Job summary
Forest Neighbourhood Team is a friendly, supportive and
hardworking team who are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join us. The team operates from 7:30am 6:30pm,
Monday to Sunday including bank holidays). Shift patterns include 07:30-15:30,
08:30-16:30 and 10:30-18:30 on a rota basis. Flexible working opportunities such
as compressed hours are available.
We are looking to recruit a senior community nurse on a full-time basis, who is innovative
and keen to join the team in supporting us to deliver high quality care, and to
continue our development of integrated care in the community. The role is
varied and rewarding.
We are looking for an experienced passionate nurse who is excited
by change and is keen to help shape a new way of delivering nursing care in the
community. We are a team of health care
professionals who are focused on compassionate care. We work closely with our
GPs and work hard at developing relationships with other primary care
services, drawing on the skills of our MDT colleagues to manage complex
patients and ensure our services are responsive and patient centred.
Main duties of the job
The role will require:
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The
ability to work flexibly on a rota basis
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An
enthusiastic, motivated, and innovative thinker to become part of a primary
care facing community
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The
ability to work autonomously and manage your own caseload and work within a
multi-disciplinary team
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The
ability to problem-solve and manage time effectively
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The
ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels
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Experience
of working in a fast paced and varied environment
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The
ability to travel to deliver care services
Your typical working day will
include home visits for adults over 18 years needing a range of nursing
interventions. These include caring for people reaching the end of their life,
managing their pain relief and other symptoms in a sensitive and compassionate
manner, all types of wound care- post operative wounds, leg ulcers, pressure
ulcers and complex dressing regimes - you will become expert in tissue
viability. Other skills required will be in IV therapy and other injectable
drug administration and holistic assessment of a persons needs, taking in to
account their environment and social circumstances.
Back at your base, you will be
involved in team meetings, goal/care planning and evaluation and handover
meetings. As part of the role, you will support students (both pre and post
registration) in a supervisor and / or assessor capacity. You will also be
required to support band 5s and HCAs.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals
and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health
and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of
all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over
100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible
working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,
and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value
diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer;
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27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to
33 days with long service
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Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work
unsocial hours
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Flexible and agile working opportunities
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Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
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Wide range of supportive staff networks
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Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our
website.
We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.
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your data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to
pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from
you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained
interest in working for the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
Behave consistently with the
values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day-to-day basis.
Act as a role model to colleagues,
always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
Use their initiative and take
responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service
they provide to patients.
Work as an autonomous practitioner
within the integrated team providing rapid and planned assessment and treatment
interventions to patients in their own homes or other community settings to
enable patients to maximise their independence, health and wellbeing and remain
in their own homes for as long as possible. This will be achieved through a
combination of hands-on clinical skills and knowledge to treat, educate and
support patients on a designated caseload and by working with patients and
their carers to assess, plan and implement appropriate packages of care.
Demonstrate expert clinical knowledge, health promotion and
holistic assessment skills and will work with the patient and their carers to
assess, plan, implement and evaluate their ongoing care and support needs in
their own home or temporary/usual place of residence.
Support the Operational and Clinical Team leaders in the delivery
of best nursing practice, be involved in triage, allocation of work and
leadership of other staff, manage team resources and deputise in their absence.
You will oversee a caseload of patients and
assist in decision making regarding their care. You will attend monthly MDT
meetings within the wider PCN and regular palliative care meetings with a
specific GP surgery.
The band 6 senior nurses take responsibility
for clinical leadership within the neighbourhood team for specific areas of
interest such as leg ulcer management, continence, wound care and palliative
care.
You will be required to undertake the Liaison
role on a weekend and bank holiday on a rota basis and regularly undertake the
triage co-ordinator role.
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
Behave consistently with the
values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day-to-day basis.
Act as a role model to colleagues,
always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
Use their initiative and take
responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service
they provide to patients.
Work as an autonomous practitioner
within the integrated team providing rapid and planned assessment and treatment
interventions to patients in their own homes or other community settings to
enable patients to maximise their independence, health and wellbeing and remain
in their own homes for as long as possible. This will be achieved through a
combination of hands-on clinical skills and knowledge to treat, educate and
support patients on a designated caseload and by working with patients and
their carers to assess, plan and implement appropriate packages of care.
Demonstrate expert clinical knowledge, health promotion and
holistic assessment skills and will work with the patient and their carers to
assess, plan, implement and evaluate their ongoing care and support needs in
their own home or temporary/usual place of residence.
Support the Operational and Clinical Team leaders in the delivery
of best nursing practice, be involved in triage, allocation of work and
leadership of other staff, manage team resources and deputise in their absence.
You will oversee a caseload of patients and
assist in decision making regarding their care. You will attend monthly MDT
meetings within the wider PCN and regular palliative care meetings with a
specific GP surgery.
The band 6 senior nurses take responsibility
for clinical leadership within the neighbourhood team for specific areas of
interest such as leg ulcer management, continence, wound care and palliative
care.
You will be required to undertake the Liaison
role on a weekend and bank holiday on a rota basis and regularly undertake the
triage co-ordinator role.
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RN1)
- Graduate Nursing Qualification at Academic Level 6 or working towards.
- Preceptorship training
- Evidence of on-going continuing professional development
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- District Nursing Specialist Practitioner Qualification
- Prescribing Qualification or willingness to undertake
- Post-graduate modules in Leadership
- Practice Educator
Knowledge
Essential
- High level of clinical knowledge and skill
- Clinical Governance
- Good knowledge of community services and care pathways
- Health Improvement
- Good working knowledge of positive risk taking and effective risk management strategies
Desirable
- Understanding of national and local health and social care strategies
- Working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Care Act
- Understanding of an Integrated Care System and the Neighbourhood Teams role within the wider system
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour that supports teamworking
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Ability to communicate effectively and clearly in English in both written and verbal formats
- High level of clinical skills
- Time management and organisation skills
- Ability to work independently and set own priorities
- Teaching skills
Desirable
- Advanced assessment skills
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Ability to cope under pressure
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience in a clinical setting able to demonstrate transferability of experience to community setting
- Experience of management of caseloads or wards and organisation of staff
- Clinical audit/service improvement and development work
- Experience of active participation in interdisciplinary team working
Desirable
- Previous community nursing experience
- Transcribing medication
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RN1)
- Graduate Nursing Qualification at Academic Level 6 or working towards.
- Preceptorship training
- Evidence of on-going continuing professional development
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- District Nursing Specialist Practitioner Qualification
- Prescribing Qualification or willingness to undertake
- Post-graduate modules in Leadership
- Practice Educator
Knowledge
Essential
- High level of clinical knowledge and skill
- Clinical Governance
- Good knowledge of community services and care pathways
- Health Improvement
- Good working knowledge of positive risk taking and effective risk management strategies
Desirable
- Understanding of national and local health and social care strategies
- Working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Care Act
- Understanding of an Integrated Care System and the Neighbourhood Teams role within the wider system
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour that supports teamworking
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Ability to communicate effectively and clearly in English in both written and verbal formats
- High level of clinical skills
- Time management and organisation skills
- Ability to work independently and set own priorities
- Teaching skills
Desirable
- Advanced assessment skills
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Ability to cope under pressure
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience in a clinical setting able to demonstrate transferability of experience to community setting
- Experience of management of caseloads or wards and organisation of staff
- Clinical audit/service improvement and development work
- Experience of active participation in interdisciplinary team working
Desirable
- Previous community nursing experience
- Transcribing medication
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
