CAMHS Community Nurse

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26.04.2025

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10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Job overview

Are you looking for a dynamic and varied nursing role that allows you a fantastic work life balance? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you !

Based from Church Hill House in Bracknell we will offer a great shift pattern which will include only working 1 weekend per month!

We are a friendly and supportive team, looking for highly motivated RNs who possess strong communication skills.

Your role will be pivotal within the local community by making a difference to our patients, delivering a high level of care in their own home.

As a Community Nurse, no day is the same and you will be met with patients of varied needs, from wound care to end of life care. Giving you the opportunity to develop and enhance your current skillset!

Our working hours/days are as follows :

Monday to Friday (Core hours) - 08:30 – 16:30

1 weekend every 4 weeks with days off in the week

Late shift – 11:00-19:00

Early shift – 07:00 – 15:00

We offer some fantastic perks, such as flexible working, part time offerings, incredible training and support programmes to develop your skills and progress to a higher banding, and the highest paid mileage in the area.

If this fantastic opportunity appeals to you, we would love to have an application from you. We will be offering interviews on a first come first serve basis and aim to give you an outcome on your application within 2 working days.

A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

• You will visit a number of patients on a daily basis in their own homes
• You will provide high quality nursing care to a range of patients with varying healthcare needs
• Some of the healthcare you will be expected to provide include; end of life care, wound management, and much more
• Full time ( hours per week) and part time opportunities available
• Located at Church Hill House, Bracknell team cover surrounding areas , Ascot, Sandhurst

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:

• Qualified Registered Nurse with NMC Pin
• Car Driver with UK licence
• Positive and motivational attitude

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications/Trainin

• Registered General Nurse (RGN)
• NMC Registration

Continuous Professional Development

• Evidence of CPD

Previous Experience

• Community nursing Experience

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
• Ability to identify risks and act accordingly with regard to safety of oneself, patients and others using the appropriate aids
• Able to demonstrate use of own initiative and ability to work alone
• Ability to demonstrate organisational skills
• Ability to participate in standard setting and audit
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of LTC’s and the concept of self-management

Additional Requirements

• Able to travel across multiple sites in Berkshire.
• Ability to demonstrate professional behaviours and attitudes
• Full UK driving licence and access to own car
• Able to work flexibly across 7 day service requirement

Previous Experience

• Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence based care.
• Evidence of effective team working
• Ability to demonstrate and show evidence of effective clinical skills
• Experience of teaching relatives and carers across all areas of care.

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.

Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.

Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

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