Community Senior Staff Nurse in Cannock

Within the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT) we have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to join our Cannock Villages District Nursing Team. We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate nurse to further enhance the high-quality patient experience we offer in the community.

The successful applicant needs to have a commitment to providing care in patients' own homes and residential homes, providing palliative care inclusive of EOL care and syringe driver and symptom management, tissue viability and pressure area care, diabetes care, continence care and managing long term conditions. They must be able to work on their own initiative and work well within a team, demonstrating a wide range of clinical skills.

Community services are managing patients with more complex acuity than ever before, with increasingly specialist treatment and care being provided by highly skilled staff. This is the perfect opportunity to dip your toes into the world of clinical leadership, and the successful applicant will receive the training and development to ensure they meet the individualised needs of patients in our community along with enhancing skills and knowledge for the successful candidate including leadership skills.

The Adult Community Service provides care to patients in their own homes and is pivotal in the prevention agenda. You will deliver a high-quality service, working closely with GPs and multidisciplinary teams in addressing a range of care issues across a spectrum of health conditions and preventing avoidable hospital admissions.

You must be a qualified nursing practitioner with current NMC registration. Previous experience of working in the community is an essential requirement, and you need to be able to demonstrate a commitment to delivering high-quality targeted personal care and hold a full driving licence. You must be able to demonstrate leadership skills and be able to make sound clinical decisions independently. You will be expected to be a positive, influential role model, supporting both staff and service delivery.

Appointment to this role is with the understanding that the successful candidate holds the Practice Assessor or equivalent mentor course/certification and has completed or is currently undertaking relevant post-qualification accredited study. Post holders will be required to work flexibly on a rota system covering 08:30 to 17:00 across a 7-day week.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression.
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme.
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave.
• Options for flexible working.
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources.
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate.
• Salary sacrifice car – fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates.
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k.
• Free car parking at all trust sites.
• Free flu vaccination every year.
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met).
• And more.

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

As per attached Job Description and Person Specification:

• Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of the role.
• Demonstrate at all times the Partnership Trust Values of: "Putting People at the heart of what we do", "Empowering Our Workforce" and "Working in partnership with others".
• Be a Registered Nurse and have a detailed professional and clinical knowledge.
• Palliative care.
• Management of continence.
• Administration of medication.
• Management of long-term conditions.
• Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust including the community and hospitals.
• Be skilled in the assessment of complex/specialist care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support packages.
• Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
• Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems.
• Work with the Operational Lead and Lead Specialist Practitioner undertaking delegated tasks in team management.

Qualifications and Training:

• Essential criteria: Degree in nursing or equivalent. Post Graduate studies in nursing or recognised accredited study. Registration with the NMC. Mentorship or equivalent Practice Assessor Qualification in line with the new guidance.
• Desirable criteria: Modules at degree or masters level. Evidence of further clinical study and willing to work towards specialist practitioner Qualification in district nursing.

Experience:

• Essential criteria: Relevant experience to the role including assessment and management of long-term conditions. Ability to manage time and caseload effectively. Supporting service users, families and carers in dealing with the delivery of healthcare in the community. Working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Desirable criteria: Experience in direct patient care. Experience of negotiation and conflict management in clinical situations.