Community Staff Nurse in Bradford

This Band 5 post sits within the district nursing team at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, with vacancies across several community locality teams. The work is hands-on nursing care in patients' own homes, covering long-term conditions through to complex and palliative needs, alongside primary care colleagues. The service runs a rotating seven-day rota with shifts between 8am and 9pm, and it suits both newly qualified and experienced nurses, with a structured preceptorship. Applicants need NMC registration and a full UK driving licence with access to a car.

What the job involves

• Deliver high quality person-centred nursing care to people in their own homes and/or clinic settings
• Work as part of the district nursing team
• Assess health needs and deliver care to the practice population, working with the wider primary health care team
• Provide care for people with long-term conditions, complex needs and palliative care
• Work rotational shifts across a seven-day service, between 8am and 9pm, to cover a 24-hour service
• Use agile technology to deliver timely care, with support from Trust specialists
• Travel extensively across the district to make visits

Qualifications

• RGN

Registration & licences

• Active NMC registration

Experience

• Understanding and/or experience of interagency working and adult protection

Skills & knowledge

• Willingness to undergo education and training for practice and service need
• Demonstrates ongoing professional development
• Able to travel between multiple sites to undertake numerous visits

Checks & eligibility

• Full UK driving licence and access to a car for work
• Right to work in the UK

Nice to have

• Teaching or assessing in clinical practice
• V100 prescribing for nursing or equivalent

What’s offered

• Structured preceptorship
• Flexible working arrangements
• Increased mileage rates for above 3500
• Wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• Range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Career progression to senior nurse, specialist or advanced practitioner
• Support for further study, such as tissue viability or palliative care

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