UCR Staff Nurse - Oswestry

Shropshire Community Health Nhs Trust; Oswestry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health provider in Oswestry is looking for a Staff Nurse to join their team. In this role, you will deliver comprehensive nursing care in a community setting, helping to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse who is passionate about delivering high-quality care and capable of working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with appropriate skills.
• Ability to deliver comprehensive nursing care.
• Passion for providing quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective alternative to hospital admission.
• Deliver agreed treatment plans to service users.
• Ensure seamless service in partnership with healthcare professionals.

Skills

Holistic nursing

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Patient assessment

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Eligibility and Sponsorship

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

About the Position

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here., An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent Community Response (UCR) & Virtual Wards service as a Staff Nurse. The post will form part of a seven day service based within the Oswestry locality team.

The service provides patients who are experiencing an acute change in their health a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission, supported by a mixture of face to face visits and digital technology.

We are looking for a Registered Nurse who shares our passion for providing excellent quality of care and can help deliver a recommended and agreed treatment/care plan to service users in their own home. The post holder will have full access to the Multidisciplinary Team including consultant, GP, Pharmacist, Nurses, Therapists, and Health Care Support Workers.

Responsibilities

As a service which is at the forefront of the NHS Long Term Plan agenda to develop Urgent Community Response services and improve our local system responsiveness to managing community health crisis response services, the role on offer represents an ideal opportunity for a Registered Staff Nurse to join the established Multidisciplinary Team and continue to help shape our future.

Working alongside medics, social workers, therapists, and in partnership with GPs, Shropdoc, 111 WMAS, CCC and other healthcare professionals your role will be to ensure the continuation of a seamless service to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.

Qualifications

The successful applicant will require the appropriate skills and knowledge outlined in the person specification, and be registered with the NMC, as well as share the Trusts vision to provide assessment and delivery of comprehensive, holistic, evidence-based nursing and care support for the management of acutely unwell patients referred to the Shropshire UCR.

Application Notice

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

About the Trust

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.