Community Staff Nurse

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Poulton-le-Fylde; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Community Nurse based at WIN District Nursing Team (Poulton). The role is permanent and involves delivering patient-centred, holistic care in patients' homes and clinic settings across the Fylde coast.

You will plan, implement and evaluate care, monitor health needs, and collaborate with families and carers. NMC Registration (Adult) and Enhanced DBS are required, and a valid driver's license is essential.

Qualifications

• NMC registration (Adult Branch) and Enhanced DBS clearance.
• Valid driving licence required.
• Car driver essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, patient-centred nursing care in patients' homes or clinics.
• Plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, and escalate to senior staff when required.
• Monitor health needs and coordinate with families and carers.
• Communicate effectively with patients, including those with language needs.

Skills

NMC Registration (Adult Branch)

Driving licence

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of a Community Nurse based at WIN District Nursing Team (Poulton). The advertised role is a permanent position.

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.

Use a high level of communication skills with patients and their families, including those with English as a second language or learning disabilities.

Actively seek to promote health both individually and to patients and carers.

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.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the individual requirements of patients and carers referred to District Nursing

Provide a high standard of evidence based nursing care to patients in the Community.