Job Description

An opportunity has become available to join the Ulverston District Nurses as a registered nurse. This is a close and supportive team that pride themselves on delivering a high standard of person centre care to the residents of Dalton and surrounding villages.



We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic team player that shares the same passion and drive to care for people in their own homes to a high standard.



The post is 22.5 hours a week over 3 days and includes weekends and bank holidays. The post will also include working evenings and potential nights as part of their hours in the Furness out of hours team over a 7 day week, 365 days a year.



The post holder will work as a registered Nurse within Community Services, accountable for providing evidence based, holistic nursing care of patients.



You will be expected to support the Sister/Team Leader in leading the team supervising, directing staff and delegating workload according to skills of the staff within the team.



The Ulverston team is a small team consisting of full and part time nurses and a health care support worker. Ran day to day by the Assistant Team leads and supported by the Team Lead.



We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.



FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.



WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.



All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.



To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/