About this role
Job summary
Alton Community Hospital are currently looking to recruit a new Band 5 Clinical Staff Nurse to provide highquality, personcentred care within clinic settings, working autonomously and within professional guidelines. The postholder will manage a caseload of patients requiring treatments such as intravenous therapy, urinary and suprapubic catheter care, and leg ulcer management. They will undertake holistic assessments, develop and evaluate care plans, and ensure accurate, safe record keeping in line with Trust and professional standards.
The nurse will demonstrate compassion, effective communication, competence and professional courage while delivering safe, evidencebased clinical care. They will escalate concerns appropriately to senior staff, GPs or consultants, manage safeguarding risks, and contribute to medicines management to ensure safety and efficacy.
The role includes supporting multidisciplinary working, maintaining constructive relationships, promoting a culture of patient wellness, and acting as a role model for personcentred practice. The postholder will manage their own workload, contribute to team initiatives, support audit and quality improvement, and deputise for the Clinical Sister when required.
They will also participate in training, appraisal and reflective practice, maintaining uptodate clinical knowledge and skills to support excellent patient outcomes and continuous professional development.
Main duties of the job
The Band 5 Clinic Staff Nurse delivers compassionate, highquality, personcentred care, demonstrating effective communication, competence and professional courage. The post holder undertakes holistic assessment, planning and evaluation of care without direct supervision, ensuring safe clinical practice and accurate record keeping in line with Trust and professional standards. They recognise when referral or escalation is required, including safeguarding concerns, and contribute to safe medicines management.
The role involves effective communication with patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team, maintaining constructive relationships to ensure individual needs are met. The nurse acts as a role model for personcentred practice, promoting patient wellness, coproduction and evidencebased care. They demonstrate confidence in relevant clinical procedures, recognise personal limitations and seek support when needed.
Leadership responsibilities include managing their own caseload, supporting performance and development of others, contributing to audits, incidents and complaints, and deputising for the Clinical Sister when required. The post holder ensures safe use of equipment, engages in risk assessment processes, and helps maintain positive stakeholder relationships.
Ongoing development includes participating in mandatory training, reflective practice, supervision and appraisal, staying informed of clinical and organisational developments, and maintaining a personal development plan.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Qualification (RGN)
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 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Alton Community Hospital
Chawton Park Road
Alton
Hampshire
GU34 1RJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)