Community Nurse

Job summary

Are you ready to take the next step in your nursing career and join a forward-thinking, innovative team?

We are excited to be recruiting Community Nurses for our Community Nursing team -- an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and experience as a Nurse in a dynamic community setting.

You will work within an integrated health and social care team, providing assessment, treatment, and ongoing care for adults and older people living at home with complex and long-term physical health needs.

We are looking for ambitious, innovative, and passionate nurses who want to make a real difference in community healthcare. This role offers fantastic opportunities for professional growth and career development. Our staff are our greatest asset, and we are committed to helping you reach your full potential.

Our Community Nursing Service operates 8am--8pm, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, delivering essential care to patients in their homes.

Please note you must hold a valid driving licence and have access to a car with appropriate business insurance to meet the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

Working within professional guidelines and accountability, the post-holder will have responsibility for the management of a defined community caseload (via Nursing, Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy interventions) for a group of GP Practices as part of the Integrated Care Team.

The post holder will have responsibility for managing co-ordinating and delegating work ensuring referrals are dealt with according to clinical need, holistic assessments and care plans are recorded in line with Trust and Professional record keeping standards and clinical care at all times meets acceptable standards of patient safety and quality outcomes.

The post holder will be required to work with a high degree of autonomy and professional accountability. A primary aim of the role is to prevent unnecessary admission of patients to an acute hospital and support timely discharge into the community. The post holder will also have a responsibility for re-enablement, rehabilitation, health protection and promotion programmes that improve and reduce inequalities.

Job responsibilities

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence