Job Introduction
We’re excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for the role of a Band 5 Community Nurse to join our team within Adult Community Services in Wiltshire.
Base: Malmesbury Primary Care Centre
30 Hours per week
Are you passionate about delivering high quality healthcare in the community?
Malmesbury and Royal Wootton Bassett Neighbourhood Team is looking for a Community Nurse to join our supportive and caring team.
This role covers the North locality of Wiltshire, and you will be expected to travel across the area as required, therefor having a driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
The community nursing team works form 8am to 10pm, 365 days a year.
Our shift pattern includes: 7AM - 3 PM, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, and 2 PM - 10 PM
What We Offer:
A fast-paced, rewarding role with a strong sense of purpose
The chance to work alongside a multidisciplinary team—Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Care Co-ordinators, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and more
What We’re Looking For:
Front line NHS community care experience
Up-to-date clinical professional development
Excellent clinical and communication skills
The ability to work under pressure while maintaining high-quality care
A motivated, flexible, and hardworking individual ready for a new challenge
The role is demanding, but the impact you’ll have is immeasurable! If you’re eager to be part of a busy, compassionate team caring for patients registered with North Wiltshire GPs, we’d love to hear from you.
For enquiries or to arrange an informal visit please contact the team office on 01666 330515 and speak to Alex Seymour or Victoria Theobald.
Main Responsibility
- Participate in assessment and care planning of patient care in conjunction with the Team Manger and support of specialist team members.
- Implements and evaluates care and treatment in agreement with the patient and as defined in the care plan – escalates any deviation from the care plan or change in condition to the Team Manager /GP accordingly
- Communicates effectively with patients, carers and all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Prioritises daily work in line with clinical / patient need
- Maintains accurate and legible patient records in line with professional and organisational requirements – this includes electronic patient record system and any paper record
- Implements and works to ensure evidence-based care / best practice
- Actively participates and contributes to team meetings and daily handover
- Initiates health promotion activities with individuals, patients and carers
- Actively involved in the development and implementation of community nursing service developments and initiatives
- Participates in clinical audit and the implementation of changes to ways of working / clinical practice as a result of findings, recommendations and action plans
- Participates in risk assessment and promotes the safety and well-being of patients, staff and any other persons at all times and assist in ensuring a safe work environment
- Ensure that all complaints, untoward incidents, accidents and areas of clinical risk are identified and reported to the Senior Sister/Team Sister in accordance with the organisations policies
- Keeps up to date with professional requirements, health care developments, clinical evidence, National Service Frameworks for practice, National and Local policy and guidelines
- Responsible for completing all own mandatory training within the required timeframe
- Attend and participates in regular clinical supervision and peer review
- Participate in own annual appraisal and undertakes own continuing professional development in order to maintain and develop knowledge and skills
- Attend regular 1-1 meetings with Line Manager
- Undertake mentorship training, facilitate the teaching and learning experiences for all students and staff
- Accountable for own professional actions in line with the NMC code and organisational policy and guidelines
- Monitors and orders stock levels and equipment in line with budget and lean principles
- Responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained
The Ideal Candidate
Essential
Qualifications
• 1st Level Nurse Registration (registered with the NMC)
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Mentorship/teaching qualification (within first 2 years of post)
• Educated to diploma level
Communication
• Ability to work within a Team
• Ability to work alone
• Ability to listen to communicate with patients and carers in a compassionate and caring
manner
• Ability to communicate respectfully with all colleagues
• Presentation skills for teaching to individuals e.g. patients and to small groups e.g. students
Knowledge
• Knowledge of recent developments within health and social care
• Keeps up to date with evidence-based practice and research related to nursing and health
care in the community
Analytical & Judgmental Skills
• Ability to operate community equipment
• Ability to assess needs and implement care
• Ability to identify and pass on urgent client information to the Senior Sister/Team Sister
Planning & Organisational Skills
• Ability to be flexible with working hours across a seven-day week
• Ability to undertake nursing skills and to prioritise visits in accordance with patient need
• Ability to organise own workload without direct supervision
• Ability to input data manually and electronically according to organisational policies
• Works within agreed Policies and Procedures
Desirable
• Educated at degree level
Other requirements:
• Current driving license and access to a car during the working day
You will have a full UK driving license with access to a car for work purposes.
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
Package Description
As a Band 5 Community Nurse you’ll be part of our valued team at Malmesbury Primary Care Centre Centre, working for the Malmesbury Community Team.
You will feel valued as a Community Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- AFC Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salary with evidence provided)
- Plentiful on site-parking
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
- Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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