Community Registered Nurse
- NHS
- Part Time
- Milton Keynes
- 29970.00 - 36483.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Are you looking for the next steps in your nursing career?
Are you passionate about Making a difference to patients' lives?
If 'yes' then there couldn't be a more exciting time to join us!
Here at our District Nursing service no day is ever the same. As a well established Community Service, we care for patients with complex needs providing highly skilled assessments and support within their own home environment.
The role will involve working within a team of experienced Community Nurses and working in partnership with multiple stakeholders and voluntary services to provide the best care to our community and shape the future of healthcare across Milton Keynes.
We are looking for nurses who can think on their feet and thrive on the challenges the working day can bring. You will be joining our team of highly motivated proactive professionals to continue our goal of developing our service beyond the traditional scope of nursing in response to the challenging health care needs that we are facing nationally.
The hours of the District nursing Service are 9am - 5pm, 7 days a week including bank holidays, with a view to move the service hours to 9am - 8pm.
Driving licence and use of a car is essential.
Previous applicant within the last 3 months need NOT apply.
Main duties of the job
Post holder to demonstrate professional and clinical evidence based knowledge acquired through Level 1 registration.
Post holder will have developed a wide range of practical nursing skills which are demonstrated with dexterity and accuracy.
To work with the District Nurse to provide skilled patient care to patients and their families in their own homes or other settings as appropriate.
- For the majority of the time the post holder will work independently and without direct supervision and will have the ability to prioritise a changing workload.
About us
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
In return we can offer:
- flexible working
- Buy & Sell Annual Leave
- An attractive pension scheme (including a tax-free lump sum on retirement and family benefits for dependants; ill health retirement benefits; and life assurance cover of twice your annual pay).
- Employee Assistance programme: a free and confidential service to help with personal life
- Staying Well at Work service for tailored employment related support to staff with severe and long term mental health problems
- Physio Med: an education zone, advice line and treatment service for staff
- Staff Wellbeing Zone for free and confidential online health and wellbeing programmes
- The Recovery College: offers a range of health and wellbeing courses for staff
- A range of staff networks: The PRIDE@CNWL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) Network Disabled Employees Network
- Lived Experience of Mental Health Staff Network
- Carers at Work Network
- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BAME)
- Salary sacrifice
Job responsibilities
- Provides skilled nursing intervention/care to patients of any age or condition in partnership with the District Nurse and the clinical direction of the General Practitioners within the management structure of the employing
- Undertakes delegated duties for the caseload holder under the supervision of the District Nurse on duty who is covering the
- Takes responsibility for the caseload in the absence of the District Nurse including new visits/assessments, workload management and allocation, dealing with referrals,
- Maintains close liaison with the District Nurse, GP and other members of the primary care team and wider health and social care
- Applies current Infection Control Policy issues and universal
- Encourages patients towards self care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 1 Registered Nurse
Desirable
- Evidence of other professional training, eg. ENB 998
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of a wide range of clinical experience
Desirable
- Post registration experience
- Experience as Community RGN
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of current community nursing issues
- Sound clinical knowledge relative to experience gained
- NMC Code of Conduct
- Basic infection control issues and procedures
Key skills
Essential
- Sound practical skills.
- Ability to work unsupervised.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to teach others, eg. staff, patients
Desirable
- IT skills
Others
Essential
- Full driving licence and use of car for work purposes
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hawthorn Clinic, Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
MK3 6EN
