Community Ward Registered Nurse

NAI Terramont Commercial; Darlington; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated community ward nurse to join their dynamic team in a picturesque market town. This role offers the chance to work closely with a multi-disciplinary team, providing essential care and support to patients in the community. With a strong emphasis on professional development, the Trust offers a comprehensive induction and preceptorship program for newly qualified nurses. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and promotes a positive work-life balance, ensuring you have the resources and support needed to thrive in your nursing career.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with a degree/diploma in adult nursing and NMC registration is essential.
• Effective communication and ethical values are crucial for this role.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic patient assessments and manage care plans.
• Provide palliative care and manage pressure ulcers and wounds.

Skills

Interpersonal communication skills

Ethical values and attitudes

Management responsibilities understanding

Education

Degree/diploma in adult nursing

NMC live register

Job description

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24 hour service with night shifts via roster system)

Job ref: 338-7071323-25

Employer: Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Fitzwilliam Ward

Town: Malton

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 31/03/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Band 5

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019.

Job overview

Are you a registered nurse who would like to work in the community? If yes, then Malton is a beautiful market town within a rural farming community. You will join a well established community ward team comprising of clinical leads, DN, staff nurses and HCA as well as the MDT including therapy team.

You will have a planned induction which includes a training programme delivered by our nurses. For newly qualified staff, we have a preceptorship programme. We have a clear competency framework so you know what is expected within your role and can plan development of your competencies with support from your line manager.

As a community ward nurse, you will work closely with the wider MDT within our own services and other agencies including the acute hospitals, Hospice, General Practice, Social Services and the voluntary sector.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role will include:

1. Holistic patient assessment, formulation and reviewing of care plans
2. Management of pressure ulcers and wounds
3. Palliative and end of life care
4. Bladder and bowel care including catheterisation and continence assessments
5. Medicines Management
6. Injections (sub cut and IM)
7. Phlebotomy
8. Provision of equipment to support care
9. Safeguarding
10. Participation in daily safety huddles and handovers
11. Line management and supervision of junior staff
12. Practice supervision for nursing students
13. Continual learning and professional development

Working for our organisation

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work, we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria

1. Degree/diploma in adult nursing
2. NMC live register
3. An understanding of relevant clinical practice/standards within identified clinical area
4. A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical and service area.

Desirable criteria

1. Be on the live register for mentors
2. Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
3. Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
4. Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students

Skills and Competencies

Essential criteria

1. Able to demonstrate effective interpersonal/communication skills
2. Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
3. Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive

Desirable criteria

1. Working knowledge of Trust policies and Procedures
2. Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment
3. Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities

Experience

Essential criteria

1. Willingness to undertake and complete preceptorship; facilitating the transition for newly qualified nurse booklet and core competency development programme.
2. Understanding of management responsibilities

Desirable criteria

1. Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
2. Successful completion of preceptorship Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care

Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.

This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.

Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.

If required for the post, the ability to commute within the Trust's geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.

We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check.

IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.

If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.