Community Nurse - Newmarket INT

The Methodist Church in Britain; Newmarket; Sur place; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Nurse for the Newmarket Integrated Neighbourhood Team. The role involves home visits, assessing patients and delivering individual care plans, working closely with the Virtual Ward and Early Intervention Team.

Newly qualified and experienced nurses are welcome; RN/NMC registration is required or awaiting. The post includes leg ulcer and doppler clinics, with a strong emphasis on teamwork, mentoring, and high-quality community care.

Qualifications

• RN qualification and NMC registration or awaiting registration.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with patients and carers.
• IT literacy and accurate patient record entry including clinical observation and reporting.

Responsabilités

• Assess, plan and deliver nursing care to patients in their homes during visits.
• Develop and implement individualised care plans for each patient.
• Deliver care in specialist clinics (e.g., leg ulcer and doppler).
• Collaborate with the Virtual Ward and Early Intervention Team to support early discharge.
• Work with health professionals and agencies to provide integrated services.
• Maintain safety and handle equipment within budget and policies.
• Provide mentorship to students and supervise junior staff.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Observation reporting

Time management

IT skills

Clinical reasoning

Patient handling equipment

Formation

NMC registration

Description du poste

Community Nurse post in the Newmarket Integrated Neighbourhood Team, one of six INT teams across West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on home visits, assessing patients and delivering individual care plans, while working closely with the Virtual Ward and Early Intervention Team. Specialist clinics such as leg ulcer and doppler work are part of the role, and newly qualified and experienced nurses are both considered. Applicants need NMC registration or to be a newly qualified nurse awaiting it.

What the job involves

• Assess, plan and deliver nursing care to patients in their own homes through home visits, including long-term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation
• Plan and implement individualised care plans for each patient
• Deliver nursing care in specialist clinics, such as leg ulcer and doppler clinics
• Work within the integrated team to support early discharge and prevent unnecessary hospital admission, alongside the Virtual Ward and Early Intervention Team daily
• Work with health care professionals and statutory and non-statutory agencies to provide a seamless integrated service
• Communicate with patients, relatives, carers and colleagues, using techniques to motivate, negotiate or persuade
• Contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings, clinical audit and comment on draft policies
• Be accountable for own professional practice under the NMC code and for delegated work, ensuring staff are competent and following Trust policies
• Support and supervise team members, applying the Trust behaviour framework and taking part in clinical supervision
• Provide mentorship to students, preceptorship to new staff, and demonstrate duties to less experienced staff
• Complete risk assessments and incident forms as required
• Maintain safe use of equipment and supplies, working within budgetary constraints

What’s required

Qualifications

• RN qualification, Part 1 of the NMC register, or equivalent

Registration & licences

• NMC registration, or newly qualified nurse awaiting registration

Skills & knowledge

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Effective observation and reporting skills
• Good time management
• IT and keyboard skills for accurate patient record entry
• Clinical reasoning skills
• Use of specialist equipment needing high dexterity, and moving patients with handling aids

Checks & eligibility

• Frequent travel: full current driving licence with access to personal transport, or the mobility requirements met by other reasonable and suitable means

Other

• Ability to provide high standards of care
• Ability to use own initiative
• Ability to manage stressful situations
• Highly motivated to carry out duties
• A team player
• Flexible approach to working hours and duties to meet patient and service needs

Nice to have

• Leg ulcer management
• IV administration and cannulation
• ENB 998, mentorship preparation or equivalent
• Previous experience working in the community
• Leadership skills
• Mentorship qualification, essential for the post but not required at interview
• Experience of ECG recording, palliative care, wound management and catheter management

What’s offered

• Expert training and education to support career progression
• Opportunity to develop the role in areas of clinical interest