Community Staff Nurse (Clinic & Response)

Job overview

We are currently seeking nurses possessing the highest standards of care and compassion in order to aid, coach and support our diverse population of patient requirements here in Cheltenham.

Band 5 Community Nurse to work in ambulatory clinic setting 2 days per week (Monday & Thursday), and 1 day per week (to be allocated within Off Duty) as response nurse for unscheduled patients based in Cheltenham.  As this is a community based role, the successful candidate will require a driving licence and the use of a vehicle for work purposes.

We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses

Main duties of the job

To excel in this role, you will require excellent communication skills, the courage to make clinical decisions and a willingness to develop your potential.

You will require current NMC registration, post-registration experience is helpful but not essential and we have an excellent preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses.

We are a Technologically SMART Trust, offering a ‘Mobile office’ model providing you with all the equipment needed to carry out your role in comfort whilst on the road. This is as a result of the “YOU SPOKE - WE LISTENED”  working results in staff safety due to live system and instant access to patient notes and past interactions whilst on the move.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module “Preceptorship for Healthcare” (AP7026).