This community staff nurse post sits in the Community Nursing Team at Merlin House, for Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on assessing, planning and delivering nursing care to patients with increasingly complex needs, in clinic and across the patch. Skills in long-term condition management, line care, complex wound care and bladder and bowel management are expected, or must be built up, and newly qualified nurses are welcome to apply. Fit depends on NMC registration and the ability to travel across the patch.
What the job involves
- Provide direct nursing care to patients on the caseload with a range of needs
- Assess, plan and deliver nursing care within a clinic setting, in line with evidence-based practice
- Promote independence and support patient-centred care planning
- Work autonomously within your scope of practice, competence and policies
- Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and colleagues
- Hand over patient information to the wider team
- Document patient information effectively
- Escalate patient needs as appropriate
- Demonstrate commitment to high standards of holistic care
- Be competent, or gain competence, in long-term condition management, line care, complex wound care and bladder and bowel management
- Travel across the patch to provide care to patients
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree in nursing or equivalent
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
Other
- Ability to travel across the patch
Nice to have
- Relevant experience to the role
- Experience of working effectively across different agencies and with other disciplines
- Experience of providing clinical information and advice to others
- Experience of supporting service users, families and carers with healthcare delivery in the community
What’s offered
- Induction, training and ongoing support
- Opportunities for personal development and career progression
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
