Community Nurse - Malvern Neighbourhood Team

Job summary

Within our busy Neighbourhood Team, we are looking for a Community Nurse 37.5 hours per week, who is passionate about nursing and excited by change and who is keen to help shape a new way of delivering nursing care in the community. We are a team of creative health care professionals who are focused on compassionate care. We work closely with our GPs and work hard at developing relationships with other primary care services, drawing on the skills of our MDT colleagues to manage complex patients and ensure our services are as responsive and patient centred as possible.

We are a supportive team who are all committed to developing our services to provide the most individual care for our patients. We offer dedicated time for training and clinical supervision, with a supportive learning & development department to help guide you in your career progression.

We will provide you with resources to develop and progress, as well as flexibility, continual professional development and a wide range of wellbeing and support. If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, please contact Debbie Abbots on 07753209501 or Jenni Rastall on 07738260648

Main duties of the job

The role requires

• The ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Flexible working to provide care across the local area (the service operates from 7:30am 6:30pm, Monday - Sunday incl bank holidays)
• An enthusiastic, motivated and innovative thinker
• The ability to work autonomously, manage your own case load and work within a multi-disciplinary team
• The ability to problem solve
• Experience of working in a fast paced and varied environment
• The ability to travel to deliver care services

Your typical working day will include home visits for adults over 18 years needing a range of nursing interventions, including end of life care, all types of wound care- you will become expert in tissue viability. Other skills required will be in IV therapy and holistic assessment of a persons needs, taking in to account their environment and social circumstances.

You will support in the education of student nurses pre and post registration, plus nurse associates and HCAs to a high standard. As a band 5 nurse, you will oversee patients and assist in decision making regarding their care. You will also attend daily handovers and participate in meetings.

About us

We are community hospitals, neighbourhood teams and community health services across Worcestershire and the provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We work in partnership with other organisations to keep our community well at home for as long as possible.

We provide services for people of all ages, across a range of settings, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions.

We have an open and supportive culture, recognised by the CQC and other external regulators. We want you to thrive, offering you every opportunity to develop. We will support you; help you fulfil your ambitions with a varied and flexible training programme; and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We endeavour to offer an attractive work-life balance, with flexibility in our approach to help you get the most out of your career.

We provide our staff with direct access to a wealth of resources to support their wellbeing, from our Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, to wellbeing festivals or access to free online exercise classes.

At the core of our values, we are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights. We take every opportunity to strengthen our approach to equality and diversity in delivering best patient care and the employment of our staff.

We would encourage you to visit the Trusts Recruitment Microsite, click the Employer Website link.

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Rowan House

Osborne Road

Malvern

Worcestershire

WR14 1JE

Employer's website

https://careers.hacw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Rowan House

Osborne Road

Malvern

Worcestershire

WR14 1JE

Employer's website

https://careers.hacw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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