Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service Nurse (Night Nursing)

Job overview

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse looking to work nights only? Join our Dorset Integrated Urgent Care Service Community Night Nursing team!

As a community night nurse, you will be delivering face to face care to adults who have been referred to the team by patients and their relatives/carers or Health Care professionals.

We will be looking for you to provide autonomous nursing care with a HCA, so you are always part of a supportive and collaborative unit. You will help to promote and sustain independence/wellbeing for the individual or carer in the relevant setting. Post-qualification experience of working in an autonomous setting / role would be desirable but not essential.

You will drive the IUCS vehicles across Dorset, as you will be working in the community, residential or healthcare environment. You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team that is made up of Nurses, Paramedics and GP's. Professional development and career progression opportunities available.

The Night Nursing role is a part-time post of 23 hours per week, over 2 nights . We can discuss rota patterns at interview stage. A full valid UK driving license is essential.

For more information about the role please contact: Rob Milham robert.milham@nhs.net

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.

Main duties of the job

Responsibility and accountability for all aspects of the practitioner’s professional activities and the dedicated shift lead as needed. Being part of the Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service visiting team, responsible for direct care of patients in their own homes, includes supporting patients requiring Palliative care.

Support the team with managerial/clerical duties within the St Leonards hub as required, which includes telephone triage with patients, relatives and health care professionals. Experience of undertaking personal development reviews for junior staff.

Ensure that medical instructions are understood, adhered to and recorded and that all equipment provided is maintained in good order. Our service comes equipped with lease cars with driving shared in your pairing. The vehicles are stocked with essential nursing equipment, which may be required when visiting including catheters, wound dressings, palliative care stock.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced/Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

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Applicant requirements

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.