Job summary
- Main area
- Potters Bar Community Hospital
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-HERTS-7440925
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Potters Bar Community Hospital
- Town
- Potters Bar
- Salary
- £32,602 - £39,686 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Staff Nurse
Band 5
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!
We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking Band 5 Registered Nurses to work within Potters Bar Community Hospital Rehabilitation team. Potters Bar Community Hospital Rehabilitation Unit has 29 inpatient beds.
We are looking for dedicated nurses who preferably have worked within the NHS, especially in ward settings. This is a full time post which involves working night and day shifts 7 working days which includes bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
To give skilled nursing care, based on principles of best practice and clinical evidence. This includes: Management of complex wounds, urinary catheterisation and IV competence.
Act as a Named Nurse with the support and supervision of the Deputy Team Lead. To take continued responsibility for the holistic health needs assessment including care planning, evaluation and appropriate implementation of health care and ensuring continuity of care following referral from acute care.
Act as the patient’s advocate and to facilitate the patient’s own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care, as appropriate.
To identify and record new problems and other relevant information reporting back to the doctor and nurse in charge as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, 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(only available for Band 5 and up)
- 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, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required. **
Person specification
Education/Qulalifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with full and current UK NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of other post-registration education and training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent clinical nursing experience negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary team
- Working with people with complex health needs
- Supporting students and other learners e.g. HCAs teaching others in the practice environment
- Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence-based care.
- Previous experience in the Nursing process, care planning and fluent in record keeping
- Experience of providing holistic care that involves the multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of training other students.
- Participation in audit; research projects; service development
- Post registration experience in a NHS community environment
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Knowledge of Personal Development Planning
- Knowledge of CQC and other national standard
- Knowledge of how Equal Opportunities can be implemented in practice
- Awareness of the management and use of data in the NHS setting
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice.
- Knowledge of management of long-term condition e.g. Stroke and an understanding of the concept of self- management.
- Knowledge of infection control
- Knowledge of general wound care
- Promotion of continence
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of recent government legislation and changes in community care delivery
Key Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing such as computerised documentation and data entry
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
- Sue Vithanage
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07584 270300
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