will assess, support, and treat patients with a wide range of health needs, delivering compassionate and person-centred care.

We are a friendly, supportive team seeking motivated NMC registered nurse who are passionate about delivering excellent community-based care.

As a Community Staff Nurse, you will play a vital role in ensuring patients receive safe, effective, and high-quality care within their own homes.

No two days are the same in community nursing. You will work with patients with varied and complex needs, including wound care, long-term conditions, and end-of-life care, making a meaningful difference to patients and their families.

If you're passionate about community nursing and looking for a rewarding role in a highly rated NHS Trust, this position could be the perfect fit!

*This role requires you to have a full UK driving licenceand either: access to a vehicle for work purposes,orthe ability to travel to meet service needs (not all locations may be accessible by public transport).

Main duties of the job

• Towork in conjunction with theTeam allstaff within the team to holistically assess the needs of patients and carers, and to work in partnership with the patient and family to plan, implement and evaluate programmes of nursing care.

• Tobe able to undertake first visits and take any immediate action, reporting back to the Team Leader/Community Nursing Band 6/Community Matron for further discussion and/or assessment.

• Toundertake practice assessor and supervisor training support students andnew staffto the service.

• Provide care according to the available evidence of best practice and the support of others in the development ofevidence basedpractice.

• Tobe actively involved in promoting self-care for patients and building Health Promotion into care.

• Todevelop andparticipatein planned teaching programmes for patients.

• Todemonstrateknowledge and skills including assessment, reassessment, medication management, bladder bowel care, tissue viability, care,useand administration of treatment using specialist equipment, palliativecareand symptom control, managing acute episodes of care, reducing hospital admissions, as per band 5 competency document.

• Toprovide care to people with long term conditions undertaking reviewsin accordance withthe individual patient care plan and with support of more experienced colleagues asrequired.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust site