Senior Community Nurse

at  Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced staff nurse with at least 2 years post registration experience? and have a passion for community nursing? If so then this could be the role for you .
At Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCT) we are transforming our community services to ensure we deliver the best care we can to our patients while supporting Staff to do this is in a safe caring effective and well lead manner .
We are inviting applications to join our planned community Nursing service which forms part of the Adult physical health community services delivering care to those people living in their home environment. As a Senior Nurse in the team you will be working along side other health professionals which includes case load managers (District Nursing ) staff nurses , health care support workers and registered nursing associates .
You do not require a district nursing qualification , however evidence of post registration study or a willingness to commit to undertake further study that will benefit the patient population you are working with , is essential.
We have opportunities for full time and part time posts . In addition we offer a variety of shift patterns across the service in order to offer flexibility for staff.
The Senior Community Nurse post is a predominantly clinical role with a split in role of 90% clinical and 10% Non-clinical work. As a Senior Community Nurse with a minimum of 12 months experience in community nursing post holders will utilise their knowledge, skills and expertise to assess, plan, implement, monitor and review patient care. Knowledge and Skills will be used to develop competencies and clinical knowledge with patients, carers, colleagues, students and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
As a Senior Community Staff Nurse post holders will also support the District Nurse Caseload holder with caseload management and, have a key role in communicating important information through the team.
This is a really exciting opportunity to be part of a forward thinking service and work collaboratively with our health care partners across Bradford District Care NHS Foundation trust
Interested? Come and talk to us , we look forward to hearing from you
The planned care community nursing service operates between the hours of 8am and 9pm 7 days a week and a variety of shift patterns exist to cover this time frame

EVERYTHING WE DO IS UNDERPINNED BY OUR CORE VALUES: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further information about this role

Please refer the Job description for details