Job summary
Community Nurse (Band 5)
Join an Outstanding Team That Makes a Difference!
Location: Somer Valley Community Nurses, Midsomer Norton & surrounding areas.
Hours: Full time Fixed Term for 12 months.
Are you a dedicated and compassionate nurse looking to make a meaningful impact in your community? Would you like to join a service which has been rated as outstanding by CQC?The Somer Valley Community Nursing Team are excited to welcome a new Community Nurse to our close-knit and supportive team.
Why Join Us? A Passionate & Friendly Team: We are a friendly, compassionate and experienced team who value collaboration and innovation.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 5 Community Nurse, you will play a key role in supporting the community nursing team and wider multidisciplinary team in Midsomer Norton and the surrounding areas. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Providing holistic patient assessments and palliative care, including symptom management and psychological support.
Complex equipment assessment, ordering, and provision to meet patient needs.
Administering intravenous medications and managing Central Venous Access Devices for treatments such as antibiotics and cytotoxic therapies.
Subcutaneous fluid administration and controlled drug medication administration.
Developing specialist skills through link nurse roles or champion roles, gaining experience within specialist areas such as tis
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs 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.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were 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 doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre 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
Job description
Job responsibilities
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">As a Band 5 Community Nurse, youll be part of our valued Somer Valley Community Team.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">You will also feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> AFC Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salary with evidence provided)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Plentiful on site-parking</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Clinical support from dedicated team leaders and clinical leads. </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> 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</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> 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 </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> An open, just culture where youre 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</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with most of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">You will be dedicated registered nurse who is able to work both independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team. It is expected that youshould have strongcommunication and organisation skills and a flexible approach which will ensureyou deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of theirhealthcare journey.<strong style="font-weight:700;"><br></strong></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><strong style="font-weight:700;">You will have a full UK driving license with access to a car for work purposes.</strong></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p>
Job description
Job responsibilities
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">As a Band 5 Community Nurse, youll be part of our valued Somer Valley Community Team.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">You will also feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> AFC Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salary with evidence provided)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Plentiful on site-parking</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Clinical support from dedicated team leaders and clinical leads. </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> 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</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> 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 </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> An open, just culture where youre 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</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with most of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">You will be dedicated registered nurse who is able to work both independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team. It is expected that youshould have strongcommunication and organisation skills and a flexible approach which will ensureyou deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of theirhealthcare journey.<strong style="font-weight:700;"><br></strong></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><strong style="font-weight:700;">You will have a full UK driving license with access to a car for work purposes.</strong></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p>
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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.
