Community Staff Nurse

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Community Staff Nurse to join their dynamic team in Haywards Heath. This role offers the chance to provide high-quality care directly in patients' homes, focusing on rehabilitation and self-management. You will be part of a supportive environment that promotes professional development and offers diverse experiences in community nursing. With a commitment to compassionate care, this position allows you to make a significant impact on the lives of individuals and families in your community. If you are passionate about nursing and looking for a rewarding challenge, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working Patterns

Excellent Training Opportunities

Workplace Nurseries

Staff Wellbeing Support

Access to Discounts for NHS Staff

Qualifications

• Deliver high-quality care in patients' homes and support their rehabilitation.
• Participate in evidence-based care and facilitate staff learning.

Responsibilities

• Manage diabetic care and wound treatment for patients.
• Work closely with hospice and GPs for palliative care.

Skills

Diabetic Management

Wound Management

Palliative Care

Bladder and Bowel Care

Community Nursing

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join Haywards Heath PCN Community Team on a 9 month fixed term contract.

The PCN is a group of practices working together in collaboration with community and other health and care services. PCNs will enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care. Care is organised around individuals' identified needs through collaborative working by service providers to deliver excellent patient care at the heart of the community.

Haywards Heath PCN Community Team are looking for registered nurses to join the team. If you are newly registered or looking for a new challenge, Community Nursing offers a great opportunity to specialise in a highly diverse and rewarding field.

Community nursing offers the applicants many specialties in one role.

Any successful applicants will have an individual induction plan to ease into this community environment.

Community Staff Nurse

To deliver high quality care in the community in patients own homes, working with patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care. To participate in a team of colleagues supporting evidence based care, facilitating staff learning and development.

The main aspects of the role are diabetic management, wound management including leg ulcer diagnosis and treatment, palliative care working very closely with the Hospice and GP’s, bladder and bowel care including urethral and supra pubic catheters and other continence needs.

As well as the traditional type of patients as stated above, we work in partnership with the local health and social providers covering a specific group of people under frailty. This group includes Severely Frail (score based), Dementia diagnosis, End of Life, Complex Conditions and Care Home Patients.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• EMBRACE, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+ and Religion Spirituality and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jayme Sutcliffe Job title: Operational Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07484 447196

Visits to the team are welcomed.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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