Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Community Practitioner Student (District Nurse)
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment will also be considered)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-HERTS-5158
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Harpenden Memorial Hospital
- Town
- Harpenden
- Salary
- £37,162 - £44,629 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Community Practitioner Student (District Nurse)
Band 6
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
CLCH is looking to recruit highly motivated experienced registered adults nurses interested in undertaking the BSc(Hons) Specialist Community Practitioner (District Nurse) Qualification in Sept 2023.
This is a fully funded and salaried training place. you will be given a fixed term contract with CLCH to undertake a one year full time course.
Students will be supported by Community Practice Assessors and Practice Supervisors based across the Hertfordshire Division of Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
Start date of the programme: September 2024
Fixed term contract or Secondment for one year
Interview dates: To follow on successful shortlisting
Main duties of the job
Candidates will require the following skills / knowledge:
- Current NMC Registration for nursing (Adult Branch)
- DipHE (or above) qualification equivalent to 120 credits at level 5 (of the Higher Education Credit Framework for England) or evidence of previous education and training to this level.
- Note some Universities will accept 60 credits at level 5/6 and offer candidates the option to APEL (accreditation of prior experiential learning)
- For the post graduate diploma route a 2:1 Honours Degree is necessary.
- Post registration study / learning over the past two years.
- Recent experience of working as a registered nurse in a community nursing role
Please use the personal statement section of the application to demonstrate how you meet the person specification.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to job description, personal specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current UK NMC Registration for nursing (Adult Branch)
- DipHE (or above) qualification equivalent to 120 credits at level 5 (of the Higher Education Credit Framework for England) 2 or evidence of previous education and learning to this level. 3
- Evidence of post registration study / learning over the past two years
- FOR INFORMATION - Some Universities will accept 60 credits at level 5/6 and offer candidate the option to APEL (accreditation of prior experiential learning) For the post graduate diploma route a 2:1 Honours Degree is necessary Please refer to the candidate guidance for HEI details
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continual professional development at level 6 or above
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience of working as a registered nurse in a district nursing led service community nursing role
- Evidence of clinical skills relevant to a district nursing led service community nursing role
- Managing staff within a team
- Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload
- Teaching and Assessing in clinical practice
- Working within multi-disciplinary teams
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Ayres
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07795 367951
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