Role Summary
This is a unique opportunity to work within both the Community Nursing Team, as well as the Urgent Community Response Team. You will be looking after patients as part of Early Supported Discharge as well as admissions Avoidance Pathways.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role:
Are you a Band 5 Nurse or about to qualify as a Registered Nurse? We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed person to join our Community Nursing and Urgent Community Response team as a Band 5 Registered Nurse for 30 hours/week. This is an exciting and new opportunity to work jointly across the urgent community response and community nursing teams. As a Registered Nurse in the community you will be expected to provide Nursing Support, Assessment and Oversight to our patients in a wide range of clinical community environments across the Crediton, Okehampton and Moretonhampstead area in the comfort of their own homes. Set in a rural environment including the beautiful Dartmoor National Park. You will gain a unique experience in working in Urgent Community Response and Community nursing, and develop a skill set that is transferable across both teams.
Along with supporting MDT clinicians with their patient workloads delivering clinical care as part of both the admission avoidance and early supported discharge process, you will plan and evaluate and deliver patient centred care. The post holder will be part of an integrated health and social care team consisting of GP’s, Nursing staff, OT’s, Physio’s, and the Social care team, who are responsible for the planning, implementation and evaluation of the patients’ needs and the delivery of high quality care. You will be supported in your role by an operational management team, and clinicians with specialised skills. This role involves both acute illness and chronic condition management, within the patient’s own home. As part of this you will be working alongside support workers, and this role will involve supervisory and development work for those staff at Band 3 and Band 4 level.
Are you ready for a challenge? If you have the appetite to work as part of a team that is setting out on this transformational journey and want to play a part in our change story we would love to hear from you.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week
Interview Date: To be confirmed.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit then please contact: Nigel Biernacki (Community Nurse team manager) nigel.biernacki@nhs.net 07595 245 021 or Jennie Huyton (Urgent Community Response Manager) jennie.huyton@nhs.net 07720 167442.
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.
