We are seeking a new Evening and Night nurse to work in an already established team to cover the South Nottinghamshire patients of Rushcliffe, Nottingham North and East, and Nottingham West.

We are very proud of our community nursing service and the difference it makes to people requiring nursing care in their own home. With an increasing complexity of patients in our community, our team provide seamless holistic nursing care to ensure patients receive the right care.

We are looking for individuals who can be part of our fast-moving, innovative and ambitious Evening and Nights team, dedicated to supporting our communities to manage their own health both at home during the out of hours period.

You will be responsible for providing skilled nursing care to patients across the locality and work flexibly.

You will need to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be adaptable, reliable, resourceful and approachable. You'll need to be organised and confident and able to cope with changing environments as you'll be working independently in patients homes, support is always available.

Main duties of the job

Our Evening and Nights community team hosts a skilled mixed team of nurses and community support workers. The service works in partnership with the three integrated community day teams who operate from 8am- 8pm to provide a seamless nursing service to patients 8pm- 8am, that put the patient/ service user at the centre of their care and provide effective patient care.

The objective of our evening and nights service is to

• deliver good clinical outcomes for patients in partnership with day services across the whole health community
• to co-ordinate a shared care approach for the patient across primary and community care, so that duplication is avoided and resources are effectively managed
• to provide timely access to a combination of primary and community based services
• to recognise early symptoms of the common causes of illness that often result in avoidance admissions
• to proactively identify patients who are risks or growing risk of hospital admissions or readmission and provide support and care to patients and their families

About us

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

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Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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Job description
Job responsibilities

Community Staff Nurse - evening and nights team

NEMS platform 1 - South Nottinghamshire Team

Band 5,Full time / Part time. Substantive

We are seeking suitably skilled nurses to join our Evening and Night service.

Providing appropriate community nursing care following a robust holistic assessment which enables patients to be cared for in their own homes and clinic settings. You will facilitate the prevention of unnecessary hospital admission/re-admission by reducing the effects of ill health and disability and maximising the individuals potential for independence.

You will be responsible for providing skilled nursing care, and will work flexibly in the community to support our evolving and developing services, supporting the team to deliver high quality integrated care. You will need to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful and approachable. Working hours will be flexible between the hours 8am to 6pm over seven days.

Community experience is preferred but those with appropriate transferable skills will be considered, as will students having undertaken a community management placement.

The position requires you to work independently, but also be a team player.

A robust induction and competency based development package will be provided. Newly qualified staff will be offered a preceptorship programme.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Person Specification
Qualification
Essential

• Professional Qualification (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities/General) to degree level or equivalent.
• Maintains current registration with the NMC

Desirable

• Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration

Skills
Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Demonstration of team working
• Good written/oral communication skills Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic
• Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
• Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care
• IT Skills

Experience
Essential

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding

Desirable

• Specialist and area specific experience

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
• Knowledge of the nursing 6 c's

Desirable

• Awareness of national and local issues impacting of nursing care

Training
Essential

• Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery

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