Staff Nurse - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Have you considered community nursing as your next career move?

We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.

This exciting opportunity to join our team has arisen due to internal promotion. We believe in providing great care our patients as well as fantastic opportunities for nurses to progress.

The community setting is an exciting, complex and diverse area to work in, with the privileged position of caring for patients in their own homes being responsible for the implementation and undertaking of patient centred care.

We are seeking nurses ready to extend their careers through professional development, including opportunities to progress to senior community nurses and to gain the District Nurse Specialist Practitioner Qualification.

We are also welcoming newly qualified nurses and can support you to gain the competencies required alongside working through our bespoke preceptorship programme.

We have a practice facilitator to support with this programme and to support all staff new to the community.

We currently work on a rolling rota for weekends, usually 1 in 4, supporting good work life balance.
Community nursing is a diverse role that requires autonomous working with in a patients home. To Practice as a member of the community nursing team, working within the Integrated Community Teams (ICTs)

To provide advice, information and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to enjoy maximum independence, health and well-being.

To creatively manage the holistic and clinical needs of patients with acute, sub-acute and long-term conditions,

To enable patients living long term physical health challenges to live well within their communities, with a focus on not only their physical health needs but also their wider holistic needs, e.g.

mental health, learning disabilities, psychological needs, social needs and spiritual needs.

To excel in this role, you will require excellent communication skills, the courage to make clinical decisions and a willingness to develop your potential.

You will require current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS.

The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.

Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one - the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy.

The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs.

Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Registered Nurse with NMC
Degree or Diploma in Nursing or equivalent
Willingness to undertake additional training as required.

Previous experience of community nursing practice
Evidence of post-registration education & training.
Holistic health assessment course (or equivalent)

Ability to work on own initiative, assess patients competently and report back to Team Leader (or appropriate health care professional) relevant changes in patient's condition.

Ability to effectively manage the workload, prioritise and delegate work in the absence of the Team Leader - District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse
Ability to liaise effectively within the Primary Health Care Team and with other professionals / agencies

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Tewkesbury Borough Council Office