Role: District Nurse/Community Nurse/Charge Nurse

Location: Newbury

An exciting opportunity to join our innovative and successful community nursing team has arisen.

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, evidence based practice. You will have a passion and enthusiasm to care for patients in their own homes.

The Community Nursing service offers care to patients in their own homes, 7 days a week, 08.30 - 19.00, inclusive of Bank Holidays.

The service has a wide range of skill mix from Band 3 Healthcare assistants, through to band 7 Community Matrons.

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

You will receive support into the role through induction, training and beyond. There will be opportunities for personal development and career progression if desired.

Applications for this role will be considered on a first come first serve basis and we may close the vacancy early if the right candidate is found.

Main duties of the job

• To operate within a Case Management framework and coordinate care for an identified caseload of patients.

• Support staff to complete holistic assessment and reassessment of all health and nursing needs, ensuring that every patient has an overview of health and nursing need recorded

• Identify and plan preventative measures and anticipatory care needs

• Support teams to provide information to patients, their families and carers both formal and informal, so that they can make informed choices about current and future care needs.

• Work in partnership with the Community Matrons, Specialist Nurses and Social Care to support patients to self-manage their condition where possible and to teach patients and carers accordingly.

• To participate in the management of a Community Nursing Team to ensure good clinical practice and maintain high standards of care

• Manage workload through appropriate delegation to a skill mix team whilst maintaining overall responsibility for care provision

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

o Caring for and about you is our top priority

o Committed to providing good quality, safe services

o Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

Flexible working options to support work-life balance.

27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles

Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality

Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.

Free parking across Trust sites

Job description

Job responsibilities

The must haves for you to be considered for this role:

• To be responsible for keeping professionally updated and registered with the NMC.

• Recent Clinical Experience within the speciality

• Demonstrate effective Chronic Disease management

• Ability to effectively manage challenging behaviour and or conflict.

• A full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes or are able to travel as required to meet the needs of the service. (Please note not all office or client care bases maybe reached by public transport).

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Helen Daw on 07717 507360 or email on helen.daw@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification//Training

Essential

• Registered Nurse - Adult
• Evidence of Leadership & Management Development

Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Recent Clinical Experience within the speciality

Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Ability to effectively manage challenging behaviour and/or conflict

Employer details

Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Community Nursing West Berkshire

Thatcham

RG18 3HD

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

371-CHS602-2