Community Staff Nurse

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Bridgnorth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is seeking a motivated community nurse to provide Planned and Admission Avoidance care in patients’ homes within a busy community team. The role requires enthusiasm for interdisciplinary collaboration and ongoing professional development.

Successful candidates will deliver high standards of care in a community setting, participate in a rota system across seven days, and hold a valid driving licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on the NMC register.
• Excellent English language and grammar for writing in service user case notes.
• Experience in community nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promotes a can-do attitude to develop and sustain an administrative and operational service within a community setting.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions liaising with colleagues and partners for integrated care.
• Organise and deliver skilled clinical support work in various settings without direct supervision.
• Gain valid informed consent and work within legal frameworks with patients.
• Liaise with senior clinicians regarding patient care and variations from plans.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

NMC registered nurse

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Promotes a 'can do' attitude and determination to develop and sustain a dynamic and responsive administrative and operational service within a community setting which delivers best practice.
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, liaising with colleagues and partners to ensure an integrated approach to the needs of the service user.
• To organise and deliver skilled clinical support work without direct supervision. This will include individual in a variety of settings.
• Gain valid informed consent and work within legal frameworks with patients.
• To liaise with senior clinicians with regard to patient care, highlighting any variations to expected outcomes from agreed treatment programmes.
• To provide basic verbal and written clinical reports and document patient interventions/findings in case notes in line with professional body and Trust standards.
• To instruct and educate patients, carers and families on a range of therapeutic activities.

We are committed to clinical support, CPD & training. The post is covering 7 days 8am to 6pm service, on a Rota System.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Registered Nurse to join the South East District Nursing Team, in the provision of Planned and Admission Avoidance care to patients in the community. We are looking for a caring, motivated friendly community nurse to join our busy, professional and dynamic team. You should possess commitment to interdisciplinary team working and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. You will be able to demonstrate a real enthusiasm for community nursing, as well as a desire for ongoing professional development. Please note this position is community based, requiring the successful applicant to see patients in their own homes. Therefore, a valid driving licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

Requirements

• Previous community experience
• Experience of working in a multi disciplinary / multi agency
• Experience of successful partnership working arrangements with other services, Uses evidence-based practice
• Awareness of changing healthcare factors influencing change
• Well refined communication (verbal and written), interpersonal skills - ability to gain rapport at all levels
• Engaging and empowering approach that seeks to work with others and deliver outcomes in a successful and well informed

Training and Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on the NMC register
• Ability to demonstrate a level of English language and grammar commensurate with writing in service user case notes
• Commensurate with writing in service user case notes

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.