Job summary
This is full time post, but we would
consider applicants looking for part time.
An
exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Nurse to join the Neighbourhood
Team in Bromsgrove. This will give you a rewarding opportunity to provide
optimal nursing care to patients in their own home. The diverse role includes
wound care, palliative care, continence care, diabetes management, medication
administration, urgent care response and IV therapy alongside patient centre
assessments and care planning.
Shift
patterns 07.30-15.30, 08.30-16.30, 09.30-17.30 and 10.30-18.30. Flexible
working opportunities available, will discuss these at interview.
You should have excellent clinical,
written and verbal communication skills. In return we offer a great team
environment, learning and development opportunities and supervision support. We will provide
you with exciting development opportunities, excellent induction package and a
supportive team environment.
Due to the nature of the posts the applicant
must be able to travel independently.
Join
our team, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across
Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop
and progress a long term career as well as flexibility, continual professional
development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support. If you would like
to discuss informally, get in touch with
Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the
advert.
Main duties of the job
A typical day as community nurse may start with greeting a
diabetic patient and administering their insulin, followed by supporting
patients at the end of their life to ensure gold standard care is delivered.
You may then visit a few patients to dress a leg ulcer or post op wound,
followed by changing a catheter to flushing a patients central line. Following
a morning of visits you will return to the office for your team handover, this
gives you the opportunity to discuss complex situations with your colleagues
and undertake clinical supervision. You may then be called out to an urgent
care response visit where a patient needs to be seen and assessed within 2
hours. No day is the same within the community and each day is as rewarding as
the next, whether youve healed a leg ulcer or given a patient the best
possible care at the end of their life. One thing we promise you is that
community nursing is never boring!
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals
and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health
and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of
all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over
100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible
working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,
and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value
diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer;
-
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to
33 days with long service
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Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work
unsocial hours
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Flexible and agile working opportunities
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Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
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Wide range of supportive staff networks
-
Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our
website.
We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.
Sharing
your data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to
pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from
you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained
interest in working for the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Behave consistently with the
values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day to day basis.
Act as a role model to
colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of
professionalism.
Use their initiative and take
responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service
they provide to patients.
Work as an autonomous
practitioner within the integrated team providing rapid and planned assessment
and treatment interventions to patients in their own homes or other community
settings to enable patients to maximise their independence, health and wellbeing
and remain in their own homes for as long as possible. This will be achieved
through a combination of hands-on clinical skills and knowledge to treat,
educate and support patients on a designated caseload and by working with
patients and their carers to assess, plan and implement appropriate packages of
care.
Regularly take responsibility
for the caseload in the absence of the Senior Community Nurse.
The ability to
provide rapid assessment of situations when needed and to offer solutions and
advice immediately.
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Behave consistently with the
values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day to day basis.
Act as a role model to
colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of
professionalism.
Use their initiative and take
responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service
they provide to patients.
Work as an autonomous
practitioner within the integrated team providing rapid and planned assessment
and treatment interventions to patients in their own homes or other community
settings to enable patients to maximise their independence, health and wellbeing
and remain in their own homes for as long as possible. This will be achieved
through a combination of hands-on clinical skills and knowledge to treat,
educate and support patients on a designated caseload and by working with
patients and their carers to assess, plan and implement appropriate packages of
care.
Regularly take responsibility
for the caseload in the absence of the Senior Community Nurse.
The ability to
provide rapid assessment of situations when needed and to offer solutions and
advice immediately.
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience gained during Pre-Registration training.
Desirable
- 2 years post registration experience.
- Community nursing experience.
- Experience of management of caseloads.
Knowledge
Essential
- Variety of evidence based clinical skills.
- Confidence to teach student nurses, trainee nursing associates, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Understanding of evidence-based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance.
Desirable
- Competence in male and suprapubic catheterisation.
- Venepuncture and IV therapy.
- Cannulation.
- Management of syringe drivers.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RN1)
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Accredited courses in palliative care, tissue viability, Diabetes.
- Mentor award.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Versatile and adaptable.
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
- Team player.
- Able to cope under pressure.
- Compassion and empathy skills.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
Desirable
- An ability to work in a variety of settings.
- Willingness to undertake further training.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role modelling good behaviour that supports team working.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Basic IT skills.
- Flexible, lateral thinker.
- Reflective practitioner.
- Proven ability to motivate others.
- Able to work competently without supervision and set own priorities.
- Responsible for own professional development.
- Ability to understand professional and ethical issues.
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience gained during Pre-Registration training.
Desirable
- 2 years post registration experience.
- Community nursing experience.
- Experience of management of caseloads.
Knowledge
Essential
- Variety of evidence based clinical skills.
- Confidence to teach student nurses, trainee nursing associates, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Understanding of evidence-based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance.
Desirable
- Competence in male and suprapubic catheterisation.
- Venepuncture and IV therapy.
- Cannulation.
- Management of syringe drivers.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RN1)
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Accredited courses in palliative care, tissue viability, Diabetes.
- Mentor award.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Versatile and adaptable.
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
- Team player.
- Able to cope under pressure.
- Compassion and empathy skills.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
Desirable
- An ability to work in a variety of settings.
- Willingness to undertake further training.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role modelling good behaviour that supports team working.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Basic IT skills.
- Flexible, lateral thinker.
- Reflective practitioner.
- Proven ability to motivate others.
- Able to work competently without supervision and set own priorities.
- Responsible for own professional development.
- Ability to understand professional and ethical issues.
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
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.
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.
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).
