About this role
Job summary
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Integrated Out of Hours Community Nursing Team as a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse. This is a permanent role, with vacancies across Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford and Norton Canes. Successful candidates will be required to work across two of these bases.
The service operates between 16:00 and 08:15, seven days a week, covering evening and night shifts. This may particularly appeal to nurses seeking a flexible alternative to traditional working patterns.
We cover approximately 1,047 square miles, therefore a valid driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential. You must be willing and able to travel extensively across the locality to meet service and patient needs.
We are looking for experienced nurses with strong clinical and leadership skills who are ready to develop within a senior role.
You will be supported to become a confident and authentic leader, developing skills in leadership, advanced clinical practice, resilience, wider healthcare systems and supporting others, while fostering a culture of safe, compassionate and high-quality care.
This is a varied and rewarding opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership expertise while making a real difference to patients and colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The role will focus on coordinating and leading shifts, ensuring the safe and effective delivery of care across the Out of Hours service. You will triage, assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients with complex needs within the community setting.
Working closely with colleagues across the wider leadership team, you will support the effective delivery and development of the service while maintaining awareness of the wider local and national healthcare agenda.
We are looking for a proactive, flexible and dynamic nurse with excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills. You will be confident in clinical decision-making, managing competing priorities and positively challenging practice where appropriate to promote safe, high-quality care.
As a senior member of the team, you will act as a positive role model, consistently demonstrating and embedding the Trust's values and behaviours. You will take responsibility and accountability for your actions, professional development and agreed objectives, while supporting colleagues to deliver high standards of patient care.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further details of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
- Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development
- Evidence of relevant post-registration clinical development.
- Experience of working within a community healthcare setting
- Experience of palliative and end of life care, wound management, catheter care and long-term condition management
- Experience of supporting, supervising or coordinating colleagues and/or allocating workloads
- Valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes
- Ability and willingness to travel extensively across the service area of approximately 1,047 square miles and work across two bases
- Ability to work evenings and nights across seven days, including weekends and bank holidays
Desirable
- Previous experience at Band 6 level, or evidence of leadership responsibilities at Band 5
- Recognised leadership or management qualification/training
- Experience of coordinating an Out of Hours or community nursing service
- Experience of clinical supervision, staff development and supporting performance
- Evidence of involvement in service development or implementing change
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience to the role
- Leadership experience
- Advanced clinical assessment or enhanced clinical 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
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Integrated Out of Hours - Greyfriars Therapy Centre
Unit 12 Frank Foley Way
Stafford
ST16 2ST
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)