Band 5 Staff Nurse Community

The closing date is 22nd Mar 2023

Job summary

The role involves delivering skilled and providing evidence-based care to patients within their home environment who can have very complex needs. Our District Nursing teams work closely with specialist nurses, GPs, Therapists and Social Work teams in providing and facilitating collaborative support and care to patients and their families and in preventing avoidable hospital admissions.

The individuals we are looking for will be highly motivated, enthusiastic and innovative and have the ability to embrace the challenges of the changing and growing demands of the primary care setting.

Previous community experience is not essential as full training and support will be provided to the right candidates.

We welcome applications from student nurses in their last 6 months of training and newly qualified nurses, we are able to offer an excellent preceptorship programme and the allocation of a buddy mentor within the teams.

You will need to be able to meet the needs of this service by being available to work flexibly between the hours of 07:00 to 23:00 hours on a rota basis over a 7 day period and be able to drive, we will also consider evening hours between 6-11PM, for those that would just like to work a few hours to fit in with family life. We promote flexible working and will consider any hours of work to suit family work life balance.

We have full & part time posts available across all teams, North, Rural, Central and Shirley.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

1To be responsible for the assessment of patients' nursing needs, taking into consideration the needs of family and carers and provide and maintain a high standard of skilled nursing care.

2To work collaboratively with GPs and other professionals to ensure the best possible care is provided to patients in the community, avoiding unnecessary admissions and prolonged hospital admissions.

3To recognise deterioration in patients' condition advising the caseload holder of any circumstances which give cause for concern.

4To communicate effectively with patients, families and carers as required, intervening to overcome barriers to communication, using advocacy skills when necessary to achieve effective outcomes for patients who may have sensory impairment, confusion and/or aggression.

5Participate in the promotion of healthy living and the prevention of ill health and disability through diagnostic screening, education and promotion of independence and self management as a priority of care.

6To ensure that risk factors to clients, carers and Trust staff within their working environments are recognised and appropriately addressed.

7To practice in accordance with the NMC Code and scope of Professional Practice and meet revalidation requirements to maintain NMC registration.

8Maintain accurate, contemporaneous written and computerised records for all patients having due regard to their legal status and in accordance with NMC record keeping requirements.



About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current registration as a First Level General Nurse 

Experience

Essential

Knowledge in Safeguarding/issues/procedures

To be able to deal with fairly frequent exposure to highly distressing circumstances e.g. difficult family situations, terminal care, death and abuse.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Kelly Frail 

Kelly.Frail@uhb.nhs.uk 

 

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change 

Band

Band 5 

Salary

£27055.00  to £32934.00 Yearly 

Contract

Permanent 

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working 

Reference number

304-47601YS 

Job locations

Solihull Community Nursing 
Friars Gate,  1011 Stratford Road 
Solihull 
West Midlands 
B90 4BN 

Attachments

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