Job summary
River 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 community nurse on a part 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 a passionate nurse who is excited by change and
are 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:
The
ability to work flexibly on a rota basis
An
enthusiastic, motivated, and innovative thinker to become part of a primary
care facing community.
The
ability to work autonomously and manage your own caseload and work within a
multi-disciplinary team.
The
ability to problem-solve and manage time effectively.
The
ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels.
Experience
of working in a fast paced and varied environment.
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 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 pre-registration students in a
supervisor and / or assessor capacity. You will also be required to support
band 4s and HCAs. Your input is a valuable part of the teams work.
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;
-
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
-
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
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.
-Take responsibility for the caseload in the absence of the Senior
Community Nurse when required.
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.
-Take responsibility for the caseload in the absence of the Senior
Community Nurse when required.
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 .
- Confidence to teach student nurses, trainee nursing associates, patients, carers, and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Understanding of evidence-based nursing, multidisciplinary working, and clinical governance .
Desirable
- Competence in male and suprapubic catheterisation.
- Venepuncture and IV therapy.
- Cannulation.
- Management of syringe drivers .
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others .
- Team player.
- Able to cope under pressure .
- Compassion and empathy skills .
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role .
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake further training
Skills and 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.
- 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 .
Experience
Essential
- Experience gained during Pre-Registration training
Desirable
- 2 years post registration experience.
- Community nursing experience.
- Experience of management of caseloads.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Variety of evidence based clinical skills .
- Confidence to teach student nurses, trainee nursing associates, patients, carers, and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Understanding of evidence-based nursing, multidisciplinary working, and clinical governance .
Desirable
- Competence in male and suprapubic catheterisation.
- Venepuncture and IV therapy.
- Cannulation.
- Management of syringe drivers .
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others .
- Team player.
- Able to cope under pressure .
- Compassion and empathy skills .
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role .
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake further training
Skills and 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.
- 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 .
Experience
Essential
- Experience gained during Pre-Registration training
Desirable
- 2 years post registration experience.
- Community nursing experience.
- Experience of management of caseloads.
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).
