Bank Level 5 Registered Nurse - Early Intervention & Community Teams

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community healthcare team as a Bank Level 5 Registered Nurse in Birmingham. This role offers flexible working opportunities and the chance to make a significant impact on patient care within the community. You will be part of a dynamic team focused on delivering high-quality care and improving health outcomes for patients in their homes. The position includes a competitive hourly rate and benefits such as NHS pension scheme membership and extensive holiday allowances.

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions

Extensive holidays

Attractive relocation payment

Discounts for local and national retailers

Dedicated well-being services

Flexible working where possible

Qualifications

• A full driving licence and access to a car with business insurance is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality care to patients within their own homes.
• Work autonomously within the community, including home visits.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to achieve patient outcomes.

Skills

Community Nursing

Patient Care

Assessment

Care Planning

Job description

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Bank Level 5 Registered Nurse - Early Intervention & Community Teams

Main area Bank Nursing (Early Intervention Community Team) Grade Bank Level 5 Contract Bank Hours Flexible Job ref 820-L5COMBANK-EIe

Site Various Town Birmingham Salary £17.90 per hour (inc. WTD pay) + enhancements Salary period Hourly Closing 23/05/2025 09:00

Job overview

The World doesn’t need Superheroes, it needs Incredible People!

Do you want to support the NHS in these unprecedented times?

Are you passionate about care and looking for flexible working with weekly pay and NHS pension scheme membership?

Do you want the opportunity to work in a large, diverse organisation that promotes values of being Caring, Open, Respectful, Responsible and Inclusive?

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) are seeking Level 5 Bank Community Nurses for flexible working opportunities in our Early Intervention (EICT) and Community Teams within Birmingham

EICT is part of a wider Early Intervention programme, which has so far delivered 77000 fewer acute bed days used, 19000 fewer non-acute bed days and people spending 11.5 fewer days in the system. The impact is £25.8million saved for Birmingham to reinvest in Health and Social Care developments.

You will be joining a team in one of the largest Health and Social Care transformations in the country, delivering high quality care to patients within their own homes and/or other community settings, so preventing avoidable hospital admissions and facilitating early hospital discharge

A full driving licence and access to a car with business insurance is essential

Main duties of the job

Early Intervention Community Team is an integrated service which aims to build relationships and break barriers between organisations, whilst working effectively for the person, avoiding duplication and reducing delays and empowering staff to be decision-makers, and building trust with the wider system.

Health and social care professionals across Birmingham are working more closely than ever before to help older people and others with complex needs to recover faster and live healthier and more independent lives in their homes.

The results speak for themselves. More people are back in their own homes living more independently. More people are avoiding hospital admission and more people are recovering from a crisis faster.

Community Teams work with a variety of disciplines within the multidisciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for patients to ensure their independence and wellbeing.

Our Teams carry out a variety of nursing duties including assessment and care planning including relevant referrals as part of the patients holistic care of health needs, particularly in the areas of personal care, catheter care, bowel care, pressure area care, palliative care, wound management, diabetes and other long term conditions.

You will work as part of an experienced team however due to the nature of community working you would work as an autonomous practitioner within the community; this may include home visits or seeing patients in clinic settings.

Working for our organisation

BCHC provide high quality community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in people’s homes and in over 200 healthcare settings for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services. One of our key objectives is to be ‘a great place to work’enabling everyone within the organisation to be the best that they can be.

IMPORTANT

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We look forward to receiving your application!

Person specification

Qualifications Training

• Qualifications Training

Experience

• Experience

Skills / Knowledge

• Skills / Knowledge

Essential - must score to proceed

• Without justifiable acknowledgement, no gaps in employment and/or no period of time not in healthcare over 18 months
• Driving Licence and Access to Vehicle

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.

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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