Job overview

Are you passionate about providing better care for patients? Do you want an opportunity to work in a service that is transforming how care is delivered in our community?

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated Band 5 Community Nurse  to join a dynamic and developing patient focused rehabilitation service, based in York and supporting people in their own homes.

Prior understanding of Community nursing is desirable . Further competency training and development is expected and will be supported. You will be required to work closely with the Out of Hospitals Directorate team and will have undertake a wide variety of tasks.

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, work flexibly and be a strong team player. You be providing support to students and junior / non registered members of staff.

If you are both motivated and flexible, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, then we would like to hear from you.

·       Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY at one of our Trust sites. Remote interviews will not be available.

·       The validity of Nursing and Midwifery Council PIN will be checked before shortlisting. Inaccuracies in NMC PIN details will mean your application will not be progressed.

·       Interested candidates are encouraged to make contact with the Recruiting Manager to have an informal discussion about the role

Main duties of the job

Our service provides planned and time limited treatment, rehabilitation and care to patients in their own homes, maximizing independence, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, and facilitating hospital discharges.

Working as part of an established team, you will be helping individuals stay independent by receiving rehabilitation and care in their own home, rather than hospital or care facilities. Significant training and development opportunities will be available.

You will be responsible for providing holistic assessments as well as specialist nursing treatment and management of patients, providing rehabilitation to patients as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team, within the Selby locality.

We provide a seven day service between the hours of 8am - 8pm. The successful candidate will take part in a rota that covers all hours of the service, however we do offer a flexible and varied shift pattern to staff.

We work closely with all partners, including: hospital wards, GP’s, A&E, Social Services and the voluntary sector, supporting hospital discharges and preventing unnecessary admissions.

The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy.

Working for our organisation

To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link:

https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully.  If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.