About this role
Job summary
Would you describe yourself as innovative?
Do you feel that you have leadership skills that could help to deliver collaborative teamwork?
Are you a nurse who would value having quality time to spend with your patients?
If so, then the Ledbury District Nursing Team would love to hear from you!
The East Locality District Nursing Team is recruiting for a Band 6 Community / District Nurse to our supportive and dedicated team at Ledbury.
We are a small team, but that doesn't stop us from thinking big! We have a reputation for being innovative, always willing to trial something new and listen to (and try out!) ideas.
Through excellent caseload management and dedicated administrator support for the team, we have created more time to spend with our patients and we operate in a calm and professional environment.
There are fantastic opportunities for training and maintaining your clinical competencies as well as developing your management and leadership skills.
You will be equipped for mobile working and will be provided with a laptop and smartphone, meaning that you will have access to patient data, enabling you to complete documentation and paperwork efficiently, in real-time.
Main duties of the job
The Community Nursing Service aims to provide an excellent standard of person centered planned and unplanned nursing intervention to patients in their homes or in a clinic environment and is part of an integrated service that supports patients to remain in their home environment.
The post holder will be expected to lead a small team, to deliver excellent evidence-based practice to patients, within their caseload.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Educations & Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse (NMC Registration) Evidence of continued Professional Development via post graduate level courses Degree or willingness to work towards relevant post graduate qualifications
Desirable
Specialist Practitioner Qualification V100/V3000 Nurse Prescribing
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities Essential
Good leadership skills and the ability to motivate staff Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team Ability to manage work load for self and others Ability to have difficult conversations - advanced communication skills Teaching and assessing skills
Experience Essential
Experience in problem solving and supporting other team members Experience in working independently and as part of a team Experience in assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating care for patients in their own homes
Desirable
Experience of conflict management and mediation skills
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.
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 Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address Ledbury District Nursing Team
Ledbury Health and Care Centre
Ledbury
HR8 2AQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)