Community Nurse

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); St. Ives; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated community nursing team in a role that makes a real difference in patient care. This position offers the chance to develop your skills in wound care and palliative care while working autonomously in the community. You'll be supported to deliver compassionate, high-quality care to patients in their own homes, ensuring their needs are met with respect and understanding. This is an exciting opportunity for those looking to progress their careers in a supportive environment that values teamwork and professional development. If you are passionate about making a positive impact in healthcare, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• RGN Level 1 or 2 required with evidence of professional development.
• Experience in community nursing and wound care is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standards of nursing care in patients' homes.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team ensuring patient-centered care.

Skills

Community Nursing

Wound Care

Palliative Care

Care Planning

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Education

RGN Level 1

RGN Level 2

Mentorship Qualification

Management of Leg Ulcer Qualification

Job description

Main area Community Nursing Grade Band 5 Contract 12 months (Fixed term 12 months) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (includes some weekend working) Job ref 310-OPAC-6693408-A

Site Kings Hall Town St Ives, Cambs Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

12 month fixed term contract

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 St Ives and Hunts 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 progress in your career, come work with CPFT Community Nursing Team.

Main duties of the job

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 interpersonal 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

Working for our organisation

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

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care settings but also within the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities:

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

• To work as an autonomous practitioner with the integrated multi-professional team
• To be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines
• To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making
• Provide support and education of peers, new staff, non-registered staff, and students
• To provide high standards of nursing intervention within a patient's own home, this includes lone working, with access to specialist and advanced practitioners when required

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries; for further information please visit the DVLA website.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• RGN level 1, RGN level 2
• Evidence of professional development
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent
• Management of leg ulcer qualification

Experience

• Community experience
• Primary care experience and experience in wound care

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Able to assess, plan and implement care and formulate care plans
• Support Integrated Care Workers and teach and support student nurses and HCAs.
• Ability to safeguard and promote welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.
• Understanding of clinical supervision
• Has a realistic knowledge of personal strengths and areas for development.
• Demonstrates empathy and respect for the concerns of others
• Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others and understands confidentiality
• Responsible for maintaining registration with NMC and/or other professional bodies

Physical Requirements

• The ability to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments. Move and manoeuvre people and equipment. Manoeuvre patients using safe techniques in accordance with care plan
• Travel around work base locality

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview, you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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.

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