Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Community Services
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekends and bank holidays)
- Job ref
- 820-7288574-COM
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Westley Team
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 5 Community Staff Nurse Westley Team
Band 5
Job overview
This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested
If you are an international recruit outside of the UK you will not be shortlisted for this post. there is an alternative route to apply by.
Community-based working. Will need driving licence & access to a car.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our excellent planned community nursing team based in Boldmere covering the 4 council wards around the area.
We are looking for a highly motivated applicant who is interested in meeting the challenge of working on the community with patients in the home setting. You will be working with a variety of disciplines within the multidisciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for patients to ensure their independence and well being.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of a planned team of community nurses delivering care to patients in their own homes. you will need to be competent in many clinical skills ranging from diabetes care/insulin injections up to providing end of life care to patients who's preferred place of death is at home. There is also a need to have a passion for wound care and to place the patient at the centre of your working day often acting as an advocate for them.
Working for our organisation
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The service operates between the hours of 8 am to 6pm over 7 days per week and the working pattern for the successful candidate will include weekend working and bank holiday periods. This post requires the successful candidates to be highly mobile so requires a full driving license and car available for work.
For full details refer to JD.
Person specification
Professional qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)
- Mentor and assessor qualification or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continued professional development relevant to role
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting
Skills/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical practice.
- Excellent communication Analytical skills and a problem solving approach
- IT literate
- Awareness of the complex needs of a multicultural, socially diverse population
- Effective time management
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure
- Effective Team Member Leadership and interpersonal qualities
Other Job Requirements
Essential criteria
- Needs to be independently mobile through out the organisation. This post is assessed as require a Car driver
- Willing to work flexible hours including weekends and Bank Holidays as part of a rota.
- Ability to work across various sites in Birmingham
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kathleen Henry-scamp
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01214664280
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