Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community Nurse to join our friendly and supportive Community Nursing Team. In this role, you will provide expert nursing care to patients in their own homes, supporting individuals with complex health needs, long-term conditions, frailty and end-of-life care.

Working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will undertake comprehensive assessments, develop and evaluate person-centred care plans, and coordinate care to help patients remain safely at home. You will play a key role in admission avoidance, helping to facilitate timely hospital discharge, and promoting independence and self-management.

As a senior member of the team, you will provide clinical leadership, support service development, and contribute to the supervision and development of newly qualified nurses through structured preceptorship and mentorship.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patient outcomes by delivering high-quality community-based care where it matters most.

Main duties of the job
To contribute in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community and in clinics, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care. To facilitate/support newly Qualified Nurses in their Preceptorship year.

About us
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Job responsibilities
To assess, prescribe and deliver care packages for patients, for example with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.

To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital

To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital

To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.

Please see job description for a more thorough list of duties.

Qualifications
Essential

• 1st level degree
• RN qualification
• Assessor / mentorship preparation; ENB 998 or equivalent
• Current NMC registration

Desirable

• Independent / supplementary prescribing qualification
• Consultation skills

Experience
Essential

• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Evidence of working at band 5 level within the community setting
• To facilitate / develop Presceptorship Nurses

Desirable

• Management experience

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
• Good communicator
• Highly motivated
• Able to provide high standards of care
• Good observational & reporting skills
• Ability to manage stressful situations
• Concentrate when undertaking patient care & inputting data/patient records
• Good interpersonal skills
• A team player
• Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
• Will be able to make own travel arrangements to patients' homes, clinics, base and meetings etc. as required.
• Be able to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
• Be able to manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6 kg
• Be able to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
• Have basic IT/standard keyboard skills

Desirable

• Management experience
• Cannulation / IV Therapy administration

Communication
Essential

• Tact & diplomacy
• Empathy & Sensitivity
• Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language
• Ability to use own initiative

Personal and People Development
Essential

• Ability to manage stressful situations
• A team player

Personal Attributes / Behaviours
Essential

• Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.

Other
Essential

• The post holder be required to work shifts, on call, flexible hours.
• Kneel, bend and stoop and work in cramped environments.
• Manoeuvre limbs of approximately 5- 6Kg.
• Manoeuvre patients using handling aids.
• Good timekeeping and reliable.
• Enhanced DBS check

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).

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.