Sister / Charge Nurse / District Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sister/ Charge Nurse/ District Nurse to join our Primary Care Home team delivering high quality nursing care to the population of the coastal town of Gorleston. If you are motivated, adaptable, forward thinking and you see yourself leading within community healthcare, then this could be the role for you.

The role contains variety every day with a mixture of face to face clinical practice, leadership and management. You will be responsible for the line management of a number of clinicians, have the opportunity to participate in HR processes including recruitment, appraisals and supporting junior members of the team. We welcome applicants who have a desire to improve clinical practice.

This role sits in a multidisciplinary team providing community services 7 days per week 07:00- 20:30 hours

The core nursing shift is 08:30- 16:30 other shifts included in the rota 07:00- 15:00 and 12:00 -20:00. Weekend and bank holiday working on a rotational basis.

The post is offered up to 37.5 hours per week. Worked in a 7.5 hour shifts over 5 working days or three 10 hour shifts and one 7.5 hour shift.

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical leadership, operational management and professional support to community nursing within Primary Care home

To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide planned and unplanned care

To provide expert clinical case management for patients living in the community who require nursing care

To work autonomously at a level appropriate to clinical competence and within scope of professional practice

To carry out rapid assessments in patients own home with the aim of preventing admission to the acute hospital. These assessments will take a holistic ethos including physical, physiological and social aspects of need.

ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.