Staff Nurse – Physical Health Community Services

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Thatcham; Presencial; GBP 29.000 - 40.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible working options

27 days' annual leave + buy/sell

Generous NHS pension scheme

Learning and career development

Descripción de la vacante

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to join the West Berkshire Community Nursing team. You will support, assess and treat patients in their own homes, delivering high-quality, evidence-based practice with a focus on holistic home care.

The role covers 7 days a week service from 08.30 to 19.00 with opportunities for personal development and career progression. Newly qualified nurses welcome.

Responsabilidades

• Holistically assess patients and carers with team to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care.
• Undertake first visits, take immediate action, report back to Team Leader or Community Matron.
• Establish working relationships with other professionals and voluntary agencies.
• Undertake Practice Assessor and Supervisor training and support students and new staff.

Descripción del empleo

An exciting career opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join the West Berkshire Community Nursing team.
Within the community we are seeing more complex and acute patients than ever before, with increasingly specialist treatment and care being provided by highly skilled staff.
Working within our Community Nursing Team you will support, assess, and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality, evidence based practice. You will have a passion and enthusiasm to care for patients in their own homes.
The Community Nursing service offers care to patients in their own homes, 7 days a week, 08.30 - 19.00, inclusive of Bank Holidays.
The service has a wide range of skill mix from Band 3 Healthcare assistants, through to band 7 Community Matrons.
You will have a commitment to providing holistic care to patients in their own homes, be able to work on you own initiative and work well within a team. Key clinical skills include complex wound care, bladder & bowel management, palliative & end of life care, as well as medication administration.
You will receive support into the role through induction, training and beyond. There will be opportunities for personal development and career progression if desired.
Newly qualified or about to qualify this could the role for you.

• To work with the Team Leader, Community Nursing Band 6, Community Matron and wider team to holistically assess the needs of patients and carers, working in partnership with patients and families to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care.
• To undertake first visits, take any immediate action required and report back to the Team Leader, Community Nursing Band 6 or Community Matron for further discussion and/or assessment.
• To establish working relationships with other professionals and voluntary agencies to achieve health aims.
• To undertake Practice Assessor and Supervisor training and support students and new staff.
• Provide care in line with evidence-based practice and support its ongoing development.
• To actively promote self-care and incorporate health promotion into patient care.
• To develop and participate in teaching programmes for patients.
• To demonstrate knowledge and skills in assessment, reassessment, medication management, bladder and bowel care, tissue viability, specialist equipment, palliative care, symptom control, managing acute episodes and reducing hospital admissions, in line with the Band 5 competency framework.
• To provide care for people with long-term conditions, undertaking reviews in accordance with individual care plans and with support from experienced colleagues as required.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sian Banwell Job title: Community Nursing Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07971314572