Community Staff Nurse

NHS; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting career opportunity for a Community Staff Nurse in the West Berkshire Community Nursing team, focusing on delivering high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to patients in their homes. Candidates should be RGN qualified and passionate about patient care with opportunities for career progression and professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave

Learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' scheme

Access to wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at various retailers

Generous maternity and paternity leave

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care.
• Experience in community nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Holistically assess the needs of patients and carers.
• Undertake first visits and take immediate action as necessary.
• Provide evidence-based care and support health promotion.

Skills

Communication

Assessment

Organizational skills

Education

Registered General Nurse (RGN)

NMC Registration

Job description

An exciting career opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join the West Berkshire Community Nursing team.

Within the community, we are seeing more complex and acute patients than ever before, with increasingly specialist treatment and care being provided by highly skilled staff.

Working within our Community Nursing Team, you will support, assess, and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality, evidence-based practice. You will have a passion and enthusiasm to care for patients in their own homes.

The Community Nursing service offers care to patients in their own homes, 7 days a week, 08.30 - 19.00, inclusive of Bank Holidays.

The service has a wide range of skill mix from Band 3 Healthcare assistants, through to Band 7 Community Matrons.

You will have a commitment to providing holistic care to patients in their own homes, be able to work on your own initiative and work well within a team. Key clinical skills include complex wound care, bladder & bowel management, palliative & end-of-life care, as well as medication administration.

You will receive support into the role through induction, training, and beyond. There will be opportunities for personal development and career progression if desired.

Newly qualified or about to qualify? This could be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

To work in conjunction with the Team Leader/Community Nursing Band 6/Community Matron and all staff within the team to holistically assess the needs of patients and carers, and to work in partnership with the patient and family to plan, implement, and evaluate programmes of nursing care.

To be able to undertake first visits and take any immediate action, reporting back to the Team Leader/Community Nursing Band 6/Community Matron for further discussion and/or assessment.

To establish working relationships with other professionals and voluntary agencies to achieve health aims.

To undertake practice assessor and supervisor training, support students and new staff to the service.

Provide care according to the available evidence of best practice and the support of others in the development of evidence-based practice.

To be actively involved in promoting self-care for patients and building health promotion into care.

To develop and participate in planned teaching programmes for patients,

To demonstrate knowledge and skills including assessment, reassessment, medication management, bladder & bowel care, tissue viability, care, use and administration of treatment using specialist equipment, palliative care and symptom control, managing acute episodes of care, reducing hospital admissions, as per band 5 competency document.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment, and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption, and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.

Job responsibilities

The four must-haves for you to be considered for this role:

Registered General Nurse (RGN), NMC registration.

Well-developed written and verbal communication skills

Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care.

Able to work flexibly across 7 days service requirement

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call: Sian Banwell, [e-mail], Tel [phone] or Helen Daw, [e-mail], Tel [phone]. They will be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

• Registered General Nurse (RGN)
• NMC Registration

Continuous Professional Development

• Evidence of CPD
• Community nursing experience

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care
• Ability to identify risks and act accordingly with regard to safety of oneself, patients, and others using the appropriate aids.
• Able to demonstrate use of own initiative and ability to work alone
• Ability to demonstrate organisational skills
• Ability to participate in standard setting and audit
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of LTCs and the concept of self-management

Additional Requirements

• Able to travel across multiple sites in Berkshire
• Ability to demonstrate professional behaviours and attitudes
• Full UK driving license and access to own car
• Able to work flexibly across 7-day service requirement

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.