An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Nurse to work within Home First.
The post holder will be a Registered Nurse (RN1-2-NMC) responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable. The post holder will support their peers, Senior Nurse Co-coordinator (Band 6) and be an effective team member. They will supervise pre-registration students. They will have a commitment to actively work with the Senior Nurse Coordinator who will support with and liaise with other health and social professionals and agencies.
The Home First Team prides themselves on the delivery of quality care to community patients, many with complex needs. All staff promote the philosophy of self-care and the promotion of independence whilst offering the facilities of rehabilitation and assessment. The ethos of the team is to support people to remain in their own home and to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
The team also work to facilitate safe hospital discharges for patients leaving acute care and to offer them nursing support in their own home environment.
The South Home First Team covers the whole of South Staffordshire and provides clinical support for patients in the community to support people to return home through the discharge to assess pathway following a period of acute care in hospital.

To act as a role model and motivate team members in working towards innovative and high standard of practice.

• To participate and support the Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead in the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust.
• To support the Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead in the development of a positive and ‘supportive’ team culture.
• Holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care as part of the D2A process.
• Providing public health, health promotional programs to improve health and reduce inequalities.
• To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.
• Demonstrate at all times the Trust Values.
• Improvement in health and wellbeing including mental health.
• Early supported discharge.
• To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies. To establish and monitor good working relationships with other health and social care professionals, statutory and voluntary organisations.
• To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence and quality of life
• Advise Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead of any issues that may affect the patient or the service.

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By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
Supporting your career development and progression
Excellent NHS Pension scheme
Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Options for flexible working
Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
Free car parking at all trust sites
Free flu vaccinations every year
Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
For further information regarding the role and responsibilities, please refer to the detailed Job Description and Person Specification attached

• To participate and support the Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead in the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust.
• To support the Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead in the development of a positive and ‘supportive’ team culture.
• Holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care as part of the D2A process.
• Providing public health, health promotional programs to improve health and reduce inequalities.
• To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.
• Demonstrate at all times the Trust Values.
• Improvement in health and wellbeing including mental health.
• Early supported discharge.
• To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies. To establish and monitor good working relationships with other health and social care professionals, statutory and voluntary organisations.
• To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence and quality of life
• Advise Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead of any issues that may affect the patient or the service