Junior Sister

Job overview

Could you help West Suffolk Hospital to deliver the best quality and safest care to our local community?

An exciting opportunity for a band 6 Junior Sister, Community Nurse, has arisen in the Bury Town Integrated Neighbourhood Team. The team are based in Bury St Edmunds  a historic market town surrounded by picturesque villages.

The successful applicant will join a dynamic, friendly team of community nurses, community matrons, therapists. You will be providing nursing services to patients in the community and have the chance to work in an autonomous manner with the support of the wider multi disciplinary team within the hospital and across the West Suffolk Alliance.

Within your role you will be able to provide clinical and supervisory leadership to staff and students within the team and support the management of the nursing staff by taking responsibility, in partnership with the District Nurse, for the day-to-day co-ordinating, planning and delivery of the nursing services within the Community Healthcare Team. You will be supporting the management of patients with multiple and complex needs, using evidence based practise to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to improve patient health.

Main duties of the job

You will be using a wide range of nursing skills and will need to be confident in your assessment skills and in your ability to provide safe, effective treatments whilst working in a community setting.

Experience in leadership as well as clinical experience in palliative care, wound management, catheter management, cannulation, IVs and a range of point of care testing techniques will be an advantage. You will have the chance to be fully involved in working with the MDT and integrating with Adult Social Care, hospice and hospital staff and will need to be committed to ongoing learning and development in the team.

This will be the perfect opportunity if you would like a role where you can use a broad range of nursing skills and develop your leadership and management skills. We deliver nursing care to patients in their own homes and on the virtual ward.

You will be able to develop your role in accordance with areas of clinical interest and to progress in your career, with training and education available to support this. There are opportunities to be involved in quality improvement initiatives and ongoing learning and development in the team.

We operate a 7 day service within core hours 8am to 6pm

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details around the main responsibilities of the role.