Community Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse
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Job summary
The community nursing out of hours service is looking to recruit a community sister/charge nurse into the team to cover set nights from 20:00hrs to 08:00am covering Monday, Thursday and Friday with an additional Saturday per month visiting patients in the North east of Hampshire working in conjunction with HCRG as a night team.
The community sister/charge nurse will visit patients with a HCA as a joint visit, visiting patients who access the service throughout the night.
Ability to drive is essential, with a full U.K driving licence also with access to a vehicle for work.
Main duties of the job
To provide excellent clinical management for patients with complex care needs during the hours of 20:00pm to 08:00am who are at risk of deteriorating health that may result in declining quality of life who require nursing care in their own homes. This could be managing end of life care, catheter care or wound care.
You must display a professional attitude and be accountable for the leadership of the team in conjunction with another community nursing sister thus ensuring positive outcomes and high quality care to patients.
Please refer to the job description for more information regarding the post.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Details
Date posted
10 October 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,162 to £44,629 a year Per annum inc. HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
151-EK-122
Job locations
Farnham Centre for Health - Community out of hours team
Hale Road
Farnham
GU9 9QS
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Farnham Centre for Health - Community out of hours team
Hale Road
Farnham
GU9 9QS
Employer's website
https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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