Specialist Community Nurse

Job summary

Specialist Community Nurse - Band 6

Trowbridge Community Team

37.5 Hours per week - maternity cover

If you love working in a Community setting we have a great opportunity for a Band 6 Community Specialist Nurse to join our motivated and proactive Trowbridge Community Team. We would also be prepared to consider this as a developmental role for a Band 5 Nurse wishing to commence the Specialist Practitioner District Nurse Qualification (SPQ) pathway or a Nurse who has already completed the SPQ programme. This post is currently 37.5 hours over 5 days. This is a fixed term opportunity due to Maternity leave of our band 6 Nurse and will be for 12 months.

The team is based in Trowbridge Community Hospital and provides patient care between 07.00 22.00 hours with shift patterns including some weekends, early and late shifts which can be flexible. The team supports patients who are registered with GP practices in the Trowbridge locality, and we work closely with the GPs and the wider Multi-Disciplinary team including our Therapists, Social Care and other agencies.

This role is very rewarding and will include supporting a caseload of patients and providing effective nursing interventions in patients homes and other community clinical settings using remote working technology. As a Community Specialist Nurse you will be involved in caseload and case management, managing complex patients and coordinating shifts.

Main duties of the job

The role includes supporting other team members including providing clinical advice and support alongside supervisions and some HR processes. Other aspects of the role include managing complex CHC patients, attending MDT meetings and a wide range of other clinical interventions. Our caseload includes patients with palliative care needs, simple and complex tissue viability issues and long term conditions.

If you would like to join our team you will need some experience in NHS community patient care, evidence of up-to-date clinical professional development alongside excellent clinical and communication skills. We are a busy, cohesive and well-organized team and will welcome a new member of staff who is enthusiastic, resilient and flexible and also willing to contribute to the ongoing development of the services we provide.

Wiltshire Health and Care is also proactive in developing community specific training and can offer a supportive and friendly environment in which to learn new skills, a range of training and development opportunities, including an induction program, and clinical support.

Apply now to join our team and help us to deliver our vision to improve health and wellbeing in our community by providing high quality care.

If you are interested, please come for an informal visit to meet our team. To arrange this or for further information please contact; Viv Southan- Community Team Manager- 07900246853

About us

Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers. We have an overall good rating from the CQC, with the majority of our services rated as Outstanding.

If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!

Employer details

Employer name

Wiltshire Health and Care LLP

Address

Trowbridge Community Hospital

Adcroft Street

Trowbridge

Wiltshire

BA14 8PH

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Wiltshire Health and Care LLP

Address

Trowbridge Community Hospital

Adcroft Street

Trowbridge

Wiltshire

BA14 8PH

Employer's website

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

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