Community Nurse (Band 5) - Community Nursing - Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; Potters Bar; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare organization is seeking a dedicated nurse to join their team in Potters Bar. This role offers the opportunity to develop skills in community nursing, providing care in patients' homes. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in holistic care and possess excellent communication skills. The organization values diversity and supports continuous professional development through various training opportunities.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Training and support for career development

Qualifications

• Recent clinical nursing experience negotiating within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in nursing process, care planning, and record keeping.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled nursing care based on best practice principles.
• Develop individualised care plans to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

Skills

Communication

Organisational Skills

Time Management

Education

Registered Nurse (RN)

NMC Registration

Post-registration education and training

Job description

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Site Potters bar Community Hospital Town Potters Bar Salary £31,469 - £38,308 per annum inclusive of high cost area supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 29/05/2025 23:59

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

Are you a nurse looking for a supportive team and the opportunity to develop new skills?

This is an exciting time to join the community nursing service in West Herts. We are developing new community pathways which will support the delivery of more care in people's homes, and to enable us to do this we have a range of new learning and development opportunities available through the CLCH Academy.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a nurse with a genuine interest in continuing to develop skills in this field. We have a good track record of supporting newly qualified nurses, return to practice nurses, and nurses transitioning into the community from other settings including acute care. You must be able to work flexibly according to service needs and have excellent organisational, time management and communication skills.

We are based at Potters bar Community Hospital and Elstree way clinic in Borehamwood Street. Do get in touch if you would like to arrange an informal visit and meet the team.

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To give skilled nursing care, based on principles of best practice and clinical evidence. This includes: Chronic disease management, end of life care, continence promotion and wound management. Specific skills include phlebotomy, administration of medication via syringe drivers and intravenous therapy, PEG management, urinary catheterisation and tracheostomy suctioning.

Act as a Named Nurse with the support and supervision of the DN Team Lead. To take continued responsibility for the holistic health needs assessment including care planning, evaluation and appropriate implementation of health care and ensuring continuity of care following referral from acute care, rehabilitation units, GPs and other agencies. Undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological and social care needs of patients using the Single Assessment Process and including the needs of carers. To provide individualised and person centred care plans that provide monitoring and promotion of self-care to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• NMC Registration
• Evidence of other post-registration education and training

Experience

• Recent clinical nursing experience negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary team
• Working with people with complex health needs
• Supporting students and other learners e.g. HCAs teaching others in the practice environment
• Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence based care.
• Previous experience in the Nursing process, care planning and fluent in record keeping
• Experience of providing holistic care that involves the multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of training other students.
• Post registration experience in a NHS community environment

Skills adn Knowledge

• Knowledge of out of hospital care and the role of the Community Nurse
• Ability to listen effectively and ability to give constructive feedback to clients and colleagues.
• Knowledge of how Equal Opportunities can be implemented in practice
• Awareness of the management and use of data in the NHS setting
• Knowledge of risks involved in working in the community.
• Knowledge of management of long term condition e.g. Diabetes and an understanding of the concept of self- management.
• Knowledge of infection control
• Knowledge of general wound care
• Literacy and numeracy skills
• Knowledge of recent government legislation and changes in community care delivery

Other

• Car Driver, 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)

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your applications on time to avoid disappointment.