Community Staff Nurse

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; North Tyneside; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to join the District Nursing Service in North Tyneside. The role involves delivering patient-centred nursing care in patients\' homes, clinics and residential settings, with development opportunities and NHS trust support.

Applicants must hold an NMC registration, be able to work autonomously within the team, and have access to a car with a valid driving licence. UK sponsorship guidance applies.

Qualifications

• State Registration on Part 1 of the 3 part NMC register.
• Diploma/degree level qualification as appropriate.
• Newly qualified staff must undertake the Trust preceptorship within the first year.
• Evidence of qualification to supervise, teach and assess students (essential).

Responsibilities

• Community staff nurses work autonomously and as part of a team, delivering care to diverse patients in homes, residential care, and clinics.
• Supervise auxiliary and student nurses on placement where needed.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in line with professional standards.

Skills

Autonomy

Teamwork

Nursing knowledge

Education

NMC Registration (Part 1)

Preceptorship within 1 year

Supervision of students qualification

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic staff nurse to join the District Nursing Service in North Tyneside for a Community Staff Nurse.

This is a fantastic opportunity to become a team member in an exciting service committed to providing patient centred care to patients in their own homes, residential care settings and in clinics. We are keen to provide our staff with development opportunities to enhance their skills, knowledge and career progression within the District Nursing Service, while providing high quality and safe service in line with the Trust Values.

Successful applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.

Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early should a suitable number of applications be received.

Main duties of the job

Community staff nurses work autonomously and as part of a team, reporting directly to their line manager, the community nursing team lead, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for a diverse group of patients with a wide range of conditions and health needs.

• The development and delivery of programmes of health and social care.The delivery of care and support to patients with a terminal illness and their families including the provision of emotional and bereavement support.
• The performance of skilled nursing care including aspects of assessment, wound management, palliative care and catheterisation.
• The performance of diagnostic tests such as Ankle Brachial Pressure Index using Doppler and the interpretation of the results to decide further courses of action.
• Performance of procedures which require fine dexterity and skill such as venepuncture, drug administration by injection and the removal of sutures.
• Interpretation of results and the communication of these to patients e.g. blood glucose estimation. Explaining aspects of care to patients and carers allowing the opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns.
• Maintenance and promotion of high standards of professional practice including the sharing of approaches and experience with others.
• Maintain a duty of care to patients, carers and colleagues through the exercise of personal and professional accountability.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?

Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

The Community Staff Nurse works in partnership with patients and carers in the community, providing health education and nursing care within the Scope of Professional Practice. The post-holder is an integral member of the community nursing team working with colleagues to delivery clinical care to patients living in their own homes and within residential care homes.

Although the post holder has access to advice they are expected to work largely unsupervised. In addition, the post-holder is expected to supervise the work of others including auxiliary nurses and student nurses on placement.

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential

• State Registration on Part 1 of the 3 part NMC register
• Additional clinical qualifications or equivalent derived through experience at diploma / degree level if experienced
• Newly qualified staff will be required to undertake the Trust preceptorship programme within the first year in post
• Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)

Other requirements

Essential

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working without direct supervised in a health care environment

Desirable

• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.