Community

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an aspiring individual to develop their career in the specialised area of District nursing. This opportunity is now available in the Chalfont's and Gerrards Cross area to become a Community Nurse within a newly formed team. We are welcoming highly motivated and effective team players, committed to providing a high quality nursing service within the District Nursing field. We are able to offer a full skills development and preceptorship programme. We are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. All levels of experience are welcome in community nursing. Whether you are newly qualified or looking for a change in direction, we would welcome your application for this exciting opportunity to join the community nursing workforce. As a community nurse, you would be supported to develop into an autonomous practitioner; nursing patients with multiple complex health care needs in their own home.

Main duties of the job:

• Community nursing is a specialised area of practice.
• As a Community Staff Nurse, you will work within a locality team of District Nurse Team Leaders, Community Staff Nurses, Therapists, Assistant Practitioners and Healthcare Assistants, to meet the needs of the complex patient in the community and avoid admissions to acute settings.
• This includes medication administration, end of life care, managing the deteriorating patient, complex and simple wound care including negative pressure wound therapy and compression therapy, venepuncture, utilising advanced assessment skills and clinical nursing skills.
• We nurse people with a variety of conditions in a holistic manner in their own home and in residential care settings.
• Community nurses work in close partnership with social care and other primary health care professionals such as GPs, Community Therapies and specialised services such as Tissue Viability, Diabetes and Heart Failure.

Working for our organisation:

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Person specification:

• EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
• Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN
• Committed to own professional development to enhance practice
• Post registration education and extended skills e.g. Intravenous drug administration, compression dressings.
• Evidence of further continued professional development
• Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification

• SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
• To be able to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, carers and other professionals.
• To be able to care for patients without prejudice.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Self awareness, self motivated, enthusiastic.
• Ability to manage own caseload.
• Knowledge of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Knowledge of the Data Protection Act.
• Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting.

• EXPERIENCE
• Demonstrate experience post or pre-registration placements in relevant clinical areas: Care of Elderly, Community, Orthopaedics, Neurology, Respiratory, Palliative Care, Long term conditions.
• Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Awareness of current professional nursing issues.
• Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality.
• Desirable but not essential knowledge of working with a single assessment, planning and the delivery of care.
• Experience of electronic clinical systems and technology e.g. RIO.

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary.

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures. COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.