Community Nurse - Newmarket INT

Within the INT localities you have access to a range of treatment facilities and may be involved in delivering nursing care in specialist clinics, such as the leg ulcer and doppler clinics. You will be using a wide range of community nursing skills and will need to be confident in your assessment skills and in your ability to provide safe, effective treatments whilst working in a community setting. Experience of IV administration, cannulation, ECG recording, palliative care, wound management and catheter management will be an advantage.

This will be the perfect opportunity if you would like a role where you can use a wide range of nursing skills, or learn new skills specific to patient need. You are able to work independently, but also with the support of a close-knit team, who are hugely experienced and supportive. You have the privilege of working with patients in their own home environment to improve their health, alongside our service integration teams such as Virtual Ward (Hospital at Home) and our Early Intervention Team (EIT).

The role suits both newly qualified as well as experienced nurses. We can also accept applications from Return to Practices nurses (University course place dependent).

You will be able to develop your role in accordance with areas of clinical interest and to progress in your career, with expert training and education available to support this.

Please see job description for full details.

You will be communicating with patients, their relatives, carers and colleagues and you will need to use communication techniques to motivate, negotiate or persuade internal or external stakeholders. You will use a range of verbal and non verbal communications and be able to show empathy and understanding.

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Education and qualifications

Essential: - RN Qualification (Part 1 of register) or equivalent.; - NMC registration required or NQ Nurse awaiting registration

Desirable: - Mentorship qualification is essential for the post, but not essential at interview.

Experience and knowledge

Desirable: - Leg Ulcer Management; - IV Administration /cannulation; - ENB 998/mentorship preparation or equivalent; - Previous experience working in the community

Skills and abilities

Desirable: - Leadership Skills

Personal qualities