Community Nursing Sister - Charge Nurse

Job overview

• Salary: £33,338 - £47,084 – Band 6
• Locations: Reading, Newbury, Wokingham, Bracknell, Slough, Ascot, Windsor, and Maidenhead
• Core Working Hours: Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend and late shifts as part of a rotational schedule.
• Job Flexibility: Full-time, part-time, or job-share opportunities available.
• Trust Rating: CQC-rated 'Outstanding'

Looking for a fresh challenge? Ready for flexible working hours that align with your ideal work-life balance? This could be the perfect opportunity for you!

In this role, you will provide support and leadership to a dedicated team that takes pride in delivering excellent care and prioritising the well-being of the community. Ideally, you will bring clinical experience in working with adults in a community setting.

• You will need access to a vehicle for work purposes or the ability to travel as required to meet the needs of the service. Please note that some office locations or client care bases may not be accessible via public transport.

Applications for this role will be considered on a first come first serve basis and we may close the vacancy early if the right candidate is found.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced nurse with a warm personality and excellent people skills. You should be eager to undertake relevant training, possess leadership experience, and demonstrate innovative practices. With strong management skills, you will take responsibility for managing a caseload of housebound patients with complex nursing needs in the community.

• Responsible for a complex and diverse caseload, actively working to prevent admission to the acute sector and supporting patients in their preferred place of care.
• Responsible for maintaining detailed, accurate and confidential patient records, adhering to Trust policies.
• Leading an effective supportive team, working together to provide clinical advice and support to other staff and patients.
• Responsible for managing a defined caseload of patients, including the ongoing assessment of care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of care programs.
• Accountable for maintaining high standards of care and overseeing the activities of your team. This includes serving as a role model, sharing knowledge, and fostering the development of best practices.

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites

Belong At Berkshire Healthcare

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• A desire to develop leadership and management skills
• A passion for community nursing, that matches our passion to provide excellent healthcare for our patients within their own home
• Adult nursing qualification along with NMC registration
• You will need to either have access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes or are you able to travel as required to meet the needs of the service.

*Please note not all office locations or client care bases may be reached by public transport*.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Kuljinder Johal, Talent Acquisition Partner on [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

• Registered Nurse – Adult
• Active on the Mentor Register
• Evidence of Leadership & Management development
• Recognised coaching qualification or willing to undertake

• Specialist Practitioner qualification (DN Degree, diploma or Certificate in District Nursing)
• Non-Medical Prescriber/Nurse Prescriber Qualification

Continuous Professional Development

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• Evidence of a current CPD portfolio

Previous Experience

• Experience in mentoring and assessing both pre and post reg. nurses in a community setting.
• Evidence of clinical leadership within a community nursing environment including
• Mentoring/assessing in practice
• Recruitment and selection
• Risk and Incident Reporting (Root Cause Analysis) and supporting teams in learning from findings.
• Clinical Leadership course or willingness to undertake
• Able to manage own workload and support others
• Able to conduct courageous conversations and support staff with performance related issues
• At least 2 years Community Nursing experience at Band 6.
• Experience of leadership within a team.

• Coaching
• Clinical Leadership course or willingness to undertake

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Understanding of the role of Community Nursing
• Able to work autonomously
• High levels of effective communication, influencing and interpersonal skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Able to motivate self and teams to positively manage change
• Reinforce within the service the need to view users holistically and promote self-care and independence.
• Work collaboratively with their counterparts from teams in other provider organisations to develop a seamless service.
• Effective role model and motivates staff within the service by being highly visible, approachable and communicative at all levels; utilising effective written, oral and presentation skills.
• Develops strong interpersonal relationships, ensuring that staffs are given the support to develop and grow into roles.
• Ability to support staff to undertake clinical duties, implementing evidence-based practice.
• Ability to influence and problem solve.
• Creative and innovative approach to service development
• Applies policies and procedures effectively to manage risk
• Demonstrates cultural awareness
• Demonstrates flexibility to deal with the needs of unscheduled services and able to prioritise workloads and work under pressure.
• Understands the business needs of the organisation and shares all available information with the service ensuring people understand latest developments and their relevance
• Knowledge of current DH documents/government legislation and recommendations.
• Willingness to undertake further qualifications and develop expertise in identified areas.
• Participation in audit.
• Able to utilise IT and various media in order to support data collection

Additional Requirements

• Able to demonstrate recent innovative practice.
• Able to work flexibly across service areas to enhance quality of service provision.
• Valid full UK licence with confidence to drive during and in unusual environments with use of car for work purposes.
• A degree of agility and the ability to manoeuvre light to moderate loads.
• Able to work bank holidays, weekends and unsocial hours to meet service needs.
• Able to work in challenging environments.

These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.

At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.

Watch our careers video to learn more.

We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.

Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.

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