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Job summary

Main area
Community Nurse
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Bank
Hours
Flexible working - As and When
Job ref
395-BANK207-MAY24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Various
Town
London and Essex
Salary
£17.69 plus HCA
Salary period
Hourly
Closing
05/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Bank - Community Nurse Band 5

Band 5

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

We are looking for experienced Community Band 5 Nurses to work on a temporary basis, as and when required, who will support the team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust’s mission of “best care by the best people”.

You should have recent community experience and will need to be a reliable, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who is able to integrate quickly and work as part of the team. You will need to have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to travel effectively and efficiently throughout all localities and surrounding areas is integral to the post.

 Please ensure you meet the person specifications and have the relevant qualifications required for the role.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:


1. Provide nursing care to patients as delegated by the Senior Nurse. Evaluate care plans and assess on-going needs within own level of competency.
2. Observe, record and report all changes to other members of the team within twenty-four hours.
3. Awareness of current evidence based approaches to patient care and demonstrates this in practice.
4. Work in partnership with the patient to achieve optimum levels of self-care as agreed on nursing care plan.
5. Document changes accordingly on the care plan which are dependent upon competencies in agreement with the Senior Nurse.
6. Demonstrate, teach and supervise the nursing care that families can safely undertake, advising as necessary in line with own competency.
7. Advise the family on prevention of illness and accidents within own level of competency.
8. Under the guidance of the Senior Nurse assess the need for service aids and equipment and to ensure that those provided are used appropriately and safely.
9. Ensure that the service aids and equipment are used in accordance with manufacturer’s guidelines and to notify all known hazards to appropriate personnel.
10.Report to the Senior Nurse any deficiency in the provision of service aids and equipment.
11.Maintain accurate nursing records in accordance with NMC and Trust policy.
12.Actively participate in the Intravenous Therapy Service at home and manage patients accordingly.

Working for our organisation

We operate a Temporary Staffing service and offer our Bank Staff excellent benefits including:

  • Competitive hourly rates and weekly pay;
  • Access to paid annual leave and statutory sick pay;
  • My Trust Benefits discount scheme;
  • Access to the NHS pension scheme;
  • Paid mandatory training;
  • Opportunities for locally agreed training;
  • Flexibility of hours/location;
  • Priority over agency staff for booking shifts;
  • Free uniform;
  • Opportunity to apply for permanent posts.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The main duties of this post are outlined fully below and in the attached job description

COVID-19 Vaccination

We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • RGN

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience working as a community/District nurse or equivalent
  • Able to deliver core service requirement

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to the provision of high quality care

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Employers for CarersApprenticeships logoAge positiveDisability confident employerHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldEmployers Network for Equality & InclusionCareer Confident EmployerTop Employers for Working Families 2021Top 10 Employer 2023

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Temporary Staffing Recruitment Team
Job title
Recruitment Officer
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03003001530
Additional information

Temporary Staffing Team - [email protected]
0300 300 1530

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