Community Nurse

at  Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Would you like to get out and see beautiful views of the Coast and Moors whilst carrying out your work as a Community Nurse?
We are looking for Community Nurses to work in our Frailty Virtual Ward Service. Working across, Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale localities, delivering care in patients home setting/usual place of residence, in line with the VW frailty pathways and national strategy. There would be an excellent induction, support from Senior Nursing Staff & a Preceptorship Programme for newly qualified nurses.
The service operates 7 days a week.
Ideally applicants would have at least 6 months post registration experience and an interest in community nursing, frailty and ageing well. As a community nurse, you would be supported to develop into an autonomous practitioner; nursing patients with multiple complex health care needs in their own home.
As a Community Nurse, you will work within an integrated hub model of Community Nurses, Specialist Nurses, Community Staff Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Registered Nursing Associates, Assistant Practitioners & 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 (once competencies have been achieved):
Intravenous Antibiotic administration;
End of life care as appropriate to service model
Recognising and Managing the deteriorating patient;
Complex and simple wound care
Phlebotomy, sample collecting, swabs in line with process
Point of care monitoring, remote monitoring digital platforms
Utilising physical assessment skills and clinical nursing skills to complete patient assessments including falls, nutrition, pressure ulcers and the deteriorating patient.
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
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.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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