Community Nurse

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Cambridge; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridgeshire is recruiting a Community Nurse to deliver high quality care in patients' homes and residential settings across the Fenland locality. You will be supported to gain new skills and develop expertise in wound care, palliative care and chronic condition management.

The role emphasizes patient-centered assessment and care planning, working within a 24/7 multidisciplinary team, and supporting student nurses and HCAs.

Qualifications

• Experience in the community nursing setting.
• Commitment to high quality care and service provision.
• Ability to work flexibly and as part of a team.
• Ability to assess and formulate care plans.
• Experience teaching and supporting student nurses and healthcare assistants.

Responsibilities

• Keep patient at the centre of care and involve patient and carer in decisions.
• Provide high standard of nursing care and interventions.
• Deliver care in patients' homes with access to specialists when needed.
• Work within a 24/7 multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Community nursing experience

RGN Level 2

Care planning

Teamwork

Student supervision

Inter personal skills

Education

RGN Level 2 or equivalent

NMC registration

Job description

Are you looking for a new challenge, do you want to be part of a team striving to make a difference with patient care in our community then this is the role for you. We are looking for a Community Nurse to work in and around the Fenland locality, you will be fully supported to gain new skills and experience needed to deliver high quality nursing care to patients in their own home or residential setting.

As a community nurse we will develop your wound care, palliative care, and long-term conditions, knowledge and skills; supporting you to become an expert in assessment and care-planning to deliver quality care that is caring and compassionate.

If you are looking for a new challenge, or to just progress in your career, come work with CPFT Community Nursing Team.

We Are Looking For People Who

• Have experience of working in the Community
• Are educated to RGN level 2
• Are able to demonstrate a commitment to high quality care and service provision
• Have the ability to work flexibly and as part of a team
• Have the ability to assess and formulate care plans
• Are able to teach and support student Nurses and Health Care Assistants
• Have enhanced communication and inter personal skills

You Will Be Responsible For

• Keeping the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making
• Providing a high standard of care
• Providing a high standard of nursing intervention within a patient's own home, with access to Specialist and Advanced Practitioners when required
• Working as part of a 24/7 service and multidisciplinary team

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hazel Denman Job title: Area Nurse Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07749 588222