About this role
Job summary
We are seeking committed and enthusiastic NMC-registered or newly qualified Band 5 nurses with community experience. The applicants will need to demonstrate excellent clinical and communication skills and demonstrate the ability to manage a patient caseload.
The community setting is an exciting, varied and complex environment in which to be a nurse, providing the fulfilling experience of caring for patients in their own homes whilst taking responsibility for the planning and implementation of holistic, patient-centred care.
This position is with the Severn Health Team which is based in Stonehouse. We are a family-friendly organisation. We currently work on a rolling rota for weekends, usually 1 in 4, supporting a good work/life balance.
We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.
Main duties of the job
Community nursing is a varied role that requires autonomous working within a variety of settings including, but not limited to, patients' homes and Care Homes. The main duties are:
To Practice as a member of the community nursing team, working within the Integrated Community Teams (ICTs). To liaise with GPs, other ICTs and statutory and voluntary agencies. To provide advice, information and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to enjoy maximum possible 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 need current NMC registration (adult, physical health), post-registration experience is helpful but not essential.
Computer literacy will be an advantage.
A full UK driving licence is required to meet the needs of this community role.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question. 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region. 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description Job responsibilities
Assess patient and carers needs through strength based assessment, Develop individual care plans in partnership with patients and carers. This will include information, advice, sign-posting and education. Regularly evaluate care plans to ensure they are up to date and appropriate, reporting clinical changes or areas of concern to the appropriate member of the team. Provide skilled nursing care interventions, support and advice to colleagues, patients and carers. Work to reduce unwarranted variation in clinical practice, providing evidence based interventions which effectively enable people. Discuss issues relating to care and support of individual patients with other disciplines and agencies, and refer to those who can better meet their needs. Collaborate with colleagues in the Integrated Community Teams and other aligned services to enable people within their communities, maximising their potential and promoting their independence. Administer and monitor medications consistent with policies and procedures. Contribute to the prioritisation of workload, taking responsibility for a delegated caseload of patients. Assist in providing consistently high standards of evidence based care that meets the patients requirements and satisfaction. Maintain accurate patient documentation on the electronic clinical recording system. Respond appropriately to feedback from patients and carers about the service, using the open approach of the organisation and within Duty of Candour expectations. When suitably experienced, to act as a Named Nurse, providing care oversight for a defined cohort of patients managed in the ICT Community Nursing caseloads. When suitably experienced, to act as a clinical triage nurse within the centralised Community Nursing referral centres, providing clinical review of patients and engaging with health and care professionals to enable effective patient flow and referral management. We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that isaligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to theprogramme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registration with NMC Adult Nursing BSc degree or equivalent Valid UK driving licence
Experience Desirable
Experience of autonomous practice Experience in use of clinical recording systems Experience of community nursing
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Stroud ICT
Stroud Hospital
Stroud
GL5 2HY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)