Community Staff Nurse

Gateshead Health; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateshead Health is seeking a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse to join a Locality Team in Gateshead. You will deliver high-quality patient care in the community and work flexibly to meet service needs across 8am–8pm, 7 days a week.

The role requires a Registered Nurse with at least 2 years RN experience. Community experience and elderly care are desirable; car driver/owner is preferred for home visits. Training and development opportunities are offered within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current registration.
• Experience in community settings preferred.
• Experience or interest in elderly care desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality patient care in the community setting under supervision of a senior nurse/practitioner.
• Provide hands-on care to patients in community settings.
• Maintain standards of care through evaluating and implementing evidence-based practice.
• Delegate work according to skill mix while ensuring safety.
• Support the development of other staff and the service.
• Assess health needs of patients and carers and plan care in home settings.
• Plan, provide and evaluate nursing care to meet individual patient needs.

Skills

Community experience

Elderly care

Car Driver/owner

Job description

Community Services -- District Nursing Teams Gateshead

BAND 5 - Community Staff Nurse

We wish to recruit a band 5 Community Staff Nurse to join a Locality Team in Gateshead. The locality teams are multi professional working in collaboration to ensure safe, highly effective patient care.

A MINIMUM OF 2 YEARS RN EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED.

This post will provide an exciting opportunity to deliver a high quality service to patients in Gateshead.

You will need to be motivated, organised and flexible. The service hours are 8am - 8pm, 7 days per week. You will be expected to work flexibly to deliver service needs.

You must be a registered nurse. Post registration experience and ongoing professional development are desirable.

It would also be desirable to have evidence of experience in a community setting.

Main duties of the job

The delivery of high standards of clinical practice that hold patients and their families at the center to ensure that they receive safe, quality care that gives them a good experience.To be responsible for delivery of an identified package of care under the supervision and direction of Specialist Nurse Practitioner/District Nurse/Locality Team Lead.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the BAME network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our armed forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Job responsibilities

• To provide high quality patient care in the community setting under the direction and supervision of a senior nurse/practitioner.
• To provide hands on care to patients in a variety of settings within the community
• To maintain standards of care through evaluating and implementing evidence based practice
• To delegate work appropriately according to skill mix ensuring maintenance of safety within the community.
• To support the development of other staff and the service provided.
• To support the assessment of the health and health related needs of patients, clients, their families and other carers.
• To treat specific diseases in accordance with agreed medical protocols under direction of the senior practitioner.
• To assess, plan, provide and evaluate nursing care to meet care needs of individual patients and carers in their own homes.
• To analyse and evaluate personal clinical performance in a reflective manner to ensure continued personal and professional development and the maintenance of an up-to-date knowledge base.
• To work with Trust policies and procedures that ensure patient safety at all times.
• To work independently under direction within a multi-disciplinary of an integrated workforce that is based in the community and is designed to meet the health needs of the identified locality.

Person Specification

application

• Registered Nurse
• Car Driver/owner
• Community experience
• Elderly care

application

• community experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.