Job summary
An opportunity has arisen in the NHS@Home team, based Bristol Foundation Trust. With growing evidence that supports the benefits of a care closer to home approach for our patients, there has never been a better time to be part of the expanding NHS@Home service.

We are looking for B5 nurses to join our small but friendly multidisciplinary team of nurses, pharmacists, AHP and consultants. The NHS@Home service provides a 7-day service, currently 0800-1830 (no nights) but we can offer flexible working arrangements.

You can be based at the BRI or WGH for mileage purposes, but your work will involve driving daily to our patients' homes to provide care for them across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

NHS@Home acts as an extension to our hospitals, enabling patients to go home to continue their hospital treatments in the comfort of their own homes. The B5 role in our team will allow you to continue to utilise and develop your acute clinical and leadership skills whilst applying them to the care of patients in their home setting.

For this post you must hold a full UK NMC registration and will be expected to hold a valid UK driving license and have a car to use daily with a valid insurance certificate covering business use as you will be required to use your own vehicle for daily community visits. Your travel expenses will be reimbursed as per Trust guidelines.

Main duties of the job
The Essential criteria are:

• Current and full UK NMC registration
• Current UK driving licence, valid insurance and have access to a car as daily travel is required across Bristol, Weston, and surrounding areas.
• Experience of accessing vascular access devices
• Excellent patient assessment and clinical skills
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• The ability to work alone will be required during the normal course of this role.
• Flexibility and appropriate experience are essential.

Desirable Criteria

• Previous experience of working in the community setting is desirable but not essential as we will provide training.
• Experience with supporting patient education around self-administration skills
• Interested in innovation, improving patient experience, and safety by exploring different models of care that support patients to be treated in their preferred place of care.
• You will have excellent time management and be able to prioritise your own workload.

Job responsibilities
As nurse in the NHS@Home team, you will be involved in community-based care, currently Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapies, Infections, Heart Failure and General Surgical/Medical, providing care for our patients in the place they call home.

You will work autonomously, delivering individualised treatments and care to our patients in their own homes; enabling our patients to leave hospital sooner and prevent hospital admissions.

This role will enable you to continue to utilise and develop new clinical skills, knowledge, and expertise and we will support you with the training you will require (such as managing elastomeric devices and PICC removal).

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
387-MED5052-JJ

For questions about the job, contact
Clinical and Operational Lead NHS@Home, Jen Pollock, Jennifer.pollock2@nhs.net, 01173426922

Post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applications from job seekers requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome.