Role Summary
To assess, provide and review nursing care, advice and information to patients and carers within the home environment or alternative care setting.
Aim to wherever possible maintain patients in their own preferred place of care, enabling them to maximise their independence and optimise their quality of life.
To work under the direction of the Nurse Specialist (Community) and the Community Nurse Team Manager, using their skills and knowledge as a Registered Nurse.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
We are looking for Band 5 Registered Nurses to join our Axminster Community Nursing team. Situated in the beautiful area of East Devon we are a busy, dynamic and forward-thinking team of Community Nurses.
We are a friendly team and are dedicated to provide the highest standards of care to patients predominantly in their own homes. As a team, we aim to support patients to maximise their independence and optimise their quality of life in their preferred place of care.
As an integral member of this dedicated and dynamic team, you will support in delivering a wide range of clinical interventions including end of life care, wound care management and long-term condition management as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team. You will work closely with allied agencies, such as social services, our therapy colleagues and GPs and associated staff. Candidates will need to have excellent communication and assessment skills and will be responsible for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of personalised patient centred care in partnership with our patients and those important to them.
Transferrable clinical skills will be supported with high quality training packages and there is opportunity for ongoing personal and professional development, supported by regular supervision and annual appraisals. You will be given an individualised induction depending on your previous experience.
The successful applicants will have good IT skills, be comfortable using digital technology, be of a flexible and adaptable personality, and willing to embrace change. Experience in community nursing is desirable, but not essential as full training will be provided and fully supported. We strongly encourage applicants to visit.
Our vision is to provide safe, high quality seamless services delivered with courtesy and respect. To achieve our vision, we expect all our staff to uphold our Trust values.
The post-holder must hold a current driving licence and have access to appropriate transport, as the post involves predominantly working independently, maximising place-based care.
Working Pattern: 08:30 - 16:30, 09:00 - 17:00, including weekends and Bank Holidays. These are full time/part-time Community Nurse Band 5 positions, to include weekend working on a rota system. Hours are negotiable for the right candidates, so please contact to discuss.
Interview Date: Wednesday 15th February 2023
For further information please contact David Williams Community Nurse Team Manager on 07813457111 david.williams6@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
