Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Community Nurse/District Nurse
Band 6
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
鈥淭o be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care鈥.
Our Purpose
鈥淲e care for people every day. What we do together, matters鈥.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.听
Job overview
YOU WILL REQUIRE A UK DRIVING LICENSE AND ACCESS TO A CAR TO APPLY FOR THIS POST.
Would you like to work for a Trust who has been rated as Good for its care delivery by the CQC and Outstanding for its End of Life Care?
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Nurse to work as a Band 6听 District Nurse/Senior Community Nurse听 as part of our friendly and dynamic multi-disciplinary care team.
You must be an enthusiastic individual with excellent leadership and communication skills and motivation in your approach to care delivery to ensure we maintain a high quality service for our patients in the changing environment of community services.
You will need to demonstrate the ability to manage a caseload and to lead the day to day management of the team of community staff nurses whilst supporting, directing and teaching junior team members in all aspects of care delivery. You will also need to work as part of a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team, liaising closely with our Primary Care Networks and Neighbourhood Teams as part of the out of hospital model of care.听
The community nursing service is commissioned to provide services between 7am and 11pm, seven days a week, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Applicants will be required to work a shift pattern within these hours as part of the role although flexibility can be discussed.
Flexible working is considered within all applications
Main duties of the job
The post holder carries continuing responsibility for the caseload, incorporating the assessment of care, including complex needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.听 She/he is responsible for the overall management of the caseload, including the supervision and deployment of staff within his/her sphere of responsibility.听 The role encompasses treatment, advice and teaching within professional competence of the post holder.听
The post holder will be responsible for providing highly skilled nursing care to the residents of West Essex, promoting the health of the population and reducing the effects of ill health and disability and maximising the individual鈥檚 potential for independence. She/he will work closely with General Practices, Social Services and other statutory and non-statutory services to meet the needs of the local population using public health information to support service development.
The main focus will be on integration and implementation of the Out of Hospital model to ensure the service is of the highest quality, implementing and monitoring the clinical and management strategy for the service
The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner within the Community Nursing Team supporting the delivery of care and supporting patients own homes working in collaboration with system partners and as part of the Primary Care Networks and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams as part of the out of hospital model of care
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on this job vacancy.听
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse
Desirable criteria
- District Nurse Qualification
- Non-Medical Prescribing
Skills
Essential criteria
- Compression Bandaging Skills
- Palliative Care experience
- Catheter care experience
- Wound management
- Diabetes management
- phlebotomy experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience at Band 6
- Prescribing skills
- Continuing Healthcare knowledge
- Previous leadership experience
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
- Kristy Jaggard
- Job title
- Community Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07947958606
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