Community Nurse - Newmarket INT

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Newmarket; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Nurse to join the Newmarket Integrated Neighbourhood Team. You will deliver nursing care to patients in the community, visiting homes to assess needs, and develop personalised care plans in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Experience in community nursing and a willingness to work across integrated services, including the Virtual Ward and Early Intervention Team, will be valuable as you support patients in their own homes and

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing services to patients in the community and assess patients during home visits to plan and implement individualized care plans.
• Work autonomously with support from a multidisciplinary team including Virtual Ward and Early Intervention Team.

Job description

An exciting opportunity for a Community Nurse has arisen in Newmarket Integrated Neighbourhood Team. This INT team is one of a total of six INT teams. The other INT localities are based in Bury Town, Bury Rural, Haverhill, Sudbury and Mildenhall and Brandon INT.

If you love meeting new people and working with a range of specialities the INTs are the place for you!

The INT accommodation 'Hubs' are the base for a wide range of other health professionals and agencies including Adult Social Care, social prescribers, GPs, police and mental health team members so we are able to work together in a fully integrated way to ensure the best care is delivered to the patients within our localities.

The successful applicant/s will join a friendly team of community nurses, community matrons, therapists, social prescribers, social care staff, INT coordinators and local administrators, supported fully by a locality Team Manager, and Localities Lead.

You will be providing nursing services to patients in the community and have the chance to work in an autonomous manner with the support of the wider multi-disciplinary team and across the West Suffolk Alliance. You will be assessing the patients by carrying out home visits and planning and implementing a patient's individualised care plan.

Service integration with Virtual Ward (Hospital at Home) and the Early Intervention Team will be part of the role daily, working fluidly with these other services.

Within the INT localities you have access to a range of treatment facilities and may be involved in delivering nursing care in specialist clinics, such as the leg ulcer and doppler clinics. You will be using a wide range of community nursing skills and will need to be confident in your assessment skills and in your ability to provide safe, effective treatments whilst working in a community setting. Experience of IV administration, cannulation, ECG recording, palliative care, wound management and catheter management will be an advantage.

This will be the perfect opportunity if you would like a role where you can use a wide range of nursing skills, or learn new skills specific to patient need. You are able to work independently, but also with the support of a close-knit team, who are hugely experienced and supportive. You have the privilege of working with patients in their own home environment to improve their health, alongside our service integration teams such as Virtual Ward (Hospital at Home) and our Early Intervention Team (EIT).

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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.