Job Description

We are seeking an experienced enthusiastic registered Band 5 nurse with community experience, ready to extend their professional development within the community. Newly Qualified Nurses may also be considered. The applicant will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, and ability to prioritise and time manage their own patient visit within the team.



The community setting is an exciting, complex and diverse area to work in, with the privileged position of caring for patients in their own homes being responsible for the implementation and undertaking of patient centred care.



We are a family friendly organisation and are happy to discuss compromised hours and locality of teams if suitable for service. We have four Integrated Community Teams and work closely with our ICT and GP partners. We currently work on a rolling rota for weekends, usually 1 in 4, supporting good work life balance. Shifts are 8-4pm and 12-8pm.



We offer Preceptorship Programme to 'new to community' staff and there is the opportunity (when experience is gained) to apply for the DNSPQ (Pg Dip) course.



Community nursing is a diverse role that requires autonomous working with in a patients home. The main duties are outlined below:



To Practice as a member of the community nursing team, working within the Integrated Community Teams (ICTs)



Liaise with GPs, the ICTs and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies.



To provide advice, information and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to enjoy maximum independence, health and well-being.



To creatively manage the holistic and clinical needs of patients with acute, sub-acute and long-term conditions,



To enable patients living long term physical health challenges to live well within their communities, with a focus on not only their physical health needs but also their wider holistic needs, e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, psychological needs, social needs and spiritual needs.



To excel in this role, you will require excellent communication skills, the courage to make clinical decisions and a willingness to develop your potential. You will require current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse.



We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.



Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:



72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.

76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.

81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.



This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.



We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module "Preceptorship for Healthcare" (AP7026).



The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the /Person Specification.