Job summary
We are looking for a permanent Band 5 Out of Hours Community Nurse to join our friendly, inclusive and forward thinking Out of Hours team, working across the West Lancashire area to provide care and support to patients in community settings.
The team is based from the Urgent Treatment Centre at Ormskirk Hospital. You will be working evenings on a 17.5 hour contract split across two weeks. Week 1 - 20 hours then Week 2 - 15 hours a week. Each shift is 5 hours long between the hours of 6pm and 11.30pm.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a successful candidate who will be responsible for the following:
- To work as part of the 24-hour communitynursing service, under the direction of the Urgent Treatment CentreManager / Leader, providing high quality holistic care to patients.
- The OOH Community nurserole carries delegated responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based nursing to patients in their own homes.
- To assume delegated responsibility for the supervision of the team in the absence of the Urgent Treatment Centre Team Leader, when required.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will have:
- A Degree/Diploma in Adult Nursing
- First level registered nurse
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team / multiagency working (Desirable)
- You need to have an understanding of undertaking complex assessments and the planning and evaluation of care package
- Excellent Communication, both written and verbal
- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills
- Clinical Risk assessment skills
- Ability to problem solve and make clinical decisions Understanding of NMC standards and implications to practice
- Ability to work independently in community setting
- High clinical standards
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
As an Out of Hours Community Nurse, youll be part of our valued team atClayton House
You will feel valued as a Out of Hours Community Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- AFC Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will have:
- A Degree/Diploma in Adult Nursing
- First level registered nurse
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team / multiagency working (Desirable)
- You need to have an understanding of undertaking complex assessments and the planning and evaluation of care package
- Excellent Communication, both written and verbal
- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills
- Clinical Risk assessment skills
- Ability to problem solve and make clinical decisions Understanding of NMC standards and implications to practice
- Ability to work independently in community setting
- High clinical standards
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
As an Out of Hours Community Nurse, youll be part of our valued team atClayton House
You will feel valued as a Out of Hours Community Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- AFC Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
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Desirable
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Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Desirable
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
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.
