Senior Community Nurse

River neighbourhood team is a friendly, supportive and hardworking team who are looking to recruit an experienced community nurse on a part time basis of 24 hours. The team operates from 7:30am - 6:30pm, Monday to Sunday including bank holidays). Shift patterns include 07:30-16:00, 08:30-17:00 and 10:00-18:00 on a rota basis. Flexible working opportunities such as compressed hours are available. We are looking for an experienced passionate nurse who is excited by change and is keen to help shape a new way of delivering nursing care in the community. As a team we work closely with our GP's and ANP's and, work hard at developing relationships with other primary care services, drawing on the skills of our MDT colleagues to manage complex patients and ensure our services are responsive and patient centred. Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements., Your typical working day will include the caseload management of patients in addition to the delivery of a range of health care interventions which include:

• Palliative care
• End of life care , managing pain relief and other symptoms in a sensitive and compassionate manner
• Wound care- post operative wounds, chronic wounds including; leg ulcers, pressure ulcers and complex dressing regimes.
As part of the senior role you will be responsible for:
• Supporting students (both pre and post registration) in a supervisor and / or assessor capacity.
• Supervising band 5's and HCAs in the role of a mentor, providing regular 1-2-1s and, yearly appraisals to support career and personal development.
• Working closely with the clinical lead nurses and the operational team lead to ensure that the needs of the service are delivered.
You will be required to undertake the triage co-ordinator role during the week, weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis. This involves working closely with admin to triage referrals, discharges and telephone calls.

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer;
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
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