Community Nurse

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Wisbech; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Wisbech is seeking a Community Nurse to deliver high-quality nursing care to patients in their homes. The role involves developing skills in wound care and palliative care, with responsibilities centered on patient participation and high-standard interventions. Candidates should have community experience and strong communication skills. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in the Community.
• Educated to RGN level 2.
• Ability to assess and formulate care plans.

Responsibilities

• Ensure patient and carer participation in decision making.
• Provide a high standard of nursing intervention.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Community experience

RGN level 2

Commitment to high quality care

Ability to work flexibly

Care planning

Teaching skills

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

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 Wisbech 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.

You Will Be

• 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 & 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 setting but also with 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.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at 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