Band 5 Nurse - Rapid Response Community Nursing

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Burton-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Community Band 5 Staff Nurse for their Rapid Response team. This role offers a unique opportunity to deliver high-quality nursing care to patients in their homes, ensuring they maintain independence and receive timely interventions. As part of a 24/7 service, you will work collaboratively with a range of health professionals, providing essential care and support. The position is ideal for both newly qualified and experienced nurses and includes a robust preceptorship program. Join a supportive team that values innovation and patient-centered care in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Flexible working options

Up to 27 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Paid travel time between patients

Lease car for business use

Salary sacrifice car and bike schemes

Free car parking

Free flu vaccinations

Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Community Nurse with experience in long-term conditions and palliative care.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and manage caseloads effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based nursing care for patients in their homes.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to avoid hospital admissions.

Skills

Assessment and management of long-term conditions

Palliative care

Wound care

Time management

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Degree in nursing or equivalent

Registration with NMC

Working towards Mentorship qualification

Job description

Main area Community Band 5 staff nurse - Rapid Response Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent: Covering a 24 hours service. Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Covering a 24 hour service, including, early, late and night shifts. 7 days week) Job ref 301-VA-24-6890970

Employer Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Anglesey House Town Burton upon Trent Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59

Community Band 5 Staff Nurse, Rapid Response

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and dedicated NMC Registered Community Nurse to join our Rapid Response Nursing team.

Our service operates 24 hours, 7 days a week team to offer nursing interventions to patients living in their own homes. We work in an integrated way with health and care providers to ensure that care is joined up. We strive to care for acutely unwell patients at home, helping them to maintain independence and ensuring that high quality care is delivered in an efficient and holistic manner.

You will play an integral role in the development of the service as we are working innovatively to continually improve our outcomes for patients and our experience for staff in delivering care.

This post would be suitable if you are newly qualified nurses or have years of experience. We offer an extensive and supportive preceptorship programme with enhanced support for nurses working within our community environment to ensure you receive the best support into your community nursing career.

Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to travel independently across a large geographical area and ideally hold a valid driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes.

You will be expected to work on a rota basis covering 24/7 shift patterns, but we will, where possible offer flexible working options.

Main duties of the job

As a community nurse you will be able to demonstrate your passion and ability to assess, plan, provide and evaluate evidence-based nursing care for patients experiencing a wide range of conditions.

As part of this role, you will be expected to:

• Support our patients and work with people in an asset-based way that really enables them to live their optimum life, being self-caring and independent with their health needs where possible.
• Work collaboratively, efficiently and creatively with multi professional colleagues and partners with a focus on helping patients to avoid hospital admissions and where they do need a hospital stay facilitating timely and well supported discharge back home.
• Referrals received from professional clinicians, e.g. ambulance services, GP's, Hospital staff.
• Providing IV antibiotics, line care, wound care, IM/SC injections, Peg Feeds, Venepuncture, Cannulation, Palliative care, as well as all general nursing skills.
• Future development to work towards physical assessment qualification.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Because we are an innovative, integrated Community service covering the East Staffordshire area including the Burton Town area, Uttoxeter and the surrounding Villages. We work closely across the Nursing teams, AHP’s including Podiatry, Physio, Falls Team, Stroke and Rehab team including our out of hours service, to ensure that our patients are at the centre of the care provided. We collaboratively deliver our care across all the professions, recognising the importance for patient centred approach, working together across all the nursing and therapy teams.

We pride ourselves on our strong leadership, innovation, prevention and implementation of the care within the living model in all our patient care. We ensure that all MPFT’s values and behaviours are entwined and embedded within our staff, teams and our patient centred care. We support the development and learning of all staff, having great links with our local universities, while also priding ourselves on growing our own staff and the leaders of the future.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree in nursing or equivalent
• Registration with NMC
• Working towards Mentorship qualification (998-997)

Experience

• Relevant experience/placements to the role including assessment and management of long term conditions, palliative care conditions and wound care
• Ability to manage time and caseload effectively
• Supporting service users, families and carers in dealing with people with nursing needs
• Working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in the delivery of healthcare
• Relevant placements including surgical, medical, palliative care

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.