Specialist community nurse

Our Community Services team based in the Scarborough locality is looking for band 6 Community Nurses. This clinical role involves both direct patient care & co‑leading a team of nurses & HCAs.

You may already have the degree level Specialist Practitioner qualification or we will support you to undertake the course within 2 years of commencing. We know that your career development and the support that you receive is important. Here's what a member of our team has to say about his experience:

You will have a planned induction & we have a clear competency framework so you know what is expected within your role & can plan development of your competencies with support from your Clinical & Team Leaders.

In the community setting you need to be able to drive yourself around the locality & be comfortable with lone working including visiting patients in their own homes alone.

Specialist advice is readily available due to our integrated community service also including Therapists, Pharmacists, Tissue Viability, Continence, Cardiac, Diabetes, Dietetics, Speech & Language & Respiratory Specialists.

Main duties of the job

Community Nursing is a highly specialised area of practice recognised by the Queens Nurses Institute and NMC as a specialist role. As a District Nurse/Senior Community Nurse, you will work within an integrated hub model of District Nurses, Specialist Nurses, Community Staff Nurses, Therapists, Trainee/Registered Nursing Associates, Associate Practitioners, and Health Care Assistants to meet the needs of the complex patient in the community and avoid admissions to the acute sector as far as practicable. This includes:

• Intravenous Antibiotic administration,
• End of life care,
• Managing the deteriorating patient,
• Complex and simple wound care including VAC therapy and compression therapy,
• Venepuncture,
• Utilising advanced physical assessment skills and many more clinical nursing skills.

Main duties of the role include:

• Provision of high quality, patient centred clinical care
• Caseload Management;
• Leading a team of Community Nurses and support staff including provision of supervision - both clinical & managerial;
• Working with other Band 6 District/Community Nurses to ensure adequate staffing and share resources and learning;
• Induction, probation & competency development of new staff recruited to team;
• Referral to and working alongside Specialist Clinicians & other agencies;
• Engagement with Safety Huddles;
• Actively encourage prevention and self‑management;
• Carry out audits;
• Engage in working groups to inform service development.

Benefits

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts, including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

Equal Opportunity

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Qualifications & Knowledge

• NMC Registration
• Full understanding of the practice area and specific role applied for demonstrated on application
• Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility

Experience

• Previous community based experience or band 6 experience transferrable to community setting
• Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
• Demonstrable experience of working in Community Nursing at band 6 level
• Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice

Skills and Competencies

• Able to effectively transport self between multiple addresses/venues on a daily basis including transporting equipment & clinical stock required for treatment
• Familiar with using SystmOne

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year, pro rata