Community Staff Nurse - Golden Valley District Nurses

Job overview

The key principles of Wye Valley Trust are to improve the health and well-being of the people we serve in Herefordshire and surrounding areas. We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our wonderful District Nursing Team.

The Golden Valley District Nursing Team are a small but very supportive and dedicated team, we are an incredibly engaging, positive and hard-working team, providing care and support to patients in their own homes. Due to the small size of the team with a very large geographical area to cover, community experience/knowledge is beneficial and advised for this post.

We work closely with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, including GP's, Palliative Care Nurses, Therapy Teams, and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

We welcome applications from both experienced and newly qualified nurses (beneficial to have Community knowledge).

Main duties of the job

Our aim is to provide treatment and support to patients in their own homes. Whilst undertaking a holistic nursing assessment, we aim to encourage patients to remain as independent as possible, in order to prevent hospital admissions.

Due to the nature of this role, the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post are essential.

The Golden Valley cover one of the largest areas within the service, this post will include a high amount of travel.

Main duties of this role include, but are not limited to;

• Wound care- Palliative care- Managing end of life symptoms and providing support for relatives/carers- Managing long term conditions in a community environment- CVAD and drain management- Chemotherapy disconnect- Holistic assessments- Post operative care following discharge- Wound assessments and management- Venous blood samples

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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