KendalDistrict Nurses and the community care group has an exciting opportunity to recruit to a permanent 37.5hr community staff nurse band 5 position.

We would like an enthusiastic and highly motivated band 5 Community Nurse who will be happy to work in an evolving district nursing service. The successful applicant will be committed to working closely with health and social care colleagues to provide high quality care to patients with a wide range of medical conditions in the community setting.

Main duties of the job

The role requires excellent communication skills as you will be undertaking complex nursing assessments and developing and delivering programmes of care for patients and carers. The district nurses work a 24hr service and there is an expectation that you may be required to support this to ensure service delivery.

You will need to work collaboratively with other professionals, voluntary sector and informal carers to promote excellent care to patients in their own homes and community setting.

You will be joining an enthusiastic and motivated team who are friendly and approachable. We are very patient focused and staff development is high on our agenda. As part of our team we want to develop all staff to the highest standard.

You will need a full UK drivers licence and access to a car in order to fulfil this role.

About us

We operatefrom three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, andUlverstonCommunity Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our websitehttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Recent nursing experience
• Experience of lone working.
• Recent wound care experience.
• Demonstrate evidence to work as part of a team.
• Demonstrate evidence to motivate team/peers
• Evidence of clinical/professional development.
• IT skills.
• Evidence of problem solving skills

Desirable

• Community nursing experience
• Leadership experience
• Demonstrable recent Nursing experience

Qualifications

Essential

• Level 1 registered nursing qualifications
• Post registration qualification in teaching/assessing (ENB 998/NST 307) or willingness to undertake.

Desirable

• Nurse Prescribing
• Wound care qualification
• Post registration qualification in Acute/Chronic Disease Management

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Address

Kendal

oxenholme Road

kendal

LA9 7RG

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