Community Staff Nurse (weekend working)

NHS; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK seeks a compassionate Community Nurse for weekend shifts with weekday development opportunities. The role involves providing nursing care to patients at home and ensuring high-quality community healthcare. Ideal candidates are registered nurses committed to teamwork and continuous professional development, offering benefits like access to training and NHS pension scheme. Flexible working patterns are supported.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Employee wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult) with NMC registration.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to continuous learning and development.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to patients in their homes.
• Support Nursing Sisters in managing the caseload.
• Engage patients in maintaining their wellbeing.

Skills

Compassionate care

Teamwork

Good communication skills

Clinical audit skills

Supervisory skills

IT Skills

Education

Registered Nurse (Adult) with NMC registration

Evidence of professional development

Job description

Join Our Team as a Community Nurse - Weekend Shifts + Weekday Development

Are you a compassionate and dedicated nurse looking to make a difference in your community? Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is seeking Community Nurses to join our dynamic weekend team, with additional weekday shifts to support your professional development through training and 1:1 supervision.

What We Offer:

• Weekend working pattern which attracts enhancements of - time plus 30% on Saturdays and time plus 60% on Sundays
• Additional 6 weekday shifts throughout the year (for example 1/2 day a month) whereby you will undertake:
  • Mandatory training
  • 1:1's
  • Clinical supervision
  • Appraisal
• Supportive team environment

About You:

• Registered Nurse (Adult) with NMC registration
• Passionate about delivering high-quality care in the community
• Able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Committed to continuous learning and development

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a Trust rated Good by the CQC
• Access to NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave, and employee wellbeing support
• Make a real impact in the lives of patients across Hertfordshire

Main duties of the job

We provide a wide range of nursing led care to people within their own homes. As a nurse in our team, you will be supported to develop and broaden your skill set. To achieve this, we facilitate our staff to access an extensive training and education programme, as well a range of personal and professional development opportunities .

For our newly qualified staff, we have set up a forum to facilitate a monthly meeting of peer reflection and training, designed to support those wanting to join the community soon after completion of their nurse training, as well as a trust wide preceptorship programme to develop your CPD portfolio and skills.

Our service operates 8am - 10pm, 365 days a year. We can offer flexible working patterns and pride ourselves on working with our staff to ensure their work schedule supports a healthy work life balance. We are happy to consider full or part time applicants.

A full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Please be aware that if you are applying from overseas, we expect overseas candidates to have FULL registration with the NMC (including an OSCE pass), if you do not have full NMC registration, unfortunately your application will not be successful.

About us

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you

Job responsibilities

Our nurses are committed to teamwork, have good communication and decision making skills and consistently work collaboratively with other professionals within HCT and beyond. We aim to provide a high standard of patient care using an evidence-based framework.

Successful applicants will be responsible for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individualised nursing care to patients living in the community. They will need to support the Nursing Sisters of the team to manage the caseload and support junior staff.

A commitment to health promotion teaching and training is essential, to optimise our patients ability to self-manage their health needs and engage them in maintaining their wellbeing.

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Person Specification

Other

• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Qualifications and Training

• RGN
• Car driver and holder of current UK driving licence (unless you have a disability as defined by Equality Act 2010)
• Evidence of professional development.

Experience and Knowledge

• Understanding of current health legislation
• Understanding of HCT organisation
• Responsible for managing a ward or team.
• Caseload management
• Experience working with other agencies

Skills and Abilities

• Verbal and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Clinical audit skills
• Supervisory skills
• IT Skills

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.

Depending on experience per annum pro rata