Band 6 Specialist Community Nurse

Job Introduction

Our Overnight Nursing Team is looking for a Band 6 Specialist Nurse

Full Time, 9 month Fixed Term Contract

Are you passionate about nursing and providing health care in people\’s own homes?

We\’re looking for dedicated and compassionate nurses to join our Overnight Nursing Team, providing high-quality support, treatment, and advice to individuals in need. Working within national and local frameworks, professional guidelines, and policies, you\’ll make a real difference when it\’s needed most.

As a clinical leader during night shifts, you will:
Deliver safe, person-centred care in a quiet but crucial time
Support and guide junior nurses and support workers
Lead by example within your professional discipline
Offer expert clinical advice to multidisciplinary teams
Ensure continuity of care through high standards and clear communication

For enquiries or to arrange an informal visit please contact the Overnight Nursing Manager Clare Tinnion

Main Responsibilities

As a Specialist Community Nurse you will care for patients and their families in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work to help us continue to change things for the better. We feel passionate that everyone should feel valued when they come into contact with our organisation, whether that\’s you, someone we care for or the wider community we operate in.

You will put to use your strong communication and organisation skills, along with a flexible approach, to ensure you deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey.

You\’ll care for patients and their families in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work to help us continue to change things for the better. We feel passionate that everyone should feel valued when they come into contact with our organisation, whether that\’s you, someone we care for or the wider community we operate in.

Please see the attached JD for the full responsibilities of the role.

The Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate will be / will have:

As this role requires travel, a driving license and access to a car is required for this role.

• Registered nurse
• First degree
• Post graduate community qualification e.g. community specialist practitioner
• Recognised assessing and supervising students in practice qualification.
• To possess a current, valid driving licence and to be a competent driver
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Knowledge of legislation affecting professional practice
• Experience of applying research-based information to practice
• Non-medical prescriber
• Up to date community experience
• Case management experience
• Significant experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team
• Leadership experience
• Teaching experience
• Knowledge of recruitment, selection & appraisal system
• Setting and monitoring standards of care

Please see job description for full list.

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.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you\’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we\’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website\’s privacy policy.

Package Description

As a Band 6 Specialist Community Nurse, you\’ll be part of our valued team in our Overnight Nursing Team.

You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• AFC Band 6 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