Community Staff Nurse Rapid Response

Job summary

Are you an Registered 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!

We are looking to recruit an NMC registered nurse to cover a 15 month secondment leave working within the Rapid Response Nursing team covering Amber Valley and Erewash localities.

We are a professional, friendly, and enthusiastic team who work closely with our integrated community 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 would be an ideal opportunity for an experienced Band 5 Core Community Nurse who would be interested in spending some time working within the Rapid Nursing Team.

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!

Main duties of the job

Provide high-quality nursing care to our patients in our local community to keep them safe at home, prevent hospital admission and support hospital discharge home.

We have 2 bases across our locality - for Amber Valley, this is currently at Babington Hospital and in the spring we are relocating into our new purpose built site in Belper. There is an expectation to travel across the locality as and when required to meet the needs of our patient group. Amber Valley covers Ripley, Heanor, Alfreton and Belper localities and we work as a wider team covering Erewash - Ilkeston and Long Eaton.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care in the most efficient and clinically effective way, whilst maintaining the patient's privacy and dignity.

Provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high quality care and actively support the Community Nursing sister/charge nurses in the management of the health care environment.

Implement / refer on to the relevant services as appropriate.

Work in close collaboration with the Integrated Community Teams/GP surgeries/Team Up and local acute trusts.

About us

Our purpose 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