Staff Nurse – Physical Health Community Services

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Thatcham; Remote; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

27 days’ annual leave rising with time

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career developp

Cycle to Work and car leasing

Free parking across Trust sites

Job summary

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to join the West Berkshire Community Nursing team. You will assess, treat and support patients in their homes, contributing to high quality, evidence-based practice.

You will work across a 7-day service (08:30–19:00, including Bank Holidays), developing skills in complex wound care, palliative care and medication management while promoting self-care and health promotion with patients and families.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with Band 5 competency.
• Experience delivering care in patients\' homes desirable.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Holistically assess patients and carers in their homes with the team.
• Undertake first visits and report to Team Leader/Matron for further discussion.
• Establish links with other professionals and voluntary agencies.
• Support teaching and supervision for students and new staff.

Skills

Complex wound care

Bladder & bowel management

Palliative & end-of-life care

Medication administration

Holistic patient care

Health promotion

Patient teaching

Assessment skills

Team collaboration

Education

Nursing qualification (RN)

Job description

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