Community Registered Nurse

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Inner London weighting

Training and career development

Job summary

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Community Nurse to join the Camden Integrated Community Healthcare team. You will deliver nursing care to housebound patients within a skill-mixed, seven-day service and work across the Camden DN service as needed.

You will perform holistic assessments, review nursing care, and support junior staff within a multidisciplinary team including therapists, pharmacy staff, and social care colleagues.

Qualifications

• NMC registration is required.
• Community nursing experience is not essential but transferable skills are valuable.
• Ability to work autonomously in a community setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing interventions to housebound patients in the community.
• Undertake holistic patient assessments and review care needs.
• Support junior staff and students in the team.
• Collaborate with specialist teams and other health/voluntary sector colleagues.

Skills

Community nursing

Holistic assessment

Team collaboration

Patient relationships

Education

NMC registration

Job description

An exciting opportunity has become available in the West Integrated Neighbourhood Team for a Band 5 nurse to join our Camden Integrated Community Healthcare (CICH) team. We are looking for a Registered Nurse to work in a skill-mixed, seven-day-a-week nursing team. The team is supported by an overall Operational Lead in one of our five Integrated Locality Teams.

As a Community Nurse, you will provide nursing interventions to a range of housebound patients and help to manage their care supported by a skilled team of nurses. We are proactive in looking for enthusiastic and skilled nurses who will facilitate the delivery of excellent community nursing care, enjoy our new ways of working and who want to learn and excel in their career.

Following the NHS long term plan, CICH is proud to lead on putting neighbourhoods at the heart of integrated care. The service is set up to deliver health interventions within the framework of the neighbourhood model, working in partnership with other key primary care providers and the local voluntary care sector organisations. This role will be based at West Integrated Neighbourhood team based at Belsize Priory Health Centre, however the post holder would be expected to work across Camden DN service according to the needs of the service., Your role will include providing high-quality care for patients in a community setting. You will work closely with other nursing and therapy staff to care for a designated caseload of patients. This will include undertaking holistic assessments, reviewing patient nursing care needs and supporting junior staff and students as needed.We have a range of Practice Development and Professional Leads who are on hand for supervision and support. You will work alongside Complex Care Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation assistants, Pharmacy technicians, students, and colleagues within Social Care, Mental Health, the Voluntary Sector, and General Practice.

You will work with our specialist teams i.e. Evening and Overnight Nursing team, Rapid Response, Palliative Care, Tissue Viability, Bladder & Bowel, Community Stroke and Neurology, Respiratory, Heart Failure and Diabetes teams and in-patient wards.

You need NMC registration and have passion for learning and delivering the best nursing care. Community experience is not essential, but you will need to demonstrate an understanding of autonomous working in the community, with evidence of transferable skills.

Our nurses enjoy their experience of visiting patients in their own homes and building a rapport. They report feeling 'honoured to build such close professional relationships with their team and patients alike. There is no typical day in district nursing as every visit requires a different set of skills and approach. The variety keeps the job interesting and the learning never stops.

Benefits of working as a nurse for CNWL Camden:

• Substantial relocation package if eligible
• Inner London weighting
• Training and career development opportunities
• Opportunities for research and audit to support innovative practice
• Open to flexible working patterns
• Good opportunity for progression

Camden is a vibrant home to one of London's most visited tourist attractions: the markets, streets and shops that have grown around Camden Lock and its associated music venues. Camden, as a borough, is diverse, containing Hampstead Heath and its famous swimming ponds, Holborn and parts of the West End, as well as a very colourful culture, ethnic makeup, and a very wide socio-economic make-up.