Community Nurse - Camborne Community Nursing Team

Phoenix MCT; Camborne; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated community nursing team in the picturesque Camborne area, where you'll provide compassionate care to patients in their homes. As a Community Nurse, you'll collaborate with healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care, ensuring patients maintain their independence and quality of life. This role offers a supportive environment focused on professional development and innovation in care delivery. Embrace the rewarding experience of community nursing and make a meaningful impact on the lives of those you serve. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career while being part of a caring and dynamic team.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Free access to HARP portfolios

Free DBS checks

Discounts from retailers and attractions

NHS Pension Scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with recent professional development and mentoring skills.
• Ability to provide skilled nursing care to diverse patient groups.

Responsibilities

• Assess and implement care plans for patients in their home environment.
• Work autonomously and provide evidence-based care.

Skills

Evidence-based nursing care

IT skills (Word, Excel, email)

Patient interaction

Mentoring

Education

Registered Nurse (Adult)

Post-registration diploma or degree

Tools

Recording systems

Job description

Community Nurse - Camborne Community Nursing Team
Band 5
Main area Community Nurse
Grade Band 5
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref 201-25-161
Site Camborne Health Office (Camborne Community Nursing Team)
Town Camborne
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 10/03/2025 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Job overview

Successful applicants will be invited to attend a Selection Day at Carew House, Bodmin on 21st March 2025. This will be a morning or afternoon to be confirmed.

You will be based in the beautiful North Kerrier area with the Camborne Community Nursing Team. This area is broad and envelopes Praze, Tehidy, Hayle and Pool. We are looking for a caring, motivated and dynamic community nurse to join our large, busy, professional team. We cover several GP practices in the Camborne and surrounding area. We want you to enjoy the experience that community nursing offers and how empowering people in their own home feels so very rewarding. Your role will require close collaboration with GP's, health and social care colleagues including therapists and voluntary organisations. We would like you to possess commitment to team working and embrace innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. You will need to have a real enthusiasm for community nursing as an autonomous practitioner and a desire for ongoing professional development.

You should also have an understanding of the changing climate of care delivery in the community.

The ability to travel independently across the West Locality to support other teams and to fulfil the requirements of the post is essential.
We work a 2 shift model to include 9 to 5 and 2 to 10 shifts which includes working weekends.

Main duties of the job

Following an initial induction and ongoing clinical supervision, you will be responsible for: Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, without direct supervision, to patients, carers and relatives within their home environment. The aim is to enable them to enjoy maximum independence and optimum quality of life.

To work in partnership with patients and carers to offer support and advice and promote informed choice.

To support the role of the Community Nurse Team leader.

To work autonomously, providing effective, evidence-based care in line with competency and training record and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.

To support all locality teams by working in a flexible way. Moving to work with the team in most need on a daily, weekly or monthly basis as service provision demands.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

Person specification Education and Qualifications Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Evidence of recent relevant professional development
• To act as a mentor for student university placements. Having the mentoring qualification or being willing to work towards this qualification and attending mentorship updates as required.
• Current Professional Registration - NMC

Desirable criteria

• Hold a post-registration diploma or be working towards a degree

Skills and Aptitude Essential criteria

• IT skills to include use of Word, Excel, email, internet, recording systems
• The ability to provide skilled, evidence-based nursing care to a wide range of patients
• Ability to deal with patients and carers who are under stress
• Awareness of and adherence to policies including lone worker and manual handling policies
• Current knowledge of developments in nursing and healthcare in general.

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
• Individual professional development programmes

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644