Community Nurse

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS health and social care Trust in Scarborough seeks a Community Nurse dedicated to providing holistic, patient-centered care. The role involves assessing and caring for patients in their homes while managing a caseload. You will be supported in your professional growth, including training delivered by specialist nurses. Benefits include an enhanced leave package and a commitment to work-life balance. This role requires autonomy and teamwork within the community health framework.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Own transport required and comfortable working alone in patient homes.
• Willingness to participate in continual learning and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic patient assessments and manage care plans.
• Provide management of pressure ulcers and wounds.
• Participate in daily safety huddles and handovers.

Job description

Do you aspire to provide holistic, patient centred care? Apply for our Community Nurse vacancy in Scarborough where you will assess and care for patients in their own place of residence. With our service also providing nursing specialisms, there is a wonderful opportunity to develop your career with us and we support our staff in gaining further qualifications. Here's what a member of our team has to say about his experience: 'I started with Humber as a Newly Qualified Nurse 5 years ago & have since completed my District Nurse Specialist Qualification which helped me to secure a Band 6 role. I will soon start my prescribing qualification which will open many avenues in my nursing career. Humber are willing to support & help their staff to flourish in their careers.' Your planned induction would include a training programme delivered by our specialist nurses & for newly qualified staff we have a preceptorship programme. We have a clear competency framework so you know what is expected within your role & can plan development of your competencies with support from your line manager. As a community nurse you need your own transport and to be comfortable working alone in patient homes. You will work closely with other community nurse colleagues and the wider MDT within our own services and other agencies including the acute hospitals, Hospice, General Practice, Social Services & the voluntary sector. We are a 24/7 service so there is opportunity for different types of shifts.

Responsibilities

• Holistic patient assessment, formulation and reviewing of care plans
• Holding a non-complex patient caseload
• Management of pressure ulcers & wounds
• Palliative & end of life care
• Bladder & bowel care including catheterisation and continence assessments
• Medicines Management
• Injections (sub cut & IM)
• Phlebotomy
• Provision of equipment to support care
• Safeguarding
• Participation in daily safety huddles & handovers
• Line management & supervision of junior staff
• Practice supervision for nursing students
• Continual learning and professional development

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website.

Benefits

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care. We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started. We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised. We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support. From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.