Community Nurse in Rapid Response Team

Job summary

Are you an experienced Nurse who is looking to make a difference in a new team or seeking a new challenge to help support patients in the community?

If so, this opportunity is for you!

Ideally, we are looking to recruit a full-time Registered Nurse. However, we may be flexible with hours/work patterns for the right candidate. Also, there is the potential for long days if this is preferable.

We can also provide a rotation into the District Nursing team to increase community knowledge and skills if this is of interest to the successful candidate.

There has never been a more exciting time to join one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country - one that is also among the very best NHS employers, as voted by its own staff.

Please apply to join our team today - a change for the better!

Main duties of the job

Our Rapid Response team is developing and growing to support the District Nursing teams in the Amber Valley and Erewash Locality area to provide a high quality service to our patients.

We are a professional, friendly, and enthusiastic team who work closely with our therapy colleagues to provide a holistic integrated service that enables and educates our patients to remain independent in their own homes, whenever possible, to prevent hospital admission and support a safe discharge home.

This is increasingly important as care for patients become more community-focused.

To manage referrals into our service and provide evidence-based care to support patients in their own home. This includes working alongside general practice/therapy/district nursing colleagues and acute services in Chesterfield Royal, Royal Derby hospitals and Nottinghamshire hospitals to prevent hospital admission and support discharge home.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care, promoting self care wherever possible in an efficient and clinically effective way, whilst maintaining privacy and dignity.

To provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high quality care and actively support the Community Nursing sister/s in the management of the health care environment.

About us

Our purpose in Derbyshire is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression