Community Staff Nurse

South Tees Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Saltburn by the Sea; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated district/community nurse to provide hands-on clinical care in patients' homes across Tees. The role requires autonomous decision-making within a multidisciplinary team, with accountability for assessment, planning, and evaluation to meet individual patient needs in a safe, respectful environment.

The post holder will supervise health care assistants and contribute to student nurse training while ensuring nursing care aligns with

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current UK registration.
• Experience delivering nursing care in community settings.
• Ability to work autonomously within multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication and safeguarding awareness.

Responsibilities

• Assess, implement and evaluate clinical care for patients at home.
• Supervise health care assistants and support training of student nurses.
• Work across 7 days and manage a defined caseload in the absence of the District Nurse.
• Promote NHS values and provide compassionate, person-centred care.

Skills

Registered nurse

Professional judgment

Patient-centered care

Job description

Job summary

Working within the community across tees visiting patients within their own homes.

To be an active member of the multidisciplinary team by using professional judgement and assuming responsibility and accountability for assessing, implementing and evaluating clinical care for patients to meet their needs in a safe caring environment that promotes dignity, privacy and respect.

The post holder will be expected to develop knowledge and skills within the specialty and will assist in the management and organisation of nursing work in the ward/department within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

The post holder will supervise the working of health care assistants and support workers and support the training and assessment of student nurses.

Demonstrates the trust Values and Behaviours for nursing and midwifery staff at all times.

Main duties of the job

The post holder has a duty of care to patients and is expected to comply fully with best practice standards and comply with trust policies for personal and patient safety and the prevention of healthcare associated infections.

Working autonomously, the post holder will be expected to take charge of a defined caseload in the absence of the District Nurse.

The post holder will actively support the admission avoidance agenda, providing high quality nursing care to people in their own homes and will work within a service which enables recognition of the early symptoms of disease; provides an appropriate response to exacerbation and sub-acute illness and maintains a high quality nursing service to include palliative care and patients who need on-going nursing input within their own home.

The post holder will provide nursing expertise/leadership and ensure integrated working with other professionals and agencies, ensuring a high standard of care within the framework of clinical governance.

To provide an effective, caring and compassionate service, and demonstrate commitment to abiding by the NHS values and the constitution.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across 7 days a week, ensuring the 8am-8pm service is covered, to meet the changing needs of the service, which may include working across the Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Hambleton and Richmondshire area.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

To be an active member of the multidisciplinary team by using professional judgement and assuming responsibility and accountability for assessing, implementing and evaluating clinical care for patients to meet their needs in a safe caring environment that promotes dignity, privacy and respect. The post holder will carry out holistic needs assessments of patients using recognized assessments tools.

They will support patients and their loved ones, who have been referred for best supportive care to live well supporting individualized care planning.

They will support in the management of patients referred in to the service where problems are adequately controlled and nursing intervention is required with an individualized care plan in place which addresses their needs.

Qualifications Essential

• Registered nurse.

Desirable

• Experience within the community.

Experience Essential

• Experience within the community

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).