Community Staff Nurse - Out Of Hours

NHS; Withington; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in England seeks a Community Staff Nurse to provide flexible nursing care in the community. The role requires assessing and delivering high-quality care to patients, working autonomously, and coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams. Candidates must be Registered Nurses with community experience and have a full driving license. This position offers a salary range of £31,049 to £37,796 pro rata, reflecting the trustworthy support of the nursing team.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with community experience.
• Possession of a full driving licence and access to a car is essential.
• Experience working out of hours is required.

Responsibilities

• Assess and plan evidence-based care for patients.
• Provide ongoing nursing care and support to patients.
• Identify unstable patient conditions and liaise with doctors.
• Coordinate a multi-disciplinary approach to care.

Skills

Community experience

Registered Nurse

Driving license

Out of hours experience

Job description

Community Staff Nurse - Out Of Hours

Are you a Registered Nurse wanting flexible hours to fit in with your busy family lives?

We have an exciting opportunity for 2/3 experienced Band 5 Staff Nurses to work with the Evening District Nursing Service, 5.30/6pm - 11.30/12am. You can be flexible on the evenings that you work and will be part of a fabulous and supportive Team based at Withington Community Hospital, covering Central Manchester.

You will be responsible for delivering immediate and continuing nursing care to patients within their own homes. You will prioritise, assess, plan, evaluate and deliver all relevant aspects of nursing care to an agreed and expected high standard.

You will work as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the processes that promote patient safety and quality of care in line with clinical governance frameworks.

• Gain competence in clinical skills to enable delivery of quality patient care within the service
• Take an active role in contributing to developing nursing practice
• Maintain effective communication internally and externally to the organisation

You will be expected to participate fully in their personal development and review process in order to achieve the knowledge and skills identified for this post.

Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that you possess a full driving licence and have access to a car for the position.

Main duties of the job

To take responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating evidence-based care for patients.

To provide ongoing nursing care and support to patients and carers, promoting the role of the nurse and clinical excellence.

To identify patients whose conditions become unstable and liaise with doctors and acute services appropriately.

To network with other professionals to co-ordinate a multi-disciplinary approach to care provision.

To be responsible for multi-agency care documentation in line with current practice.

To ensure that patients can make an informed choice about their current and future care needs. Ensure that care is patient centred, and confidentiality is maintained in line with Trust policy.

To prioritise own workload and work autonomously when necessary.

To provide support, guidance, and supervision to junior staff.

To assess the level of ongoing nursing needs for people who may need long term care.

To liaise with the patients GP to provide sufficient information for ongoing primary care to be provided safely and efficiently.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts.

We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & drive research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Person Specification

Community Experience

• Community experience
• Registered Nurse
• Owns or drives a car
• Has worked out of hours

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum, pro rata