Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Community Nurse

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Job summary

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking for inspirational Bank nurses to deliver a high standard of quality care to patients within the community setting. Community Nurses work autonomously and as part of a team. Care is delivered in the patient's own home environment and designated treatment rooms. Our nurses are responsible for a manageable caseload, working across the city ensuring our patients are receiving the best quality care & thereby avoiding hospital admission.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight's Community Nursing Service work with adults who need support for a multitude of health conditions. These include:

*Long term conditions management

*Medication administration

*Acute wounds & complex wound care

*Palliative & end of life care, including bereavement support.

*Facilitating discharge from hospital

*Continence care, including all types of catheter & bowel care

*PICC line management

Main duties of the job

Although a lone worker, you will be supported by an experienced & nurturing team, to allow you to develop your existing skills into becoming an autonomous practitioner in the community. You will be provided the training you require to maintain and develop your clinical skills. This will be achieved by attending appropriate training and working with Educators in Practice & other staff within the team.

We are looking for evening & weekend bank cover along with School hours to be covered. If you think you can make a difference and this style of flexible working suits you, please do get in contact.

To provide a nursing service in the patient's own home and other community settings to include:

*First contact: acute assessment, nursing diagnosis and care, treatment, and referral

*Palliative care: symptom management including assessment of acute symptom onset, care for the patient and their family/carers

*Continuing care: intermediate care, rehabilitation and chronic disease management

*Public health: health protection and promotion programmes that improve and reduce inequalities

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Date posted

28 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£23 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

449-ADS-6946

Job locations

Bitterne Health Centre

Commercial Street

Southampton

Hampshire

SO18 6BT

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SO16 4QE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registered Nurse - Adult

Desirable

Teaching and Assessing in Practice Mentorship

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate nursing skills e.g. medication management, wound care, IV therapy, palliative care management.
Demonstrate strategies for organising own workload and that of junior staff day-to-day.
Demonstrate and provide evidence of specialist clinical development and good practice examples of how key skills are applied.
Ability to act on own initiative in crisis situations and take responsibility for own caseload of clients.
Is able to work flexibly in a demanding and challenging environment.
Experience of conducting a basic audit.
IT skills.

Desirable

Supervision and training ofothers e.g. students.
Demonstrable ability to manage the team and caseload in the absence of the team leader.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registered Nurse - Adult

Desirable

Teaching and Assessing in Practice Mentorship

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate nursing skills e.g. medication management, wound care, IV therapy, palliative care management.
Demonstrate strategies for organising own workload and that of junior staff day-to-day.
Demonstrate and provide evidence of specialist clinical development and good practice examples of how key skills are applied.
Ability to act on own initiative in crisis situations and take responsibility for own caseload of clients.
Is able to work flexibly in a demanding and challenging environment.
Experience of conducting a basic audit.
IT skills.

Desirable

Supervision and training ofothers e.g. students.
Demonstrable ability to manage the team and caseload in the absence of the team leader.

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

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

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bitterne Health Centre

Commercial Street

Southampton

Hampshire

SO18 6BT

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bitterne Health Centre

Commercial Street

Southampton

Hampshire

SO18 6BT

Employer's website

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