We are looking for a flexible, dedicated, and compassionate nurse to further enhance the high-quality patient experience already offered by our community teams.
You need to have a commitment to providing care in patients own homes, be able to work on your own initiative and work well within a team demonstrating a wide-range of clinical skills. Community services are admitting patients with a more complex acuity than ever before with increasingly specialist treatment requiring care from highly skilled staff.
You will also have an opportunity to undertake training and development to ensure you are well equipped for the role, with opportunity to advance further. Extensive in house support is available from the teams own clinical lead.
The Out of Hours District Nursing service offers flexible working and shift patterns to suit many different lifestyles. The shifts cover 7 days per week evenings and nights to fully embrace the ethos and values of patient centred care. The team are friendly and supportive, with a key focus on staff wellbeing and safety.
Due to the nature of the role and the geographical area covered you will require a valid driving licence and access to a car.
As a Band 5 Nurse you will responsible for the delivery of care to patients who are in their own homes or residential homes, and or delivery of care to patients within a clinic setting where these are available and appropriate. You will provide assessment of care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support packages.
The care/support plans may include the following:
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Promoting independence/self-management and maintaining safety
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Increased functional ability
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Improvement in health and wellbeing including mental health
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Interventions in disease/condition management
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Prevention and reducing of health inequalities
As part of this role you will be expected to:
Prioritise treatment and care for individuals according to their health status and needs
Provide palliative and end of life symptom management
Catheter management and procedures
Wound management
Long term condition management
Prevention of hospital admission
Undertake Tissue Viability Risk Assessment
Supervisory responsibilities as required (e.g. work allocation) and may have some responsibility for service developments.
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.
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Car scheme
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Company pension
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Free flu jabs
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Free parking, 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 resource
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)
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Stoke-on-Trent ST5 7NJ
Full-time
Contact Detail:
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Recruiting Team
