University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Community Staff Nurse

The closing date is 27 May 2025

Job summary

An opportunity has become available to join the Ulverston District Nurses as a registered nurse. This is a close and supportive team that pride themselves on delivering a high standard of person centre care to the residents of Dalton and surrounding villages.

We are looking for anexperienced andenthusiastic team player that shares the same passion and drive to care for people in their own homes to a high standard.

The post is 22.5 hours a week over 3 days and includes weekends and bank holidays. The post will also include working evenings and potential nights as part of their hours in the Furness out of hours team over a 7 day week, 365 days a year.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a registered Nurse within Community Services, accountable for providing evidence based, holistic nursing care of patients.

You will be expected to support the Sister/Team Leader in leading the team supervising, directing staff and delegating workload according to skills of the staff within the team.

The Ulverston team is a small team consisting of full and part time nurses and a health care support worker. Ran day to day by the Assistant Team leads and supported by the Team Lead.

About us

We operatefrom three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, andUlverstonCommunity Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Details

Date posted

12 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

331-C16640525

Job locations

Ulverston health centre

Stanley Street

Ulverston

LA127BT


Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered general nurse
  • Final year Nursing student

Desirable

  • supporting learners in practice/mentorship qualification
  • V150 prescriber
  • Academic palliative care course
  • Academic wound care course

Experience

Essential

  • Palliative care
  • Wound care
  • Communication skills verbal/non-verbal
  • time management
  • IT systems
  • documentation
  • delegation
  • supervision of junior staff

Desirable

  • Continence care
  • Advanced communication / difficult situations
  • councelling
  • work allocation
  • shift leadership experience

Clinical skills

Essential

  • Wound assessment and product choice
  • venepuncture
  • syringe driver use
  • female/male/SP catheter
  • Holistic assessment

Desirable

  • Compression therapy

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Empathetic
  • Self motivated
  • Team work
  • outgoing/friendly
  • self-awareness

Desirable

  • Experience of lone working
  • Experience of working in patients own homes
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered general nurse
  • Final year Nursing student

Desirable

  • supporting learners in practice/mentorship qualification
  • V150 prescriber
  • Academic palliative care course
  • Academic wound care course

Experience

Essential

  • Palliative care
  • Wound care
  • Communication skills verbal/non-verbal
  • time management
  • IT systems
  • documentation
  • delegation
  • supervision of junior staff

Desirable

  • Continence care
  • Advanced communication / difficult situations
  • councelling
  • work allocation
  • shift leadership experience

Clinical skills

Essential

  • Wound assessment and product choice
  • venepuncture
  • syringe driver use
  • female/male/SP catheter
  • Holistic assessment

Desirable

  • Compression therapy

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Empathetic
  • Self motivated
  • Team work
  • outgoing/friendly
  • self-awareness

Desirable

  • Experience of lone working
  • Experience of working in patients own homes

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).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Address

Ulverston health centre

Stanley Street

Ulverston

LA127BT


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Address

Ulverston health centre

Stanley Street

Ulverston

LA127BT


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

District Nurse Team Lead

Marie Rogers

marie.rogers@mbht.nhs.uk

07975232800

Details

Date posted

12 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

331-C16640525

Job locations

Ulverston health centre

Stanley Street

Ulverston

LA127BT


Supporting documents

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