Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Over 3 days)
- Job ref
- 331-C16640525
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ulverston health centre
- Town
- Ulverston
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Staff Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
An opportunity has become available to join the Ulverston District Nurses as a registered nurse. This is a close and supportive team that pride themselves on delivering a high standard of person centre care to the residents of Dalton and surrounding villages.
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic team player that shares the same passion and drive to care for people in their own homes to a high standard.
The post is 22.5 hours a week over 3 days and includes weekends and bank holidays. The post will also include working evenings and potential nights as part of their hours in the Furness out of hours team over a 7 day week, 365 days a year.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as a registered Nurse within Community Services, accountable for providing evidence based, holistic nursing care of patients.
You will be expected to support the Sister/Team Leader in leading the team supervising, directing staff and delegating workload according to skills of the staff within the team.
The Ulverston team is a small team consisting of full and part time nurses and a health care support worker. Ran day to day by the Assistant Team leads and supported by the Team Lead.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered general nurse
- Final year Nursing student
Desirable criteria
- supporting learners in practice/mentorship qualification
- V150 prescriber
- Academic palliative care course
- Academic wound care course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Palliative care
- Wound care
- Communication skills verbal/non-verbal
- time management
- IT systems
- documentation
- delegation
- supervision of junior staff
Desirable criteria
- Continence care
- Advanced communication / difficult situations
- councelling
- work allocation
- shift leadership experience
Clinical skills
Essential criteria
- Wound assessment and product choice
- venepuncture
- syringe driver use
- female/male/SP catheter
- Holistic assessment
Desirable criteria
- Compression therapy
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Empathetic
- Self motivated
- Team work
- outgoing/friendly
- self-awareness
Desirable criteria
- Experience of lone working
- Experience of working in patients own homes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Marie Rogers
- Job title
- District Nurse Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07975 232800
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