Community Registered Nurse

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust; Highweek; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 community nurse to join Newton Abbot Community Nurse team. You will deliver holistic nursing care in patients' homes within a large, supportive MDT environment, covering Community and Intermediate Care shifts across a broad locality including Bovey Tracey and Chudleigh.

Experience in the community is not essential as an established training and induction plan is provided.

Qualifications

• Band 5 nurse capable of delivering holistic nursing care.
• Compassionate approach to care with patients who are housebound.
• Training and induction plan in place for new team members.

Responsibilities

• Work flexibly between 7am and 7pm, 7 days a week, including weekends and bank holidays.
• Provide high-quality holistic nursing care in patients' homes.
• Cover Community nursing and Intermediate Care (nursing) as required.

Skills

Band 5 nurse

Compassionate

Holistic nursing care

Flexible working

Job description

Newton Abbot Community Nurses are looking for motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 community nurses to join the team. We are a large but supportive team who enjoys mentoring team members and students and is passionate about delivering quality care to the housebound patients. We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality and our nursing team covers both Community and Intermediate care visits providing a breadth of nursing experience.

We deliver high quality care to the housebound patients in our locality (that incorporates Bovey Tracey and Chudleigh area) and work as part of multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with primary care and secondary care. We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. The team is flexible and promotes a healthy work/home life balance.

We are looking for a Band 5 nurse who is compassionate, enjoys a challenge and is skilled in the delivery of holistic nursing care. We have an established training and induction plan for all new team members and experience in the community is therefore not essential.

You will be expected to work flexibly between the hours of 7am and 7pm, 7 days a week, (mostly 7.5 hours shifts) including weekends and bank holidays, across Community nursing and Intermediate Care (nursing) to meet the needs of the Service.

• To value everyone as an individual and actively support their right to have their voice heard in decisions about how their needs are met
• To value differences and individuality, showing respect to all
• To respond with humanity and kindness to every person, by listening attentively and respecting others in conversations
• To respect every person’s preferred wishes whilst providing nursing care within their own home
• To provide the highest quality of care by listening to and acting on feedback
• By taking personal responsibility you will play your part in sustainably improving services by implementing change positively and contributing to MDT discussions in a constructive and flexible way
• To work in partnership to achieve the best possible outcomes for our people
• Helping and supporting your colleagues so that you work well together to achieve common goals and objectives
• To act as a role model, valuing everyone’s opinion and experiences
• To seek out, recognise and value the contributions of others and the role they play in a patient’s life
• To strive to provide excellent, innovative services that helps our people to be able to live their lives to the full
• Taking every opportunity to encourage and support individuals to improve their own health and wellbeing

Newton Abbot Community Nurse team is currently based across two locations, Sherbourne House in Newton Abbot and Riverside Surgery in Bovey Tracey. We cover a large geographical patch covering the practice population of nine GP surgeries.

A busy but friendly and supportive team we are committed to staff development through education and training helping staff realise their potential in topics of interest to them and encouraging career pathways in Community Nursing.

We pride ourselves on delivering high standards of care and building relationships within the communities we are part of. We are actively working to a more integrated approach to care delivery and work closely with our Intermediate Care, Social care and voluntary care sector colleagues to achieve this.

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Please note: Priority will be given to applicants with recognised 'Priority' or 'At Risk' status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stacey Tranter Job title: Community Nurse Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07557572249