Community Staff Nurse - Kington, Weobley and Staunton

Wye Valley NHS Trust; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Good work-life balance

Support to help staff achieve their满潜力

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust seeks a Band 5 community nurse to provide in-home care across the north-west locality. The role focuses on holistic assessment, wound care, and managing long-term conditions to help patients stay independent and out of hospital.

Travel between sites is part of the role, with shifts across mornings and evenings, including regular weekends. NMC registration is required to apply, and IT skills are advantageous.

Qualifications

• NMC registration is required.
• Nursing experience is required.
• Good communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide treatment and support to patients in their own homes, encouraging independence to prevent hospital admissions
• Carry out holistic nursing assessments
• Wound care, including NPWT
• Wound assessments and management
• Palliative care
• Managing end-of-life symptoms and supporting relatives and carers
• Managing long-term conditions in the community
• CVAD and drain management
• Chemotherapy disconnection
• Post-operative care following discharge
• Taking venous blood samples

Skills

Nursing experience

Good communication skills

IT skills

Education

NMC registration

Job description

This band 5 community nursing post sits in the Kington & Weobley District Nursing Team at Wye Valley NHS Trust, caring for patients in their own homes. The work centres on holistic assessment and treatment that keeps people independent and out of hospital, covering wound care, palliative care and long-term conditions. Shifts run early and late across seven days including regular weekends, with travel between sites and across the north-west locality. NMC registration is needed to apply.

What the job involves

• Provide treatment and support to patients in their own homes, encouraging independence to prevent hospital admissions
• Carry out holistic nursing assessments
• Wound care, including negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT)
• Wound assessments and management
• Palliative care
• Managing end-of-life symptoms and supporting relatives and carers
• Managing long-term conditions in the community
• CVAD and drain management
• Chemotherapy disconnection
• Post-operative care following discharge
• Taking venous blood samples

What's required

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• Nursing experience

Skills & knowledge

• Good communication skills

Other

• Meeting the travel requirements of the post

Nice to have

• IT skills
• Community nursing experience

What's offered

• Good work-life balance
• Support to help staff achieve their full potential