Do you have a passion for Community Nursing and would like to work Out of Hours?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and innovative nurse to join the District Nursing Team within Solihull Community Nursing as an Out of Hours Nurse for 3 nights per week.

Applicants need to be self-motivated, dynamic and innovative with the ability to work autonomously. Previous experience of working within the community setting is essential.

Our teams are enthusiastic and motivated with a breadth of experience and a shared goal to offer the highest standards of quality care and good experiences to our patients. We work closely with other health and social care professionals across primary and secondary care, as well as with patients, families, and carers within their home setting.

The role involves providing the effective management of community patients to include patients with very complex needs, having responsibility for the setting of 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.

With any role within UHB, each post comes with the support of our Teams and Managers. This is extended by support form our School of Nursing, AHP's and Midwifery. The school offers exciting opportunities for career growth and development our focus is providing a supportive environment as part of your continuing professional development.

Main duties of the job

* To provide effective routine management to the night nursing team resources and services.

* To promote and maintain standards of professional practices in order to enhance the quality of care to the patients.

* To provide effective leadership and develop the practice of the Night Nursing Service across Solihull Community Nursing.

* Have total responsibility for the assessment of patients with complex healthcare needs at night across the Trust and develop care plans to meet the complex health needs of patients against a range of community settings at night.

* To reassess patients with complex healthcare needs at night across the Trust, evaluate the effectiveness of the care provided and in meeting those needs and improve care.

* To hold responsibility for the management of the night nursing team as an entity.

You will need to be able to meet the needs of this service by being available to work flexibly between the hours of 21.00- 07.30 hours on a rota basis over a 7-day period and be able to drive.

If you have any queries, please contact Kim Drummond, Community Services Matron on 0777 3199 609/ kim.drummond@uhb.nhs.uk

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• * Current registration as a Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult).

Experience

Essential

• * 12 months 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 in holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care.
• * Ability to plan own workload and that of others.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

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