Community Staff Nurse

Job overview

We are looking for a Registered Staff Nurse to join our dedicated and highly professional team of community nurses in North Norfolk. We have a full time position within the friendly and welcoming NN4 Team (Wroxham, Hoveton, Stalham, Acle, Brundall and Rackheath areas).

The Community Staff Nurse role is a role under the supervision of Band 6 and Clinical Lead colleagues as part of the larger integrated team, providing high quality patient centred nursing care to patients in a variety of community settings. Nursing care delivered will include catheter care, support for patients with palliative conditions including syringe driver management, management of pressure ulcers and legs ulcers as well as other chronic and surgical wounds, insulin and diabetes management and provision of holistic assessments. Candidates should have an ability to motivate and educate patients with the goal of promoting self management of their health care needs.

This is an ideal opportunity for those either wanting career progression and experience within a community setting or those with previous community experience, skills and knowledge.

You must be self-motivated, flexible able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning skills and have good communication skills.

Main duties of the job

The service is key to the on-going development of the locality within the new Primary Care Network, and will provide the link between our operational services and the GP practices. Ensuring effective communication for those in the care of NCH&C between the G.P practice, Social Services and other service providers involved their care to ensure best outcomes.

You will demonstrate a proactive philosophy to care, committed to a “whole patient” approach, ensuring holistic care of the patient and involvement of all parties. You will be someone who believes strong and effective communication is essential and who strives to ensure quality patient care is their highest priority.

To assist you in doing this you will be clinically supported by our Community Matrons, Clinical Leads and by a management team committed to patient centered quality care. You will receive support and development through in service training, regular appraisals, a personal development plan and clinical supervision.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

An ambition for NCH&C is to create a culture that embraces flexibility in working within a 24/7 service wherever possible, and providing the tools to support this. Therefore if you are interested in a role though would need a flexible working pattern please don't let that put you off applying - we are really wanting to support all applicants and meet their needs taking into consider their work life balance.

Please see attached job description for full list of responsibilities.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.