Community Sister/ Charge Nurse

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

Be a Registered General Nurse with substantial post qualifying experience

Have or be willing to complete Nurse Prescriber Course

Provide & deliver cover across our neighbourhood footprint, working in an integrated way with therapy, community nursing & acute adult social care as part of the wider system

Deliver an efficient, effective & safe pathway from triage to discharge

Work autonomously as part of a MDT

Be able to suggest & contribute to improvements in the pathway/team

Demonstrate a broad range of specialist nursing clinical expertise that supports high quality person-centred care for patients in Barnsley

Assess individuals with complex health care needs or those presenting with more acute illnesses, using a range of evidence-based assessment tools & consultation models

Supervise the delivery of person-centred care plans ensuring regular evaluation of care & develop systems to support staff interventions/care quality

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Job responsibilities

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.