Job summary
Full time and part time (30 hour) posts available.
An exciting opportunity has
arisen for Community Nurses to join the Neighbourhood Team in Bromsgrove. This will give you the rewarding opportunity
to provide optimal care to patients in their own home. Shift patterns are
between 07.30-18.30. Flexible working
opportunities are available, and we would welcome you to discuss this at interview.
We are looking for a highly motivated, flexible team player with a
strong, quality driven patient focus and an ability to work through change to
embed new ways of delivering care. The successful candidate will have experience in working within a
multi-disciplinary team. In
return we offer a great team environment, learning and development
opportunities and supervision support.
The teams consist of Community
Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Healthcare Assistants and
admin staff with GP, paramedic and social care colleagues working closely
alongside. This enables the teams deliver planned nursing, therapy and admission
avoidance/supported hospital discharge interventions to the adult patient
population of Redditch and the surrounding areas.
Due to the nature of the posts
the applicant must be able to travel independently / have access to a suitable
vehicle for business purposes and hold a full UK driving license.
If you would like to discuss
informally please get in touch with Recruiting
Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.
Main duties of the job
A typical day as
community nurse may start with greeting a diabetic patient and administering
their insulin, followed by supporting patients at the end of their life to
ensure gold standard care is delivered. You may then visit patients to dress a
leg ulcer or post op wound, followed by changing a catheter, to flushing a
patients central line. Following a morning of visits, you will return to the
office for your team handover, this gives you the opportunity to discuss
complex situations with your colleagues and undertake clinical supervision. You
may then be called out to an urgent care response visit where a patient needs
to be seen and assessed within 2 hours. No day is the same within community
nursing and each day is as rewarding as the next, whether youve healed a leg
ulcer or given a patient the best possible care at the end of their life. One
thing we promise you is that community nursing is never boring!
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.
Sharing
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
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
For full details of the duties and criteria for
the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Variety of evidence based clinical skills.
- Understanding of evidence-based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance.
Desirable
- Competence in male and suprapubic catheterisation.
- Venepuncture and IV therapy.
- Management of syringe drivers.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Versatile and adaptable.
- Team player.
- Able to cope under pressure.
- Compassion and empathy skills.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
- All clinical staff must have the appropriate knowledge and skills to undertake their role. The skills framework (appendix one) developed for clinical posts, and issued on commencement, will assist staff to identify the knowledge and skills required and enable managers to monitor and identify any training needs.
Desirable
- An ability to work in a variety of settings.
Experience
Essential
- Experience gained during Pre-Registration training.
Desirable
- Community nursing experience.
- Experience of management of caseloads.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Basic IT skills.
- Able to work competently without supervision and set own priorities.
- Responsible for own professional development.
- Ability to understand professional and ethical issues.
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RN1)
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Accredited courses in palliative care, tissue viability, diabetes.
- Mentor award.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Variety of evidence based clinical skills.
- Understanding of evidence-based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance.
Desirable
- Competence in male and suprapubic catheterisation.
- Venepuncture and IV therapy.
- Management of syringe drivers.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Versatile and adaptable.
- Team player.
- Able to cope under pressure.
- Compassion and empathy skills.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
- All clinical staff must have the appropriate knowledge and skills to undertake their role. The skills framework (appendix one) developed for clinical posts, and issued on commencement, will assist staff to identify the knowledge and skills required and enable managers to monitor and identify any training needs.
Desirable
- An ability to work in a variety of settings.
Experience
Essential
- Experience gained during Pre-Registration training.
Desirable
- Community nursing experience.
- Experience of management of caseloads.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Basic IT skills.
- Able to work competently without supervision and set own priorities.
- Responsible for own professional development.
- Ability to understand professional and ethical issues.
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RN1)
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Accredited courses in palliative care, tissue viability, diabetes.
- Mentor award.
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).
