Community Staff Nurse - Community Intervention Service

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Cannock Chase; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a motivated nurse to deliver high-quality, patient-centred community care. You will support patients to remain in their own homes, avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions and ensuring safe, responsive care.

You will assess, plan, provide and evaluate care across a range of conditions, work with a multi-professional team, and develop towards physical assessment qualifications as you grow in this innovative community

Qualifications

• Demonstrate passion and ability to assess, plan, provide and evaluate nursing care.
• Support patients to live independently with their health needs.
• Collaborate with multi-professional colleagues to prevent hospital admissions and support safe discharge.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, provide and evaluate evidence-based nursing care for a wide range of conditions.
• Enable patients to live independently with asset-based approaches at home.
• Collaborate with multi-professional colleagues to avoid hospital admissions and support timely discharge.
• Referrals received from professional clinicians, e.g. GP's, ambulance services, hospital staff.
• Provide IV antibiotics, wound care, injections, venepuncture, cannulation, Peg feeds and general nursing skills.
• Future development to work towards physical assessment qualification.

Skills

Nursing skills

IV therapy

Wound care

Cannulation

Venepuncture

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

This is an exciting role for a motivated and enthusiastic nurse who is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in the community. You will play a key role in supporting patients to remain in their own homes and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, whilst delivering safe, effective, and responsive care., We would love to hear from you if you can -

• Demonstrate your passion and ability to assess, plan, provide and evaluate evidence based nursing care for patients experiencing a wide range of conditions.
• Support our patients and work with people in an asset-based way that really enables them to live their optimum life, being self-caring and independent with their health needs where possible.
• Work collaboratively, efficiently and creatively with multi professional colleagues and partners with a focus on helping patients to avoid hospital admissions and where they do need a hospital stay facilitating timely and well supported discharge back home.
• Referrals received from professional clinicians, e.g. ambulance services, GP's, Hospital staff.
• Providing IV antibiotics, line care, wound care, IM/SC injections, Peg Feeds, Venepuncture, Cannulation, as well as all general nursing skills.
• Future development to work towards physical assessment qualification.

  Are you an experienced and compassionate nurse looking to develop your career within an innovative community service?

  Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems. We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow. We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.