Community Staff Nurse - Bodmin & Three Harbours Community Team

CORNWALL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Lane End; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a community nurse to join a friendly, professional team. The role focuses on home-based assessments, planning and evaluation of care, promoting independence, and working with patients and carers to support informed choices.

Experienced applicants and final-year students due to qualify this year are welcome. The post involves travel across Bodmin, Par, Lostwithiel and nearby areas, with flexible shift patterns to cover 0800-1600 and 1400-2200.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Commitment to community-based care and patient-centred practice.
• Willingness to travel within Cornwall and surrounding areas.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in patients' homes with minimal supervision.
• Promote independence and quality of life for patients and carers.
• Collaborate with patients, carers and professionals to support informed choices.
• Work autonomously within policy, training records and guidelines.
• Provide flexible support to locality teams and adapt to service needs.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Autonomous practice

Team collaboration

Travel-ready

Education

Registered nurse (NMC)

Community health experience (desirable)

Job description

Successful applicants will be invited to attend a Selection Day at Carew House, Bodmin on 02nd October. This will be a morning or afternoon to be confirmed.

This post is open to newly qualified professionals and students who are due to complete their qualification during this calendar year. Successful applicants may receive a conditional offer subject to completion of training and registration.We are looking for a caring, motivated and dynamic community nurse to join our friendly, professional team.

You will be part of the Bodmin & Three Harbours Community Nursing Team and you will be based at Bodmin Health Office, covering Bodmin, Par, Lostwithiel and the surrounding areas.We cover Bosvena and Three Harbours practices within the local PCN. Your role will require close collaboration with GP's, health and social care colleagues including therapists and voluntary organisations. We would like you to possess commitment to team working and embrace innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. You will need to have a real enthusiasm for community nursing as an autonomous practitioner and a desire for ongoing professional development.

You should also have an understanding of the changing climate of care delivery in the community. Shift patterns are 0800 - 1600 and 1400 - 2200.

Main duties of the job

This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.

• Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, without direct supervision, to patients, carers and relatives within their home environment.
• The aim is to enable them to enjoy maximum independence and optimum quality of life.
• To work in partnership with patients and carers to offer support and advice and promote informed choice.
• To work autonomously, providing effective, evidence-based care in line with competency and training record and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.
• To support all locality teams by working in a flexible way.
• Moving to work with the team in most need on a daily, weekly or monthly basis as service provision demands.

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.