Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated individual to join our Community Nursing Team covering the South East of Shropshire in the provision of Planned and Admission Avoidance care to patients in the community.
We are looking for a caring, motivated friendly community nurse to join our busy, professional and dynamic team. You should possess commitment to interdisciplinary team working and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. You will be able to demonstrate a real enthusiasm for community nursing, as well as a desire for on-going professional development.
Main duties of the job
The team provides nursing care to patient within their own homes or chosen place of residence offering an alternative to hospital admission, supporting timely discharge and enabling people to realize their potential.
We are committed to clinical support, CPD & training.
The post is covering 7 days 8am to 6pm service, on a Rota Service
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Promotes a can do attitude and determination to develop and sustain a dynamic and responsive administrative and operational service within a community setting which delivers best practice.
Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, liaising withcolleagues and partners to ensure an integrated approach to the needs of the service user.
To organise and deliver skilled clinical support work without direct supervision. This will include individual in a variety of settings.
Gain valid informed consent and work within legal frameworks with patients.
To liaise with senior clinicians with regard to patient care, highlighting anyvariations to expected outcomes from agreed treatment programmes. To provide basic verbal and written clinical reports and document patientinterventions/findings in case notes in line with professional body and Trust standards.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Promotes a can do attitude and determination to develop and sustain a dynamic and responsive administrative and operational service within a community setting which delivers best practice.
Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, liaising withcolleagues and partners to ensure an integrated approach to the needs of the service user.
To organise and deliver skilled clinical support work without direct supervision. This will include individual in a variety of settings.
Gain valid informed consent and work within legal frameworks with patients.
To liaise with senior clinicians with regard to patient care, highlighting anyvariations to expected outcomes from agreed treatment programmes. To provide basic verbal and written clinical reports and document patientinterventions/findings in case notes in line with professional body and Trust standards.
Person Specification
Training and Qualification
Essential
- RGN Qualification
- NMC Registration
- Ability to demonstrate a level of English language and grammar commensurate with writing in service user case notes
Experience
Essential
- Previous community experience
- Post registration general experience
- Previous NHS experience
- Experience of working in a multi disciplinary / multi agency health/social care environment.
- Experience and knowledge of basic administration systems including Microsoft office
- Experience of successful partnership working arrangements with other services
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- I T skills
- Uses evidence based practice
- Works within own defined competencies
- Awareness of changing healthcare factors influencing change
- Demonstrates tact and diplomacy
- Well refined communication (verbal and written), interpersonal skills - ability to gain rapport at all levels.
- Engaging and empowering approach that seeks to work with others and deliver outcomes in a successful and well informed manner.
Person Specification
Training and Qualification
Essential
- RGN Qualification
- NMC Registration
- Ability to demonstrate a level of English language and grammar commensurate with writing in service user case notes
Experience
Essential
- Previous community experience
- Post registration general experience
- Previous NHS experience
- Experience of working in a multi disciplinary / multi agency health/social care environment.
- Experience and knowledge of basic administration systems including Microsoft office
- Experience of successful partnership working arrangements with other services
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- I T skills
- Uses evidence based practice
- Works within own defined competencies
- Awareness of changing healthcare factors influencing change
- Demonstrates tact and diplomacy
- Well refined communication (verbal and written), interpersonal skills - ability to gain rapport at all levels.
- Engaging and empowering approach that seeks to work with others and deliver outcomes in a successful and well informed manner.
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).
