Out Of Hours Community Nursing Service Community - Part-Time 4 evenings per week x 4hours per evening 19:00-23:00
We are currently recruiting for an Out of Hours Community Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse to join our busy yet rewarding team.
We are seeking to recruit someone with previous experience of working in a Community Nursing team who can provide leadership and support to develop staff in reaching their full potential.
You will be an enthusiastic and experienced nurse, with a warm personality and great people skills. Willing to undertake relevant training, you will have leadership experience and be able to demonstrate innovative practice. Showing effective management skills, you will take responsibility for caseload management of housebound patients with multiple nursing need in the community.
You will be responsible for ensuring high quality evidence-based care for patients, their families, and carers 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 in the Out Of Hours 19:00-23:00
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 the management of a defined caseload of patients, with continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of care programmers.
Accountable for the standards of care and for determining the activity of your team. This will include acting as a role model for staff, sharing learning and developing practice.
A key member of the Community Team, providing robust clinical services for patients, maintaining positive communication links other members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (Day DN-UCR-Westcall GP-Paramedics), providing high quality patient focused care using evidence-based practice.
Participating in the delivery of highly skilled nursing care to patients, providing End of Life Care, wound and IV-line management and assisting patients to develop self-management skills.
Your working hours would be mostly 19:00-23:00
We are keen to promote a genuine work-life balance – offering mobile working and flexible working arrangements.
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 including electric vehicles
Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
Free parking across Trust sites
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
A full UK Driving Licence and have use of a car for work purposes at night 19:00- 23 : 00
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.
In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. 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: Mercy Muradzikwa on 07768546448 or email :
[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.
