Community Staff Nurse

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Staff Nurse for the South Shore area on a temporary fixed-term basis at 30 hours per week. A full UK driving licence and car access are essential to cover Fylde coast locations, with NMC Level 1 registration and enhanced DBS clearance required.

You will provide safe, patient-centred care in homes or clinics, plan, implement and evaluate care, and escalate as needed to the senior community nurse.

Qualifications

• NMC registration (Adult branch) and Enhanced DBS clearance are required.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car are essential.
• Community nursing duties in patients' homes or clinic settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective, individualised care to patients.
• Plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care; escalate when required to the senior community nurse.
• Monitor patients' health needs in partnership with families and carers; refer for reassessment when required.
• Work across the Fylde coast in patients' homes or clinic settings.

Skills

Driving licence

Team player

Education

NMC Level 1 Registration (Adult Branch)

Enhanced DBS clearance

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of a Community Staff Nurse based at South Shore Nursing Team. The advertised role is a Temporary fixed term position (30.00 hours per week).

It is essential that you have a full UK driving licence and access to a car for this Community Nursing role.

If you are innovative, enthusiastic, have a positive attitude to change and you are an excellent team player, we would like you to join our team to enable us to provide high quality, patient centred, holistic nursing care.

NMC Level 1 Registration (Adult Branch) & Enhanced DBS clearance required.

Car driver essential.

The postholder will work as part of a community nursing service working across the Fylde coast, undertaking nursing duties in patients’ homes or clinic settings.

To provide safe, effective, individualised care to patients and to give support to families and service users requiring scheduled and unscheduled care interventions.

The role includes planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care, initiating changes to care and escalation, if required, to the senior community nurse and the wider team.

To monitor the condition and health needs of patients on a continual basis in partnership with colleagues, families and carers, referring to others for reassessment, when required.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large, integrated provider of acute and community services to the 445,000 population of the Fylde coast health economy and the estimated 11 million visitors to the seaside town of Blackpool. With patients and families at the heart of all we do, we are committed to creating a culture that empowers our staff and inspires us all to deliver first class clinical care. We form a central part of the Healthier Fylde Coast Integrated Care Partnership and our progressive approach to partnership working in the area provides an enviable opportunity to redesign and deliver services that meet the challenges of today’s health system.

We are not underestimating the challenges facing today’s health system but believe there are the foundations here in Blackpool to deliver truly excellent, integrated services that can make a major impact on the lives of the thousands of people we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stacey Pownall Job title: Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01253 300000

Any questions - please do not hesitate to contact Stacey Pownall for further information.