Community Nurse - West Locality

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare provider is seeking a Community Nurse, offering flexible roles in District Nursing. Candidates can expect to provide comprehensive patient care at home, ensuring optimal health management alongside a supportive team. With extensive training opportunities and generous leave, this role promises professional growth in a rewarding environment.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 33

NHS Discount across a wide range of shops

Competitive pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation

Qualifications

• Full valid driving licence and access to vehicle for work.
• Experience in holistic patient care required.
• Aptitude and motivation valued alongside experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex, holistic patient care in their homes.
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team to support patient needs.
• Manage complex health conditions to avoid hospital admissions.

Skills

Intravenous medication administration

Complex and simple wound care

Advanced physical assessment skills

Job description

Do you want the privilege of visiting patients in their own homes to deliver increasingly complex, holistic care? If yes, District Nursing may be the right career choice for you with the added bonus of no night shifts.

We are able to offer part time, full time and flexible working roles in and across West Oxfordshire.

All levels of experience are welcome in District Nursing. Whether you are newly qualified or looking for a change in direction and a more challenging role, we would welcome your application for this exciting opportunity to join the district nursing world.

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

As a Community Nurse, you would be supported to develop into an autonomous practitioner whilst nursing patients with multiple complex health care needs in their own home.

District nursing is a highly specialised area of practice recognised by the Queens Institute for Community Nursing and NMC as a specialist role.

As a Community Staff Nurse, you will work within a neighbourhood team. You will be working closely with District Nurse Team Leaders, Community Staff Nurses, Therapists, Assistant Practitioner’s, Health Care Assistant’s and phlebotomists to meet the needs of the complex patient in the community and avoid admissions to the acute sector as far as practicable. This includes Intravenous medication administration, end of life care, managing the deteriorating patient, complex and simple wound care including VAC therapy and compression therapy, venepuncture, utilising advanced physical assessment skills and many more clinical nursing skills.

We nurse people with a variety of conditions in a holistic manner both in their own home and in clinic setting and work in close partnership with patient's families and carers. Together with other primary health care professionals such as GP’s, Community Matrons, Community Therapies and other Tier 2 specialised services such as Tissue Viability, Diabetes and Heart Failure.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vicki Howarth Job title: District Nursing Locality Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07769670981

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

If you are unsure about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.

Further contact details;

Vicki Howarth, District Nursing Locality Lead, 07769670981