District Nursing - Community Nursing Sister - Charge Nurse
Posting date: | 17 July 2024 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £37,162 - £44,629 per annum (incl of HCAS) |
Hours: | Full time |
Closing date: | 17 August 2024 |
Location: | Slough, SL1 2BJ |
Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | 6486071/371-CHS527-C |
Summary
We are currently recruiting for aDistrict Nurse/Community Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse to join our busy yet rewarding team.
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 demonstrateinnovative practice. Showing effective management skills, you will take responsibility for caseload management of housebound patients with multiple nursing need in the community.
You willbe responsible forensuring high quality evidence-based care for patients, their families, and carers in the community.
Our working hours/days are as follows:
Monday to Friday (Core hours) - 08:30 – 16:30
1 weekend every 4 weeks with days off in the week
Late shift – 11:00-19:00
Early shift – 07:00 – 15:00
• You willmanageacomplex and diversecaseloadofpatients.
• You will provide high quality nursing care to a range of patients with varying healthcareneeds.
• You will provideleadership,support androle modellingto staff,sharing learning and developingpractice.
• Some of the healthcare you will be expected to provideincludesend of life care, wound management, and muchmore.
• Full time (37.5 hours per week) and part time opportunities available
• Located atUpton Hospitaland covering surrounding areas.
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.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values 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.
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
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
• Qualified RegisteredAdultNurse with NMC PIN
• Experienced Community Staff Nurse
• Evidence of Leadership and Management development
• Specialist Practitioner Qualificationin District nursing highly desirable.
• Car Driver with UK licence
• Positive and motivational attitude
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. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Thursday 1 Aug 2024
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