Student District Nurse

HCRG Care Group

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Job summary

Are you looking for the next steps in your nursing career as a Specialist Practitioner - District Nurse? Are you passionate about making a difference to patients lives? If yes then there couldnt be a more exciting time to join us!

You will have the pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

You will be based within one of our community nursing teams who provide care to people in their own homes and have access to our community Matrons and Specialist Nursing Services in addition to our Rapid Response and therapy teams. We empower our staff to work autonomously and with flexibility by providing them with new state-of-the-art tablets for them to be able to check in from home, write their notes up on the go and allow them to not be trapped in an office base, so they can really enjoy working in their chosen community background!

In this role, you will care for patients in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work.

Main duties of the job

HCRG Care Group (North Kent) is inviting applications to undertake a 1-year full time Specialist Practitioner Award in District Nursing commencing January 2024.

This challenging course consists of 50% taught sessions at the University of Greenwich and 50% work based placements. Successful applicants will be employed on a fixed term 12-month contract, receiving a salary and full funding for the Specialist District Nursing programme at the University of Greenwich.

There will also be the opportunity to join us as one of our substantive colleagues at the end of the course and ongoing support to complete achievement of the Non-Medical Prescribing PgCert.

As this is a community-based role, you will need to have a UK driving licence and access to a car.

To complete the course, applicants must be able to meet the academic requirements of the University of Greenwich and must be available for the whole year.

Applicants should:

Be currently registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a Nurse
Normally have at least 2 years post registration experience including community experience.
Have a relevant degree, normally at 2:2 or above (at least 120 credits at level 6)
Have evidence of competence, experience, or academic ability to study at the level required for the program.
Have successfully completed a research module or be able to demonstrate evidence and knowledge of research theory and practice.

For further info please contact:

Kelly Budgen

Email:kelly.budgen@hcrgcaregroup.com

About us

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Date posted

14 August 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/40134/6990

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Sheerness

Kent

ME12 3LT

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Student District Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team at Sheppey Community Hospital

You will feel valued as a Student District Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

Competitive SalarywithNHS Pension andfull Agenda for Changeterms and conditions
Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
Plentiful on site-parking
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Student District Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team at Sheppey Community Hospital

You will feel valued as a Student District Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

Competitive SalarywithNHS Pension andfull Agenda for Changeterms and conditions
Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
Plentiful on site-parking
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.