Community Nurse in Melksham

Are you a compassionate Registered Nurse looking to develop your career within a supportive and forward-thinking community nursing team? Do you enjoy delivering person-centred care that helps patients remain independent in their own homes and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Community Registered Nurse to join our community nursing service. Working alongside experienced nurses and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will provide high-quality nursing care, undertake assessments and care planning, deliver evidence-based interventions and support patients to achieve the best possible outcomes in their preferred environment.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build your community nursing skills whilst working within a team committed to continuous improvement, professional development and delivering outstanding patient care. You'll have the autonomy to manage your own workload whilst benefiting from clinical supervision, mentorship and support from experienced colleagues.

Package Description

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases as well as cashback and voucher offers
• 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 support for your mental and physical wellbeing, including counselling, legal support, debt advice and career coaching
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open and innovative culture where colleagues are encouraged to share ideas that help transform health and care services
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards, with the majority of services rated Good or Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission

Main Responsibilities

• Delivering Outstanding Community Nursing Care: You will provide nursing care in accordance with national and local policies, professional standards and the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code. Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to patient assessments, care planning, implementation of treatment plans and ongoing evaluation of care to ensure patients receive safe, effective and person-centred support.
• Managing Patient Caseloads: You will prioritise daily visits according to clinical need, respond appropriately to changes in patients' conditions and escalate concerns where necessary. The role requires excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage your workload independently whilst maintaining high standards of care and documentation.
• Working in Partnership: A key part of the role involves working collaboratively with patients, carers, GPs and multidisciplinary colleagues. You will communicate effectively with all stakeholders, ensuring patients remain at the centre of decision making and are supported to achieve their health and wellbeing goals.
• Promoting Health and Wellbeing: You will actively support health promotion initiatives, provide advice and education to patients and carers, and contribute to service developments that improve patient outcomes across the community nursing service. You'll also participate in quality improvement activities, audits and service initiatives designed to enhance patient care.
• Professional Development and Leadership: You will maintain your professional registration, participate in regular clinical supervision, complete mandatory training and contribute to the learning and development of others. Opportunities may also be available to support students and develop mentorship skills as part of your professional growth.

Person Specification

Essential

• First Level Nurse Registration with the NMC
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Educated to diploma level
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate compassionately and effectively with patients and carers
• Knowledge of current developments within health and social care
• Understanding of evidence-based nursing practice
• Ability to assess patient needs and implement care plans
• Strong organisational and workload management skills
• Ability to maintain accurate electronic and written records
• Current driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes
• Ability to travel effectively and efficiently within the locality and wider service area where required

Desirable

• Degree-level qualification
• Mentorship or teaching qualification
• Experience supporting students in practice
• Experience working within a community nursing environment
• Experience participating in clinical audits and service improvement initiatives
• Presentation or teaching skills for individuals and small groups

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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