Band 7 Community Nurse

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization dedicated to improving community health. As a vital member of the nursing team, you will provide essential care to patients with learning disabilities, ensuring they receive high-quality support tailored to their unique needs. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes. If you are passionate about making a difference and possess strong clinical skills, this position is perfect for you. Embrace the chance to contribute to a healthier community while enjoying the benefits of a supportive workplace.

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions

Extensive holidays

Attractive relocation payment

Discounts for local and national retailers

Dedicated well-being services

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Significant experience in learning disabilities nursing.
• Ability to manage a caseload and provide clinical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist support to adults with learning disabilities.
• Manage an active caseload within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Nursing interventions

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Degree

ENB 998 or equivalent

Evidence of continuing professional development

Job description

Find out more about applying to join Team BCHC.

Join our team

Community services are a key part of the NHS of the future. Be part ofthat future now.Join us and help achieve better care andhealthier communities.

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

You will join an established team of clinicians providing nursing interventions for patients with a diagnosis of learning disability with a range of complex health needs including physical health, mental health and behaviour. You will be part of a community nursing team working within the wider learning disabilities multi-disciplinary team.

We are looking for experienced clinicians to take the challenge of delivering a high standard of nursing intervention within the learning disability service. Do you have the skills and sound clinical knowledge to manage a caseload of patients and provide robust support and clinical leadership to your nursing and multi-disciplinary team colleagues? Are you a dedicated and motivated individual with experience and the ability to work independently? We are looking for organised and efficient clinicians with good communication skills to work within this busy team. If you enjoy variety and a fast pace of work within a patient focused setting, this could be the job for you.

Main duties of the job

To work within the framework of a Multi-disciplinary Team to provide specialist support and guidance to adults with learning disabilities and their carers. To provide a clinical service through the effective management of an active caseload. To assist the Team Leader in the provision of leadership to the Community Nurses.

Working for our organisation

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

IMPORTANT

• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification

Person specification

Qualifications / training

• Degree
• ENB 998 or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

• Significant Experience of post registration working in Learning disabilities
• Formal supervision of staff
• Allocation and delegation of work
• Working within MDT
• Working within Multi-Agency

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust
3, Priestley Wharf
Holt Street
Birmingham Science Park
B7 4BN

Office hours: Monday to Friday: 8.30 am - 5.00 pm

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