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. Advert 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 Working for our organisation BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings. The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500 beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge. Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital. We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team. With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be. We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can BeKnown for whoever you are. Join us. What will you BeKnown for? 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.