Community Staff Nurse

Bidvane; Sandy; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

Job summary

The Mid Bedfordshire Primary Home Care Team at East London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a permanent Community Staff Nurse to cover Sandy, Potton, Gamlingay and nearby villages. You will deliver nursing care at patients’ homes, work with a multidisciplinary team and support long-term condition self-care.

The role involves 7.5-hour shifts across seven days, 08:00 to 21:00, with travel across sites and Trust boundaries.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Evidence-based practice and up-to-date clinical skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care to patients in their own homes.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to plan and deliver care.
• Assess and treat complex conditions with clinical judgement.
• Support patients with long-term conditions to self-care.
• Carry out health promotion and prevention of illness.
• Participate in Urgent Response and Virtual Wards.
• Travel across sites and Trust boundaries as required.

Skills

IT literacy

Clinical governance

Safeguarding

Health promotion

Fluent English

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

The Mid Bedfordshire Primary Home Care Team at East London NHS Foundation Trust has a permanent Community Staff Nurse post covering Sandy, Potton, Gamlingay and nearby villages. The role involves nursing patients with complex needs at home, alongside the multidisciplinary team, with a focus on long-term condition self-care and Urgent Response and Virtual Wards. The full-time post runs 7.5-hour shifts across seven days, from 08:00 to 21:00. Applicants need Registered General Nurse status, a car and a driving licence; newly qualified nurses are welcome.

What the job involves

• Deliver nursing care to patients with complex needs in their own homes
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to deliver care
• Assess and treat patients, thinking quickly and solving problems
• Support patients with long-term conditions to self-care
• Carry out health promotion and prevention of illness
• Take part in Urgent Response and Virtual Wards
• Get involved in innovative projects that improve service delivery and staff wellbeing
• Travel across sites and Trust boundaries to meet patient needs and attend meetings

What’s required

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse
• Evidence-based practice and up-to-date clinical skills

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as a general nurse

Experience

• Evidence of and commitment to multi-professional working
• Understanding of the primary and secondary care interface and of the roles of others in health and social care

Skills & knowledge

• Literate in IT and computer use
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Knowledge of safeguarding principles for vulnerable adults and children
• Knowledge of health promotion and prevention of illness
• Fluent English with good oral communication
• Work independently within clinical and professional policies and codes of practice, seeking advice when needed

Checks & eligibility

• Current UK driving licence and access to a car

Other

• Mobilise and stand for most of a shift, and kneel and crouch to give clinical care
• Concentrate on clinical tasks such as drug calculations while managing interruptions and unpredictable behaviour
• Cope with distressing situations and unpleasant conditions during home visitsTravel across sites and Trust boundaries

Nice to have

• Evidence of post-basic professional development
• Post-registration qualification in a relevant clinical field
• Teaching or mentorship qualification, or commitment to undertake one
• Post-registration nursing experience, including community experience
• Experience in adult community services
• Familiarity with SystmOne
• Proactive approach with a strong desire to lead on quality, holistic care
• Understanding of national government initiatives in health care

What’s offered

• Development opportunities and training directed towards individual goals