Community Registered Nurse

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Main area Community Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full-Time/Part-Time) Job ref 333-D-MK-CM-1129

Site Hawthorn Clinic, Milton Keynes Town Milton Keynes Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata if Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 04/04/:59

Job overview

Are you looking for the next steps in your nursing career?

Are you passionate about Making a difference to patients' lives?

If 'yes' then there couldn't be a more exciting time to join us!

Here at our District Nursing service no day is ever the same. As a well established Community Service, we care for patients with complex needs providing highly skilled assessments and support within their own home environment.

The role will involve working within a team of experienced Community Nurses and working in partnership with multiple stakeholders and voluntary services to provide the best care to our community and shape the future of healthcare across Milton Keynes.

We are looking for nurses who can think on their feet and thrive on the challenges the working day can bring. You will be joining our team of highly motivated proactive professionals to continue our goal of developing our service beyond the traditional scope of nursing in response to the challenging health care needs that we are facing nationally.

The hours of the District nursing Service are 9am - 5pm, 7 days a week including bank holidays, with a view to move the service hours to 9am - 8pm.

Driving licence and use of a car is essential.

Main duties of the job

• Postholder to demonstrate professional and clinical evidence based knowledge acquired through Level 1 registration.
• Postholder will have developed a wide range of practical nursing skills which are demonstrated with dexterity and accuracy.
• To work with the District Nurse to provide skilled patient care to patients and their families in their own homes or other settings as appropriate.
• For the majority of the time the postholder will work independently and without direct supervision and will have the ability to prioritise a changing workload.

Working for our organisation

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

In return we can offer:

• Buy & Sell Annual Leave
• An attractive pension scheme (including a tax-free lump sum on retirement and family benefits for dependants; ill health retirement benefits; and life assurance cover of twice your annual pay).
• Employee Assistance programme: a free and confidential service to help with personal life
• Staying Well at Work service for tailored employment related support to staff with severe and long term mental health problems
• Physio Med: an education zone, advice line and treatment service for staff
• Staff Wellbeing Zone for free and confidential online health and wellbeing programmes
• The Recovery College: offers a range of health and wellbeing courses for staff
• A range of staff networks: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) Network Disabled Employees Network
• Lived Experience of Mental Health Staff Network
• Carers at Work Network
• Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BAME)
• Salary sacrifice

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provides skilled nursing intervention/care to patients of any age or condition in partnership with the District Nurse and the clinical direction of the General Practitioners within the management structure of the employing
• Undertakes delegated duties for the caseload holder under the supervision of the District Nurse on duty who is covering the
• Takes responsibility for the caseload in the absence of the District Nurse including new visits/assessments, workload management and allocation, dealing with referrals,
• Maintains close liaison with the District Nurse, GP and other members of the primary care team and wider health and social care
• Applies current Infection Control Policy issues and universal
• Encourages patients towards self care

Person specification Qualifications

• Level 1 Registered Nurse
• Evidence of other professional training, eg. ENB 998

Experience

• Evidence of a wide range of clinical experience
• Experience as Community RGN

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of current community nursing issues
• Sound clinical knowledge relative to experience gained
• NMC Code of Conduct
• Basic infection control issues and procedures
• Sound practical skills.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to teach others, eg. staff, patients

Others

• Full driving licence and use of car for work purposes

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name David Fletcher Job title Interim Community Nursing Manager Email address Telephone number Additional information

Deborah Herron -District Nurse Team Leader

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