Job overview

Are you passionate about working in the complex area of frailty in the community?

 Are you a confident registered nurse and decision maker, who can think on their feet and embrace positive risk taking ?

 Would you like to work in a dynamic, ground-breaking, and fully integrated intermediate care team?

 If the answer to the above is yes, then we would like to hear from you!

 Due to re-organisation and restructure in adult community services, we have brand new opportunities for band 5 registered nurses. 

Working to a home first agenda, the role is to support service delivery across inpatient, emergency department and community settings.

Our service consists of Health and Social Care colleagues. Consultants, GPs, Advanced Care Practitioners, Urgent community response practitioners, Social Workers, Nursing, Occupational therapists,  Physiotherapists, Discharge Team, rehabilitation assistants and Multi-Disciplinary Assistants all work together to support patient flow. We operate 7 days, 365 days a year to support some of our most vulnerable, older people with frailty.

 You will be based across our 4 community bases in addition to our new purpose-built Hub at Harrogate Hospital.

We are proud to offer our Community Nurses:

• A full induction including a community welcome pack
• Preceptorship programme
• Funded NMC fee's for newly qualified nurses for the first year

Main duties of the job

• To undertake the provision of high standards of nursing care in relation to unscheduled urgent community response, hospital at home and intermediate care in the community.
• When required inreach into acute services in ED and acute frailty unit and SDEC 
• To plan, implement and evaluate episodes of care.
• To plan and organise workload and delegate to other staff when necessary.
• To undertake nursing assessment, diagnosis and treatment appropriately.
• To work alongside senior nurses and Matron to support the delivery of nursing intervention
• To undertake intermediate care  assessments on behalf of the team

Working for our organisation

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East. 

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you! 

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service. 

Please note:

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application. 
• Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.