At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and we can offer you:

• Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
• Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
• In our Gift providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
• The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Opportunities for flexible working ( depending on the role )
• Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
• Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
• Child Care Vouchers Scheme
• Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys
• NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes

Main duties of the job

You will have a commitment to providing holistic care to patients in their own homes, be able to work on your own initiative and work well within a team. Key clinical skills include complex wound care, bladder and bowel management, palliative and end of life care as well as medication administration.

Within the community we are seeing more complex and acute patients than ever before, with increasingly specialist treatment and care being provided by highly skilled staff. Working within our Community Nursing Team you will support, assess and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality care in line with evidence based practice.

Due to the nature of community working, ability to travel across the patch to provide care to patients is essential.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to �2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to �250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team and colleagues to:-

- Promote independence and support patient centred care planning.- Provide care directly to patients on the caseload with a range of nursing needs (including palliative care, complex wound care, pelvic health, medication administration).- Work autonomously, in line with your scope of practice, competence and policies.- Handover patient information to the wider team, document patient information effectively.- Escalation of patients needs as appropriate.

Person Specification

Driving

Essential

• Has a full driving licence

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Nursing or equivalent
• NMC Registration
• Commitment to work towards Mentorship qualification (998-997)

Desirable

• Working towards Mentorship qualification (998-997)

Training

Essential

• Evidence of/willing to undertake post-registration training relevant to the post

Work Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience/placements to the role including assessment and management of long term conditions, palliative care conditions and wound care.
• Ability to manage time and caseload effectively. Supporting service users, families and carers in dealing with people with nursing needs. Working in a multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable

• Experience in the delivery of healthcare. Relevant placements including surgical, medical, palliative care.

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cannock Chase District Council

Beecroft Road

Cannock

WS11 1BG

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