Community Staff Nurse - Ross On Wye DN Team

NHS; Ross-on-Wye; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Ross-on-Wye is seeking a dedicated Community Staff Nurse to join their District Nursing Team. The role involves providing care and support to patients in their own homes, emphasizing independence and holistic assessments. Responsibilities include wound care, palliative support, and managing long-term conditions. To succeed, you must have community experience and RN1 qualifications, registered with NMC, alongside strong skills in health and safety, and the ability to work effectively in a team. A flexible approach to meet travel needs is essential.

Qualifications

• Community experience required.
• Flexibility to meet the changing demands of the Organization.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide treatment and support to patients in their own homes.
• Manage end of life symptoms and providing support for relatives/carers.
• Conduct holistic nursing assessments.

Skills

Health and Safety awareness

Palliative Care

Long term conditions

Education

RN1

Registered with NMC

Job description

Community Staff Nurse - Ross On Wye DN Team

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.

We work closely with Golden Valley DN Team and often work as a locality where needed.

We work closely with a wide range of multi‑disciplinary teams, including GP's, Palliative Care Nurses, Therapy Teams, and Advanced Clinical Practitioners. Ross DN Team also provide a wound clinic service based at the Community Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Our aim is to provide treatment and support to patients in their own homes. Whilst undertaking a holistic nursing assessment, we aim to encourage patients to remain as independent as possible, in order to prevent hospital admissions. Due to the nature of this role, lone working and the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post are essential. Main duties of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Wound care
• Palliative care
• Managing end of life symptoms and providing support for relatives/carers
• Managing long term conditions in a community environment
• CVAD and drain management
• Chemotherapy disconnect
• Holistic assessments
• Post operative care following discharge
• Wound clinic service
• Venous blood samples

About us

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 we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's 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...all the time.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• RN1
• Registered with NMC

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Health and Safety awareness
• Palliative Care
• Long term conditions

Experience

• Community experience

Personal Attributes

• Flexibility to meet the changing demands of the Organization
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Ability to negotiate and influence, in difficult situations.
• Good time management and ability to meet deadlines.
• Assertiveness and confidence.

Other Factors

• Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.