Community Staff Nurse - Ross On Wye DN Team

Venture & Agents; Ross-on-Wye; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits you to join a dedicated District Nursing Team in a beautiful rural setting. This role focuses on providing top-notch care in the Wound Clinic at Ross Community Hospital, where you will manage chronic wounds and support patients in their homes. With a commitment to professional development, you will receive training for various nursing skills and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. If you are passionate about patient care and looking for a role that offers flexibility and support, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• Experience in community nursing is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage chronic wounds and provide holistic assessments.
• Perform catheter changes and bladder scans.

Skills

Wound Care

Palliative Care

Health and Safety Awareness

Good Computer Skills

Flexibility

Excellent Communication Skills

Education

Registered Nurse (RN1)

NMC Registration

Job description

Community Staff Nurse - Ross On Wye DN Team

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Wye Valley NHS Trust

About

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT , George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust .

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

www.wyevalley.nhs.uk

[email protected]

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Key details

Location

SiteRoss District Nursing TeamAddressRoss Community HospitalTownRoss On WyePostcodeHR9 5ADMajor / Minor RegionHereford

Contract type & working pattern

ContractPermanentHoursPart time - 30 hours per week

Salary

Salary£29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rataSalary periodYearlyGrade(Band 5)

Specialty

Main areaSouth West Locality

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Job Overview

The key principles of Wye Valley Trust are to improve the health and well-being of the people we serve in Herefordshire and surrounding areas. We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our wonderful District Nursing Team.

The Ross-On-wye District Nursing Team are a very supportive and dedicated team, we are an incredibly engaging, positive and hard-working team, providing care and support to patients in their own homes, as well as the wound clinic which is based at Ross Community Hospital.

PLEASE NOTE - This role will be predominantly running the Ross DN Team Wound Clinic which is based in Ross Community Hospital. Wound Clinic provides care and treatment for non-housebound patients for a variety of wounds, therefore a knowledge of how to manage and treat wounds is necessary. As part of this role you will be expected to undertake catheter changes, bladder scans, CVAD management, drains, nephrostomy care, Dopplers and Compression. The trust will provide training for all of these skills, you will be fully supported to develop within the clinic role.

The Wound clinic currently runs 4 days a week between 8 and 4pm, where the demand is high the clinic also runs on some bank holidays.

We work closely with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, including GP's, Palliative Care Nurses, Therapy Teams, and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

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Wound Clinic Role

Main duties of this role include, but are not limited to;

• Wound care/Dopplers/Compression - Managing chronic wounds in the Community. - CVAD and drain management - Chemotherapy disconnect - Holistic assessments - Post operative care following discharge - Catheter changes/TWOC/bladder scans. - Nephrostomy Care
  
  

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right timeall the time.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Applicant requirements

warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RN1
• Registered with NMC
  
  

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Health and Safety awareness
• Good Computer skills particularly Microsoft packages
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Wound Care
• Palliative Care
• Long term conditions
  
  

Experience

Desirable criteria

• Community experience
  
  

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

• Flexibility to meet the changing demands of the Organization
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to negotiate and influence, in difficult situations.
• Good time management and ability to meet deadlines.
• Assertiveness and confidence.
  
  

Other Factors

Essential criteria

• Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
  
  

Documents

• 229-IC-7113528 JDPS (, 375.9)PDFKB
• WVT Benefits (, 621.7)PDFKB
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

NameAmanda PearsonJob titleSenior District Nursing Team LeadEmail address [email protected]Telephone number07496 011550

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals

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