About this role
Job summary
Opportunities across Harrogate North, Harrogate South, Knaresborough and Boroughbridge, and Ripon and Rural
Build relationships. Develop your skills. Help people live well at home.
Are you looking for a nursing role where you can combine varied clinical practice with the opportunity to get to know your patients and understand what matters to them?
Join our Adult Community Nursing teams and make a difference to people's lives in the place they feel most comfortable, their own home. Whether you are starting your nursing career, bringing experience from another setting or looking for your next community role, we would love to hear from you.
Our four locality teams serve the towns, villages and rural communities of Harrogate and the surrounding district. From Harrogate's neighbourhoods to Knaresborough, Boroughbridge, Ripon and the surrounding countryside, our footprint offers a varied setting in which to develop your community nursing career.
Main duties of the job
Nursing that makes a difference beyond the visit
Community nursing offers the opportunity to see the whole person: their health, their home, their support network and their priorities. You will build trusting relationships with patients, families and carers, helping people maintain their independence, recover after illness and manage their health with greater confidence.
Your work will be clinically varied, supporting adults with acute and long-term conditions, complex wounds, continence and catheter care needs, and palliative and end-of-life care requirements. You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate individualised care, recognise changes in patients' conditions and help prevent avoidable hospital admissions and support timely discharge.
Every visit is an opportunity to use your clinical judgement, offer reassurance and make a meaningful difference.
About us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues
- A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
- Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
- Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please note
- Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
- Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
- Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Independent practice, connected teamwork
You will organise and prioritise your allocated workload, developing your confidence in clinical assessment and decision-making while working within your competence and accessing guidance from senior colleagues.
You will be part of a wider team, working alongside Specialist Practitioner District Nurses, community nursing colleagues, practitioners and care support workers. Close links with GPs, therapists, specialist nurses, social care and voluntary services help us provide coordinated care around each persons needs. The role offers opportunities to broaden your clinical skills, contribute to improvements in care and support students and colleagues as your experience develops.
What you will bring
We are looking for compassionate, motivated nurses who communicate well, enjoy working collaboratively and take pride in delivering safe, personalised care. You will be organised, adaptable and interested in helping people achieve the best possible quality of life.
We welcome applications from Registered Adult Nurses with current NMC registration. Relevant experience may come from employment or pre-registration placements.
You will need a valid driving licence and access to your own car for work, enabling you to travel reliably between patients homes and community bases across the locality. You will also need to work the agreed service rota, including weekends and bank holidays, and support other localities when required.
Our values of Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality guide how we care for patients and how we work together. We are looking for colleagues who will bring these values to life every day.
Come and meet us
An informal conversation or visit is a great way to explore community nursing, meet our colleagues and learn more about the four localities. Please contact Gill Robinson at [email protected]
Person Specification
criteria
Essential
- NMC registration
- Able to assess patients with complex health care needs in the community and develop care plans to meet need.
Desirable
- Community nursing experience
- Teaching and assessment qualification/ Mentor qualification
- Experience of risk management and governance
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Displays an understanding of HDFT's values
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
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Harrogate North Community Care Team
7 Grove Park Court
Harrogate
HG1 4DP
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)