Community Staff Nurse

NHS; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Community Staff Nurse in Haywards Heath. This part-time role requires delivering high-quality care, managing various clinical tasks, and being part of a collaborative team. Ideal candidates will possess a registered nursing qualification and have experience in community settings. The position offers a salary range of £31,049 to £37,796 per annum, pro-rata.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Support for wellbeing and diversity initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in a community setting is required.
• Ability to travel between sites, with access to a car for work.
• Full UK driving license is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality care in the community.
• Work with patients towards rehabilitation and independence.
• Participate in a team supporting evidence-based care.

Skills

Good numeracy and literacy skills

Good communication and negotiation skills

Competency in wound management and catheterization

Knowledge of current local policies

Motivational interviewing skills

Education

RN qualification / degree or diploma

ENB 998 or equivalent or work towards

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join the Haywards Heath Central and Villages PCN Community Team.

The PCN is a group of practices collaborating with community and other health and care services. PCNs enable more proactive, personalised, coordinated, and integrated health and social care. Care is organised around individuals' needs through collaborative working to deliver excellent patient care at the heart of the community.

Haywards Heath PCN Team is looking for registered nurses to join. Whether newly registered or seeking a new challenge, Community Nursing offers a chance to specialise in a highly diverse and rewarding field. Community nursing provides many specialties in one role. Successful applicants will receive an individual induction plan to ease into this environment.

As this role is part-time, please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role is unlikely to be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

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Main duties of the job

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.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence -- guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

To deliver high quality care in the community, 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.

Please see job description for further information.

Person Specification

Qualification

• RN qualification / degree or diploma
• ENB 998 or equivalent or work towards
• Evidence of a range of clinical competencies

Experience

• Experience in a community setting

Skills and Knowledge

• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Demonstrates competency in a range of clinical skills e.g. wound management, catheterisation skills, medicines management and administration, palliative and end of life care including management of syringe drivers.
• Is able to demonstrate the application of research based practice
• Knowledge of current local policies informing community health and social care services
• A clear understanding of the role of the Community Staff Nurse
• Promote independence and choice in undertaking patient care
• IT literate or willing to achieve within an agreed period
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision, Professional codes of Conduct
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge/ understanding of boundaries of role
• Motivational interviewing skills

Other requirements

• Demonstrates abillity to reflect and learn from situations
• Demonstrates a commitment to life-long learning and development/competency framework
• Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
• Demonstrates a high level of understanding of self and able to identify personal limitation, shows openness to address them
• Ability to travel between sites, car owner and driver with access to a vehicle for work
• An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients

Must Hold a full UK driving license & access to a car.

• Full UK license, unless under the Equality Act

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum/pro rata