Community Nurse | Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a Registered Nurse who is looking to make a difference in a new team or seeking a new challenge to help support patients in the community?
If so, this opportunity is for you! Come a join us in beautiful Belper and work as a community nurse in a historic town encased by the rolling countryside.
We are looking to recruit a part time (fulltime considered) registered nurse to work within the Belper Community Nursing team, based at Babington Hospital
There has never been a more exciting time to join one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country – one that is also among the very best NHS employers, as voted by its own staff.
Please apply to join our team today!
To manage referrals into our service and provide evidence-based care to support patients in their own home.
This great opportunity includes working alongside peers from nursing teams across the locality, general practice, therapy and our Home visiting colleagues.
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care, promoting self care wherever possible in an efficient and clinically effective way, whilst maintaining privacy and dignity.
To provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high quality care and actively support the District Nurse and Senior Community Nurse in the management of the health care environment.
We are a professional, friendly, and enthusiastic team who work closely with our wider colleagues to provide a holistic integrated service that enables and educates our patients to remain independent in their own homes, whenever possible, to prevent hospital admission and support a safe discharge home.
This is increasingly important as care for patients become more community-focused.
Our purpose in Derbyshire is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.
Benefits include:- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
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This advert closes on Sunday 23 Feb 2025