Community Nurse

NHS; Welwyn; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Welwyn is seeking qualified Band 5 Nurses to join an innovative and supportive community nursing team. The role involves delivering high-quality patient care in patients' homes, emphasizing collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and providing care management. Ideal candidates will have community nursing experience and a valid driving license. This position offers salary between £31,049 to £37,796 per annum, with opportunities for professional development and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension scheme

NHS Car Lease Scheme

Eye Care Vouchers

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Discounts

Special Leave for family reasons

Qualifications

• Must hold a full, valid UK driving license.
• Understanding of current health legislation.
• Experience working with other agencies.

Responsibilities

• Providing a high standard of patient care using evidence-based framework.
• Managing a caseload and coordinating care.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Community nursing experience

Creatively problem-solving

Understanding current professional issues

Education

Registered Nurse

Evidence of professional development

Job description

Could you be part of an innovative, caring and agile Community Nursing team? Do you want to work as part of an award-winning team? Welwyn and Hatfield Integrated Care Team are winners of Hertfordshire Community Trust Leading Lights awards for Demonstrating Fantastic Patient Care and are looking to recruit band 5 Nurses to our award-winning team. Hertfordshire Community Trust has a Good CQC rating acquired in May 2020 and we are working towards achieving an Outstanding rating.

We deliver high quality nursing care across the Welwyn and Hatfield locality to prevent admission to hospital, facilitate discharge, deliver planned nursing intervention and manage long term conditions.

The successful candidate would be supported to develop skills and join a team who are committed to demonstrating the trust values who care about each other as well as their patients.

We work collaboratively with our partnership organisations across East and North ICB, Hertfordshire Foundation Trust and Hertfordshire

Main duties of the job

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The HCT Integrated Community Care Teams are committed to delivering high quality, evidence- based nursing care to patients within their own homes and offer an integrated multidisciplinary approach in helping to support patient discharge and prevention of admission to hospital. We offer a comprehensive induction programme and the opportunity to work in a friendly, dynamic, professional and caring team.Successful candidates will need to have an ability to creatively problem solve and work on their own initiative and will need to demonstrate an understanding of current professional and community issues. Community nursing experience is preferred but there will be opportunities for training and development for the right applicants.

A full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

In return, we can offer you:

• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Special Leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Discounts

About us

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust visionWe welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you

Job responsibilities

Providing a high standard of patient care using evidence based framework.

Please see attached Job Description for full details.

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Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of professional development.

Experience and Knowledge

• Understanding of current health legislation
• Understanding of HCT organisation
• Responsible for managing a ward or team
• Caseload management
• Experience working with other agencies

Other

• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Queen Victoria Memoria Hospital, Castleward - 1st Floor

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time

Reference number

812-25-JF-WHICTB5-NL

Job locations

Queen Victoria Memoria Hospital, Castleward - 1st Floor