Community Nurse

HCRG Care Group

The closing date is 07 February 2025

Job summary

Melksham and Bradford on Avon Community Team are passionate about nursing, zealous about helping to keep people in their own homes and enthusiastic about supporting each other.

We vehemently try to prevent patients from being admitted to hospital unnecessarily and support people at the end of their life to stay at home.

We currently need a qualified Band 5 nurse to work 37.5 hours per week in our team (5 x 7.5 hour shifts).

We are responsive to training needs, offer support, mentorship and teaching to become skilled in caring for the complex patients we now have on our caseloads.

If you have up to date clinical skills, good communication skills, motivation, and enthusiasm and are hardworking then come and join us.

We are a busy friendly team who would welcome new or experienced members of staff who would be willing to contribute to the on-going development of the community service.

If you are interested, please see the advertisement on NHS Jobs.

You can also contact me directly for an informal chat.

Kate Payne, Team Manager at Melksham and Bradford on Avon.01225 701002.

Main duties of the job

As aCommunity Nurseyou willcare forpatientsand their families in the way thatyou believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing bestpractice, and actively improving the way we work to help us continue to change things for the better. We feel passionate that everyone should feel valued when they come into contact with our organisation, whether that's you, someone we care for or the wider community we operate in.

You will put to use your strongcommunication and organisation skills, along with a flexible approach, to ensureyou deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of theirhealthcare journey.

Youll care forpatientsand their families in the way thatyou believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing bestpractice, and actively improving the way we work to help us continue to change things for the better. We feel passionate that everyone should feel valued when they come into contact with our organisation, whether that's you, someone we care for or the wider community we operate in.

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

Date posted

22 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/111228/13682

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Melksham

Wiltshire

SN12 7NZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

As aBand 5 Community Nurse, youll be part of our valued team at Melksham Community Hospital in Melksham.

You will feel valued as a Community Nursewithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

AFC Band 5with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salarywith evidence provided)
Plentiful on site-parking
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday 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 a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

Job description

Job responsibilities

As aBand 5 Community Nurse, youll be part of our valued team at Melksham Community Hospital in Melksham.

You will feel valued as a Community Nursewithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

AFC Band 5with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salarywith evidence provided)
Plentiful on site-parking
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday 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 a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

Person Specification

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Desirable

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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.