Community Staff Nurse

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Adult Community Service provides care to patients in their own homes and is pivotal in the prevention agenda. This includes supporting the care of frail older people with long term conditions.

We are an innovative service covering GP practices in the Lichfield and Burntwood localities and we are seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated nurses who are looking to work in the community, delivering high quality services to patients in their own homes.

You will work independently in a community setting, participating in the ongoing assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, adhering to policies and procedures.

The Trust operates a vehicle leasing scheme.

Main duties of the job

As a Community Staff Nurse you will deliver a high quality service, working closely with GP's and multi-disciplinary teams in addressing a range of care issues across the spectrum of health conditions, and preventing avoidable hospital admissions. This includes carrying out holistic assessments, administering medication to patients with long term conditions, caring for patients who are palliative and are end of life as well as treatment planning and implementation to those requiring both long and short term interventions.

Youmust be a qualified nursing practitioner with current NMC registration. Previous experience of working in the community is not an essential requirement, however, you do need to be able to demonstrate a commitment to delivering high quality targeted personalised care.

Post holders will be required to work flexibly on a rota system across a 7 day working week.

If you would like an informal discussion regarding this post please contact:

Laura Wilson, Operational Manager

Mobile: 07814830770

Email : Laura.Wilson@mpft.nhs.uk.

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full-time, Part-time

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year £25,655 - £31,534

Closing date

01/05/2023