Community Staff Nurse – Band 5
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
Have you considered community nursing as your next career move?
This exciting opportunity to join our team has arisen due to internal promotion. We believe in providing great care our patients as well as fantastic opportunities for nurses to progress.
The community setting is an exciting, complex and diverse area to work in, with the privileged position of caring for patients in their own homes being responsible for the implementation and undertaking of patient centred care.
We are seeking nurses ready to extend their careers through professional development, including opportunities to progress to senior community nurses and to gain the District Nurse Specialist Practitioner Qualification.
We are also welcoming newly qualified nurses and can support you to gain the competencies required alongside working through our bespoke preceptorship programme. We have a practice facilitator to support with this programme and to support all staff new to the community.
We are a family friendly organisation and are happy to consider and compromise hours and locality of teams. We cover a diverse area in the County, across Tewkesbury, Newent and Staunton. We currently work on a rolling rota for weekends, usually 1 in 4, supporting good work life balance.
Main duties of the job
Community nursing is a diverse role that requires autonomous working with in a patients home. The main duties are outlined below:
To Practice as a member of the community nursing team, working within the Integrated Community Teams (ICTs)
Liaise with GPs, the ICTs and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies.
To provide advice, information and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to enjoy maximum independence, health and well-being.
To creatively manage the holistic and clinical needs of patients with acute, sub-acute and long-term conditions,
To enable patients living long term physical health challenges to live well within their communities, with a focus on not only their physical health needs but also their wider holistic needs, e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, psychological needs, social needs and spiritual needs.
To excel in this role, you will require excellent communication skills, the courage to make clinical decisions and a willingness to develop your potential. You will require current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse.
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full-time, Part-time
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum, pro rata
Closing date
30/06/2023