Are you looking to further your career in nursing? Want to be a V300 prescriber?
Community Nursing has a fantastic opportunity to complete the Health Assessment training along with V300 prescribing by completing the District Nurse Specialist Practitioner Qualification.
This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to hold a band 6 role whilst developing clinical, leadership and theoretical skills in District Nursing.
This role guarantees UHB funding and support for your university application onto the Specialist Practitioner course: subject to successful university clearance. This is an excellent chance to develop your community career and progress your leadership development.
We will consider applicants who require flexible working, condensed or part time hours however on commencement of the course there would be a requirement to meet the demands of the Specialist Practitioner programme, which is currently a full-time commitment, Monday to Friday for 18 months. The right candidate will need to have some experience working in community, completed level 7 study to be eligible for the course and have experience as a Band 5 nurse.
This rewarding role involves the effective management of a defined community caseload of patients, including patients with very complex needs. You will have responsibility for setting the highest agreed standards of quality and evidenced based care, and the ability to embrace the challenges of the changing and growing demands of the primary care setting.
We are looking for highly motivated, forward-thinking, energetic, and innovative individuals who pride themselves in providing complex and holistic patient assessment, and who are dedicated to delivering exceptional standards of care. In return, we offer a robust induction package, competency frameworks as well as a development and training programmes. This will include individual and personalised support, coaching and assessment in order to maximise your full individual potential.
As a Senior nurse you will demonstrate good leadership skills with the ability to independently make sound clinical and leadership judgements and regularly support and supervise junior colleagues.
We require substantial post registration experience in a nursing environment, ideally with community experience.
Our core hours are Weekdays 9am- 5pm however, you will need to be available to meet the needs of the service by working flexibly between the hours of 7am to 9pm over 7 days on a rota basis, and be able to drive/ car owner.
Our Community teams are based in Central Solihull, Shirley, Chelmsley Wood and Balsall Common and cover patients registered with a Solihull GP. We welcome and encourage informal discussions or site visits; please contact Harry Moore, Senior District Nurse, 07833477535 for further information.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Current registration as a Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult).
Commitment to undertake Post Registration District Nurse Qualification (Specialist Practioner in District Nursing)
*Substantial post registration experience in a nursing environment.
*End of life care and symptom control.
*Previous experience of working within a Community setting.
*Knowledge in Safeguarding/ issues/procedures.
*Experience of HR issues e.g Annual leave, sickness management.
*Experience of participating in research and audit.
*Knowledge and understanding of professional and ethical issues.
*Leadership skills.
*Able to manage own workload and identified caseload.
*Experience of supporting, educating and assessing pre and post registration students on placement.
*Able to facilitate clear communication under a wide range of circumstances, which are often sensitive or complex in nature.
*Able to analyse and interpret complex facts or situations.
*Able to prioritise between competing demands on personal and professional resources.
*Excellent time management skills
*A clear understanding of and a high level commitment to clinical governance.
*Able to assess and prescribe treatment for a range of wounds including complex wounds.
*Able to demonstrate a high level of verbal and written communication.
*Ability to work as part of a team
*To be able to deal with fairly frequent exposure to highly distressing circumstances e.g difficult family situations, terminal care, death and abuse.
*Have highly developed interpersonal skills, which facilitates relationships with patients, clients and professionals from other disciplines and agencies.
*Have the ability to manage periods of intense concentration in dealing with complex issues. This may occur when dealing with difficult situations i.e. in the palliative care situation.
*Requires flexibility to meet the needs of the service
*Ability to drive.
*Car owner with access to car for work purposes.
*Experience of implementing policies and procedures in own area of practice.
*Venepuncture and cannulation.
*Male and Female catheterisation
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.
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Harry Moore
harry.moore@uhb.nhs.uk
07833477535
Agenda for Change
Band 6
Permanent
Full-Time, Flexible Working
304-9014363
Solihull Community Nursing Friars Gate, 1011 Stratford Road Solihull West Midlands B90 4BN
This vacancy is closed to applications.