Community Staff Nurse - Home First

NHS; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in North Staffordshire seeks an NMC Registered Band 5 Nurse to join the Home First Team. This role involves providing community-based care to prevent hospital admissions and support safe discharge. The ideal candidate will conduct assessments, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and promote patient independence. Flexibility in shifts and travel is required along with a nursing degree and NMC registration.

Benefits

NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support

Free flu vaccinations

Free car parking at all trust sites

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in assessment and management of nursing needs.
• Ability to manage time and caseload effectively.
• Experience in supporting families and carers.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic assessments and care planning.
• Provide public health and health promotion programs.
• Support senior staff in team development.

Skills

Holistic assessment

Team collaboration

Wound care

Information Governance

Basic IT Skills

Education

Degree in Nursing or equivalent

Registration with NMC

Commitment to work towards Mentorship Qualification

Job description

Job summary: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a NMC Registered Band 5 Nurse to join the Home First Team (Discharge to Assess/D2A Service) in North Staffordshire.

The team supports patients in the community to prevent hospital admissions or assist with discharge following acute hospital care. We deliver high-quality care to individuals with complex needs, promoting independence, rehabilitation, and self-care.

Our ethos is to enable safe discharges and provide nursing support at home, helping patients remain in their own environment and avoid unnecessary readmissions.

As a valued team member, you'll work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team and with Operational Leadership to ensure excellent care delivery. You'll carry out specialist assessments and care planning with service users and carers.

This role involves working shifts across a 24/7, 365-day schedule and requires independent travel across a large geographical area. You may be required to work from any of the three North Staffordshire bases.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 Nurse you will provide holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care as part of the D2A process.

As part of this role, you will be expected to:

• Act as a role model and motivate team members in working towards innovative and high standard of practice.
• Participate and support the Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead in the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust.
• Support the Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead in the development of a positive and 'supportive' team culture.
• Providing public health, health promotional programs to improve health and reduce inequalities.
• Be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.
• Demonstrate at all times the Trust Values.
• Improvement in health and wellbeing including mental health.
• Early supported discharge.
• Be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies. To establish and monitor good working relationships with other health and social care professionals, statutory and voluntary organisations.
• Provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence and quality of life
• Advise Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead of any issues that may affect the patient or the service.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Degree in Nursing or equivalent
• Registration with NMC
• Commitment to work towards Mentorship Qualification
• Evidence of/willing to undertake post-registration training relevant to the post

Experience

• Relevant experience/placements to the role including assessment and management of long term conditions, post-operative conditions and wound care
• Ability to manage time and caseload effectively
• Supporting service users, families and carers in dealing with people with nursing needs

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Evidence of clinical knowledge relevant to the post, with knowledge of care planning
• Understanding of Information Governance and Data Protection
• NMC standards and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
• Basic IT Skills
• Initiate and participate in networks and discussion groups
• Discharge and transfer individuals where appropriate
• Provision of support and direction to student nurses, Promoting Independence Workers, Assistant Practitioners and new starters
• Prioritise treatment and care for individuals according to their health status and needs

Personal Attributes

• Working across community settings and have the ability to travel within a geographical area to meet the requirements of the post
• Flexibility with working hours to enable 7 day working
• Flexibility in terms of which base you will be required to work from

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.