Community Staff Nurse

Bidvane; Tameside; Remote; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS Pension/Benefits

Annual leave

Eye tests

Gym discount

Bike loan

Salary sacrifice car

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Band 5 District Nurse to join the Tameside & Glossop District Nursing Service. The post covers five neighbourhoods and involves assessing care needs, developing care plans and coordinating caseloads within a multidisciplinary community team.

Flexible working patterns are available, with opportunities to supervise learners and unregistered staff and to travel across localities as service needs require.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• NMC registration, or pending registration within two months.
• Relevant pre- or post-registration community experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient care needs and develop, implement and evaluate care programmes for a named client group and across all client groups in the community
• Work within a multidisciplinary community team
• Coordinate the caseload in the absence of the team or senior lead, keeping communication effective
• Act in line with locally agreed standards of care and ensure clinical procedures are correctly carried out
• Provide support to junior staff within the team
• Supervise and assess pre- and post-registration learners and unregistered staff, acting as named supervisor
• Teach learners and unregistered staff
• Work across localities where service need requires

Skills

CPD evidence

Policy knowledge

Evidence-based practice

Leadership & supervision

Education

NMC registration

Job description

This Band 5 post sits in the Tameside & Glossop District Nursing Service, covering the five neighbourhoods of Tameside, with a team base allocated on appointment. The work centres on assessing patients' care needs and running and reviewing care programmes within a multidisciplinary community team, including covering the caseload when the senior lead is absent. What sets it apart is the range of working patterns on offer, the possibility of working across localities as service needs require, and supervising learners and unregistered staff. Applicants need NMC registration or to be within two months of it, and newly qualified nurses join a preceptorship programme.

What the job involves

• Assess patient care needs and develop, implement and evaluate care programmes for a named client group and across all client groups in the community
• Work within a multidisciplinary community team
• Coordinate the caseload in the absence of the team or senior lead, keeping communication effective
• Act in line with locally agreed standards of care and ensure clinical procedures are correctly carried out
• Provide support to junior staff within the team
• Supervise and assess pre- and post-registration learners and unregistered staff, acting as named supervisor
• Teach learners and unregistered staff
• Work across localities where service need requires

What’s required

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• NMC registration, or pending registration within two months

Experience

• Relevant pre- or post-registration community experience, described as an advantage

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of government legislation and policies relevant to the role
• Applying current research findings to clinical practice where appropriate
• Delegating appropriately and supervising junior staff and student nurses as directed by the District Nursing Sister or Charge Nurse

Other

• Ability to travel to various locations between Tameside and Glossop

Nice to have

• IT skills

What’s offered

• Flexible working
• 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Sick pay
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Free eye tests and health checks
• Gym discount
• Bicycle loan and salary sacrifice car schemes
• Support with stress, bereavement, relationships and finance