Job summary
Community Staff Nurse - Band 5
Full time / part time hours, permanent posts
Are you a RGN deciding where next in your nursing career? If you are passionate about providing the best possible care to individuals in their own homes, then a career in Community Nursing with Coventry Out of Hospital Community Nursing Service could be for you.
Main duties of the job
You will:
- Be caring and compassionate
- Be delivering holistic care for people in their own homes enabling them to stay at home longer and leave hospital faster
- Be working as part of a Place Based Team working closely with members of the wider multi-disciplinary teams, including our GP's, social care, specialist nurses and therapist colleagues.
- Have the opportunity to develop your skills in a variety of clinical areas including wound care management, catheter care, palliative care, long term conditions and diabetes care.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We will:
- Value you and the skills you bring to us
- Give you the support of Senior Nurses and support your development through a robust induction Programme, a value-based appraisal, and regular one to one meetings
- Equip you for mobile working (using a laptop and smart phone device); this means you will have access to all patient information at your fingertips while you are out and about.
Ideally you will have experience of working in a community setting however, if you dont have this experience but really want to work in the community, we still want to hear from you.
You need to be able to work part time or full time over a shift system which includes early and late shifts across 7 days, including weekends and bank holidays. Shifts are between 8am-4:30pm & 12pm-8pm
Car owner/driver is essential.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We will:
- Value you and the skills you bring to us
- Give you the support of Senior Nurses and support your development through a robust induction Programme, a value-based appraisal, and regular one to one meetings
- Equip you for mobile working (using a laptop and smart phone device); this means you will have access to all patient information at your fingertips while you are out and about.
Ideally you will have experience of working in a community setting however, if you dont have this experience but really want to work in the community, we still want to hear from you.
You need to be able to work part time or full time over a shift system which includes early and late shifts across 7 days, including weekends and bank holidays. Shifts are between 8am-4:30pm & 12pm-8pm
Car owner/driver is essential.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN NMC registered First level Nurse or working towards
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of medication prescribing and administration practices
- Demonstrate sound caseload management skills, and an ability to work within a shared caseload model.
- Evidence of good clinical skills and an ability/willingness to share and teach others
- Knowledge of Tissue Viability or Continence or be willing to develop
- Knowledge of Palliative Care within a community setting or be willing to develop
- Knowledge of Long term Conditions or be willing to develop
- Ability to assess a wide variety of clinical health needs
- Plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team and able to demonstrate a positive attitude towards it.
Other
Essential
- Car owner/driver with insurance cover to include business use.
- Flexible working
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN NMC registered First level Nurse or working towards
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of medication prescribing and administration practices
- Demonstrate sound caseload management skills, and an ability to work within a shared caseload model.
- Evidence of good clinical skills and an ability/willingness to share and teach others
- Knowledge of Tissue Viability or Continence or be willing to develop
- Knowledge of Palliative Care within a community setting or be willing to develop
- Knowledge of Long term Conditions or be willing to develop
- Ability to assess a wide variety of clinical health needs
- Plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team and able to demonstrate a positive attitude towards it.
Other
Essential
- Car owner/driver with insurance cover to include business use.
- Flexible working
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).
