Community Staff Nurse (Shoreditch Park & City)

Community Staff Nurse (Shoreditch Park & City) Band 5

Main area: Adult Community Nursing
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 293-CCS-0687

Site: 14 Rushton Street, London, N1 5DR
Town: London
Salary: £35,964 - £43,780 p.a. inc
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/03/:59

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our vibrant Adult Community Nursing Service. Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated community and acute trust providing high quality service to residents of City and Hackney borough.

We are seeking enthusiastic Band 5s to fill full-time (37.5) posts. The Adult Community Nursing Service is divided into 8 neighbourhood teams. The successful candidate will be asked to work within one of the neighbourhood teams.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will practice within a multidisciplinary team and provide care to patients within their own home and community settings.
• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care needs under the supervision of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Practitioners, and District Nurses.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering a high standard of holistic nursing care while promoting and maintaining health education and independence.
• The post holder will take responsibility for their own actions when delivering clinical care, maintaining competency and skill in line with role requirements.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City, and beyond. We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures, and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification Education / Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Clinical skills

Experience

• Community experience working (this could include a period working on student placement in the community)
• Experience of multi-agency working

Skills/ Abilities

• Able to work unsupervised in the community setting
• Able to work using your own initiative
• Clinical Skills

Other

• Demonstrating understanding of Trust Values

General Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the 'Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application' under 'Additional Documentation' before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working, and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed-term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.