Community Nurse

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Neston; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage reimbursement

Job summary

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an experienced Band 5 Community Staff Nurse to join our small, supportive team in Neston on a fixed-term basis for 10 months to cover an internal secondment.

You will deliver holistic nursing care and patient assessments in the community, primarily in patients' homes, working with a multi-disciplinary team to promote independence and reduce hospital admissions. Driving is required with mileage reimbursed.

Qualifications

• Delivery of high-quality nursing services and holistic assessments of patients.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality community nursing care and holistic assessments for patients in their homes.
• Coordinate care with multi-disciplinary teams to promote independence and reduce hospital admissions.

Skills

Nursing

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

Do you have the skills to work in community physical health? Are you interested in working for a dynamic and innovated trust who provide person centred health care to our local community patients? We’d love you to join our team.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 5 nurse to join our small, supportive and friendly team based in Neston. This opportunity will be fixed term for 10 months to cover an internal secondment.

Your skills will be really valued by our teams and patients alike. If you are new to community health, this is a great opportunity to gain experience in this unique field of nursing.

We will do our best to welcome you and help you to settle in as a member of the team. Your contribution, time, skills and caring will make a huge difference to the patients we care for.

This post is part time 29 hours per week.

Our eight care community teams are based in various locations within Chester, Ellesmere Port, Neston, Frodsham and the Rural locality covering the geographic area of West Cheshire. It’s important that you can drive and have access to your own vehicle for work. But, of course, mileage expenses are reimbursed in addition to your hourly rate.

As a Community Staff Nurse the successful candidates will undertake duties involving the delivery of high-quality nursing services and the holistic assessments of patients ensuring a person-centred approach.

You will work alongside various professionals to provide quality and seamless care to patients predominantly in their own home. You will be proactive in coordinating their care needs as appropriate, avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital or long-term care settings.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jackie Penny Job title: Team manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0151 488 8440

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