Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join the Haywards Heath Central and Villages PCN Community Team.
The PCN is a group of practices collaborating with community and other health and care services. PCNs enable more proactive, personalised, coordinated, and integrated health and social care. Care is organised around individuals' needs through collaborative working to deliver excellent patient care at the heart of the community.
Haywards Heath PCN Team is looking for registered nurses to join. Whether newly registered or seeking a new challenge, Community Nursing offers a chance to specialise in a highly diverse and rewarding field.
Community nursing provides many specialties in one role.Successful applicants will receive an individual induction plan to ease into this environment.
As this role is part-time, please note:
Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role is unlikely to be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on thegov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes - GOV.UK
Health and Care Worker visa: If you'll need to meet different salary requirements - GOV.UK
Main duties of the job
To deliver high quality care in the community in patients own homes, working with patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care. To participate in a team of colleagues supporting evidence based care, facilitating staff learning and development.
The main aspects of the role are diabetic management, wound management including leg ulcer diagnosis and treatment, palliative care working very closely with the Hospice and GP's, bladder and bowel care including urethral and supra pubic catheters and other continence needs.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To deliver high quality care in the community, working with patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care.
To participate in a team of colleagues supporting evidence based care, facilitating staff learning and development.
Please see job description for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To deliver high quality care in the community, working with patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care.
To participate in a team of colleagues supporting evidence based care, facilitating staff learning and development.
Please see job description for further information.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- RN qualification / degree or diploma
- ENB 998 or equivalent or work towards
Desirable
- Evidence of a range of clinical competencies
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a community setting
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Good communication and negotiation skills
- Demonstrates competency in a range of clinical skills e.g. wound management, catheterisation skills, medicines management and administration, palliative and end of life care including management of syringe drivers.
- Is able to demonstrate the application of research based practice
- Knowledge of current local policies informing community health and social care services
- A clear understanding of the role of the Community Staff Nurse
- Promote independence and choice in undertaking patient care
- IT literate or willing to achieve within an agreed period
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision, Professional codes of Conduct
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge/ understanding of boundaries of role
- Practice supervisor
Desirable
- Motivational interviewing skills
Other requirements
Essential
- Demonstrates abillity to reflect and learn from situations
- Demonstrates a commitment to life-long learning and development/competency framework
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrates a high level of understanding of self and able to identify personal limitation, shows openess to address them
- Ability to travel between sites, car owner and driver with access to a vehicle for work
- An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients
Must Hold a full UK driving license & access to a car.
Essential
- Full UK license, unless under the Equality Act
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- RN qualification / degree or diploma
- ENB 998 or equivalent or work towards
Desirable
- Evidence of a range of clinical competencies
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a community setting
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Good communication and negotiation skills
- Demonstrates competency in a range of clinical skills e.g. wound management, catheterisation skills, medicines management and administration, palliative and end of life care including management of syringe drivers.
- Is able to demonstrate the application of research based practice
- Knowledge of current local policies informing community health and social care services
- A clear understanding of the role of the Community Staff Nurse
- Promote independence and choice in undertaking patient care
- IT literate or willing to achieve within an agreed period
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision, Professional codes of Conduct
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge/ understanding of boundaries of role
- Practice supervisor
Desirable
- Motivational interviewing skills
Other requirements
Essential
- Demonstrates abillity to reflect and learn from situations
- Demonstrates a commitment to life-long learning and development/competency framework
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrates a high level of understanding of self and able to identify personal limitation, shows openess to address them
- Ability to travel between sites, car owner and driver with access to a vehicle for work
- An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients
Must Hold a full UK driving license & access to a car.
Essential
- Full UK license, unless under the Equality Act
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
