Community Nurse – Camborne District Nursing Team

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Successful candidates will be invited to an Assessment Day on Friday 24th March 2023 at Carew House, Bodmin. Please note this will be either a morning or afternoon session to be confirmed.

Situated in the beautiful North Kerrier area with the Redruth Community Nursing Team. We are looking for a caring, motivated and dynamic community nurse to join our large, busy, professional team. We cover several GP practices in the Redruth and surrounding area. We want you to enjoy the experience that community nursing offers and how empowering people in their own home feels so very rewarding. Your role will require close collaboration with GP's, health and social care colleagues including therapists and voluntary organisations. We would like you to possess commitment to team working and embrace innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. You will need to have a real enthusiasm for community nursing as an autonomous practitioner and a desire for ongoing professional development.

You should also have an understanding of the changing climate of care delivery in the community.

The ability to travel independently across the West Locality to support other teams and to fulfil the requirements of the post is essential, therefore a valid driving licence will be required to enable you to undertake the role of a community nurse.

Weekend, evening and bank holiday working will be a requirement of the post.

Full time and part-time positions available

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, without direct supervision, to patients, carers and relatives within their home environment, enabling them to enjoy maximum independence and optimum quality of life.

To work in partnership with patients and carers to offer support and advice and promote informed choice.

To support the role of the Community Nurse Team leader.

To work autonomously, providing effective, evidence based care in line with competency and training record and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.

To support all locality teams by working in a flexible way. Moving to work with the team in most need on a daily, weekly or monthly basis as service provision demands.

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full-time, Part-time

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year Per Annum / Pro Rata

Closing date

19/03/2023