Community Staff Nurse - Southern ACHT

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Gerrards Cross; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Gerrards Cross is seeking a Community Nurse to join a dynamic team. The role involves working with patients with complex health needs, administering care in community settings. Candidates should be qualified nurses with relevant training and experience. The position offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlement

Access to NHS discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate.
• Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision.
• Awareness of NHSE guidance of clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Work within a locality team to meet patient needs.
• Manage patients with complex health care needs in their own home.
• Administer medications and provide end of life care.

Skills

Good verbal and written communication skills

Ability to manage and prioritise caseload

Ability to solve problems and use initiative

Ability to develop clinical skills

Basic IT skills

Knowledge of NMC code of conduct

Education

Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN

Evidence of further continued professional development

NMC approved mentoring qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an aspiring individual to develop their career in the specialised area of District nurse. This opportunity is now available in the Chalfont's and Gerrards Cross area to become a Community Nurse within a newly formed team. We are welcoming highly motivated and effective team players, committed to providing a high quality nursing service within the District Nursing field. We are able to offera full skills development and preceptorship programme.

We are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. All levels of experience are welcome in community nursing. Whether you are newly qualified or looking for a change in direction, we would welcome your application for this exciting opportunity to join the community nursing workforce. As a community nurse, you would be supported to develop into an autonomous practitioner; nursing patients with multiple complex health care needs in their own home.

Main duties of the job

Community nursing is a specialised area of practice. As a Community Staff Nurse, you will work within a locality team of District Nurse Team Leaders, Community Staff Nurses, Therapists, Assistant Practitioners and Healthcare Assistants, to meet the needs of the complex patient in the community and avoid admissions to acute settings. This includes medication administration, end of life care, managing the deteriorating patient, complex and simple wound care including negative pressure wound therapy and compression therapy, venepuncture, utilising advanced assessment skills and clinical nursing skills. We nurse people with a variety of conditions in a holistic manner in their own home and in residential care settings. Community nurses work in close partnership with social care and other primary health care professionals such as GP's, Community Therapies and specialised services such as Tissue Viability, Diabetes and Heart Failure.

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We'recommitted to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

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Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN
• Evidence of further continued professional development
• Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

• Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate
• Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision
• Ability to solve problems and use initiative
• Ability to develop clinical skills
• Willingness to undergo training (e.g. medications)
• Basic IT skills
• Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
• Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care Adaptable to change
• Ability to work rotating shifts
• Diplomatic approach with professionalism
• Flexible and approachable
• Willingness to develop teaching skills
• Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards
• Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision

EXPERIENCE

• Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Awareness of current professional nursing issues
• Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
• Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary
• Maybe required to work in other departments, if requested to do so

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum pro rata