Community Nurse - Overnight Service

Job overview

Are you a nurse looking for a supportive team and the opportunity to develop new skills? This is an exciting time to join the overnight community nursing service in West Herts.  We are developing new community pathways which will support the delivery of more care in people’s homes, and to enable us to do this we have a range of new learning and development opportunities available through the CLCH Academy.

But don’t just take our word for it, listen to what our staff have to say about their jobs.

Mande has worked in the community for 10 years. She is currently working as a community nurse team lead for the Dacorum Planned Care team. She says:

“I have found working in the community to be an extremely rewarding job. Since joining the team, I have been able to progress from a band 5, through to a band 6 caseload manager and now a band 7 lead within the Dacorum locality. No two days are the same in this job and there is plenty of opportunity to learn new skills. As an employer, CLCH really values its staff and takes the time to grow them. This is reflected in the values of our academy.

Working in patients’ homes is very rewarding. It is a privilege to be invited into patients’ homes and lives to help see them through some of their most challenging times.

This is a welcoming, friendly place to work and we are a hard working team who nurture and support each other. I would encourage anyone to apply to work with us.”

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a nurse with a genuine interest in continuing to develop skills in this field.  We have a good track record of supporting newly qualified nurses, return to practice nurses, and nurses transitioning into the community from other settings including acute care.  You must be able to work flexibly according to service needs and have excellent organisational, time management and communication skills.

We are looking for staff to work flexible hours covering 8pm to 8am and 8pm to 2am.

We are based at BRE in Watford and cover the West Hertfordshire area. Do get in touch if you would like to arrange an informal visit and meet the team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide skilled nursing care working under the supervision of the Community Nurse Deputy Team Lead to patients in a variety of community settings.

The post holder will undertake community nursing duties involving delivery of nursing services and holistic assessments of patients health needs using a person centred approach. This includes providing quality and seamless nursing care to housebound patients and being proactive in coordinating their care needs as appropriate, avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital or long term care institutions. In addition, the post holder will be involved in facilitating self- care for patients with long term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery.

To be responsible for the team’s assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised nursing care to patients living in the community. The service is provided seven days per week 8pm-8am covering the four localities across Herts Valleys.

Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.