Charge Nurse / Senior Staff Nurse (Community)

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below. More detail about the role Exciting opportunity in out of hours across the beautiful Devon landscape. Looking for a new challenge? Want to develop your leadership skills, with the support of a Band 7, to support an enthusiastic and developing team? If you are passionate about providing high quality nursing care to people in their own homes and want to support individuals to remain in their preferred place of care, preventing unplanned admissions, then the Out of Hours Nursing Team within Community Health and Social Care is for you. The Team supports the community populations across Exeter, East and Mid Devon; the Team are based in Ottery St Mary. We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic, experienced nurses to the Band 6 role of Community Nurse Specialist. You will be able to demonstrate your enthusiasm and commitment to community nursing, highly developed clinical skills to share as the clinical expert and be able to evidence your leadership skills/experience to support junior team members. The post-holder will be supported by the Team Manager and a Clinical Matron. Our Out of Hours Team, consists of nurses and healthcare assistants. The team provides unplanned care to ensure we support the needs of our populations around the clock, undertaking responsive holistic nursing and social care as required. The caseload covers a broad range including end of life care, admission avoidance and support for timely hospital discharge. The team also provide clinical support for our Urgent Community Response support workers between the hours of 5pm 10pm. This post provides a huge opportunity to harness the enthusiasm of the current team to develop the service further, enhancing the nursing skills of junior staff to broaden the provision available to patients. Support will be given to undertake the SPQ qualification. Applicants will be required to commit to all shift patterns within the team, however preferences will be taken into consideration; applicants will need to be comfortable with driving, sometimes long distances across the geography; the team uses Trust pool cars. Working Pattern: The team currently provides a service from 16:00 08:00 hours worked over 2 shift patterns 16:00 00:00 hours and 22:30 08:00 hours; consideration will be given for applicants expressing a wish to work 12 hour shifts. Interview Date: To be confirmed Pay - The salary advertised for this position reflects the Agenda for Change 2024-5 rates, inclusive of a 5.5% pay award implemented from October 2024. If you join before this date, the pay award will be backdated to April 2024 or your start date, whichever is later. Until then, remuneration will be based on the 2023-4 pay bandings (Pay scales for 2023/24 | NHS Employers). For further information please contact: Hilary White, Community Nurse Team Manager on 07738 293462 or [email protected] for more information about the team and role. As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Preference will be given to staff with Priority and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon. The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received. The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust. Benefits We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team. This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there. Looking after you is important to us. We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies. If you're starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays. You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups. Salary is not the only financial benefit You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including: National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts. Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter Car lease schemes. The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK). Cycle to work scheme These are just a few of the benefits available if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.

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