Specialist Community Nurse

Job summary

Are you an experienced nurse with leadership skills who aspires to provide holistic, patient centred care? Apply for our fixed term Specialist Community Nurse vacancy in Scarborough where you will co-lead a team of nurses in providing assessment & care to patients in their own place of residence. Because our service also provides nursing specialisms there is comprehensive support and advice available to you.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work within our integrated, multi-disciplinary Community Team. You will have well-developed clinical and leadership skills and work alongside our wider team including Therapists, Pharmacists, Tissue Viability, Continence, Cardiac, diabetes, dietetics, Speech & Language and Respiratory Specialists.

This may be your opportunity to move into a more senior position or you may be experienced and returning to this area of practice - either way, we know that your career development and the support that you receive is important. Find out about nursing careers by downloading our Destination Humber booklet.

Main duties of the job

Community Nursing is a highly specialised area of practice recognised by the Queens Nurses Institute and NMC as a specialist role.

As a District Nurse/Senior Community Nurse, you will work within an integrated hub model of District Nurses, Specialist Nurses, Community Staff Nurses, Therapists, Trainee/Registered Nursing Associates, Associate Practitioners, Health Care Assistants and phlebotomists to meet the needs of the complex patient in the community and avoid admissions to the acute sector as far as practicable. This includes:

• Intravenous Antibiotic administration,
• End of life care,
• Managing the deteriorating patient,
• Complex and simple wound care including VAC therapy and compression therapy,
• Venepuncture,
• Utilising advanced physical assessment skills and many more clinical nursing skills.

Main duties of the role include

• Provision of high quality, patient centred clinical care
• Caseload Management;
• Leading a team of Community Nurses and support staff including provision of supervision - both clinical & managerial;
• Working with other Band 6 District/Community Nurses to ensure adequate staffing and share resources and learning;
• Induction, probation & competency development of new staff recruited to team;
• Referral to and working alongside Specialist Clinicians & other agencies;
• Engagement with Safety Huddles;
• Actively encourage prevention and self-management;
• Carry out audits;
• Engage in working groups to inform service development.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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