Community Staff Nurse

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join the West Berkshire Community Nursing Team. Community services are caring for increasingly complex and acute patients, delivering specialist treatments and high-quality care within patients’ own homes.

As part of our dedicated team, you will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for patients with a wide range of health needs, promoting independence and delivering holistic, patient-centred care. Key areas of practice include complex wound care, bladder and bowel management, medication administration, palliative and end-of-life care.

We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively both independently and within a multidisciplinary team. A passion for delivering outstanding care in the community setting is essential.

The service operates 7 days a week, 08:30–19:00, including Bank Holidays, therefore flexibility across service hours is required. Our team has a diverse skill mix ranging from Band 3 Healthcare Assistants to Band 7 Community Matrons, providing excellent support, learning, and development opportunities.

This is a rewarding role for a nurse who is enthusiastic about community care and committed to making a real difference to patients in their own homes.

Main duties of the job

• To work in conjunction with the Team Leader/ Community Nursing Band 6/ Community Matron and all staff within the team to holistically assess the needs of patients and carers, and to work in partnership with the patient and family to plan, implement and evaluate programmes of nursing care.

• To be able to undertake first visits and take any immediate action, reporting back to the Team Leader/Community Nursing Band 6/Community Matron for further discussion and/or assessment.

• To establish working relationships with other professionals and voluntary agencies to achieve health aims.

• To undertake practice assessor and supervisor training support students and new staff to the service.

• Provide care according to the available evidence of best practice and the support of others in the development of evidence based practice.

• To be actively involved in promoting self-care for patients and building Health Promotion into care.

• To develop and participate in planned teaching programmes for patients,

• To demonstrate knowledge and skills including assessment, reassessment, medication management, bladder bowel care, tissue viability, care, use and administration of treatment using specialist equipment, palliative care and symptom control, managing acute episodes of care, reducing hospital admissions, as per band 5 competency document.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The  4 “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:

• Registered General Nurse (RGN), NMC registration.

• Well developed written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.

• Able to work flexibly across 7 days service requirement

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Sian Banwell, Community Nursing Team Leader  on 07971 314572  or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.

Applications for this role will be considered on a first come first serve basis and we may close the vacancy early if the right candidate is found

Please note, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.