Staff Nurse – Physical Health Community Services

• Responsible for a complex and diverse caseload, actively working to prevent admission to the acute sector and supporting patients in their preferred place of care in the Out Of Hours 19:00-23:00
• Responsible for maintaining detailed, accurate and confidential patient records, adhering to Trust policies.
• Leading an effective supportive team, working together to provide clinical advice and support to other staff and patients.
• Responsible for the management of a defined caseload of patients, with continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of care programmers.
• Accountable for the standards of care and for determining the activity of your team. This will include acting as a role model for staff, sharing learning and developing practice.
• A key member of the Community Team, providing robust clinical services for patients, maintaining positive communication links other members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (Day DN-UCR-Westcall GP-Paramedics), providing high quality patient focused care using evidence-based practice.
• Participating in the delivery of highly skilled nursing care to patients, providing End of Life Care, wound and IV-line management and assisting patients to develop self-management skills.
• Your working hours would be mostly 19:00-23:00
• We are keen to promote a genuine work-life balance - offering mobile working and flexible working arrangements.

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• NMC Registration
• Specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate short courses, training or equivalent experience, in a relevant field.

Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working autonomously to deliver high quality and evidence-based nursing care.
• Experience in providing supervision to junior colleagues and students in the completion of routine nursing and clinical skills.
• Uphold the Trust's values of being caring, committed and working as team through demonstratable examples and experience.

Essential

• Proficient use of digital tools and applications including Word, Outlook and patient management systems.

Essential

• Ability to travel between multiple Trust sites and non-Trust locations, including patient homes, some of which may not be easily accessible via public transport.