Community Staff Nurse

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Ponteland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Ponteland is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to join their District Nursing Service. The role involves assessing and delivering care to patients in their own homes and clinics, focusing on high-quality, patient-centered support. Applicants must have a nursing degree and relevant experience, along with strong communication skills. Benefits include extensive health programs and flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Health and well-being program

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave

Professional development training

On-site nursery places

Qualifications

• Proven experience in community nursing.
• Registered nurse with a valid license.
• Ability to deliver care to diverse patient groups.

Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate patient care needs.
• Develop health and social care programs.
• Provide emotional support to patients and families.
• Perform skilled nursing tasks including injections and sutures.

Skills

Patient assessment

Wound management

Palliative care

Communication skills

Emotional support

Education

Nursing degree or equivalent

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the District Nursing Service in Northumberland for a Community Staff Nurse.

We are looking for enthusiastic staff nurse to join our district nursing team in the West Northumberland area within the Ponteland Team, 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.

This post is a fixed term 12 month contract for secondment cover within the team.

Responsibilities include:

• 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.
• maintenance of a duty of care to patients, carers and colleagues through the exercise of personal and professional accountability.

About our organisation:

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates.

Benefits of working with us include:

• extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub.
• support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups.
• a range of flexible working opportunities.
• generous annual leave and pension scheme.
• access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies).
• opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes.
• on-site nursery places via salary sacrifice.
• access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank.

We are proud to be one of the country's top performing NHS trusts - rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.