Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Weekend Rota Cover included due to 7 day service requirement)
- Job ref
- 388-7744545-FC&I-A
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Torquay ISU - Union House
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Community Registered Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
If you are passionate about providing high quality individualised patient care, enthusiastic about supporting patients' rehabilitation and increasing their independence and quality of life we would like to hear from you.
You work as a registered nurse within an integrated team, working across the community, this includes: Community Nursing, Intermediate Care and Community Matrons.
You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, have a Patient centred approach to care, be highly motivated and able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
An ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information: using empathy and reassurance skills. Can provide motivational and negotiation skills in areas where consent/ co-operation is required or there may be barriers to understanding. To include undertaking best interest decisions
Main duties of the job
- To deliver high quality care to the housebound patients of Torquay and work as part of multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with primary care and secondary care.
- Patient comfort and well-being are paramount
- Achieving agreed standards of care
- Working as part of, and contributing effectively, as a valued team member
- Other objectives to be discussed, set and reviewed at time of Achievement Review
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- An ability to communicate and liaise effectively within a range of settings including:-
- GP’s
- Primary Health and Social Care Team
- Practice staff
- Hospital Staff – Sisters/Nurses/Hotel Services/OT’s/Physio
- Community Staff – Health Visitors/Community Nurses/Admin Staff
- Zone Manager
- Macmillan Nurse
Out of hours services:
- Devon Docs
- SWAST (Ambulance Service)
- Safeguarding Team
- Patients/families/carers
- Third Sector Organisations
- Care Trust Representatives
- Nursing/Residential Homes
Working for our organisation
Torquay Health and Well-Being Team are a large but supportive team who enjoys mentoring team members and students and is passionate about delivering quality care to the housebound patients.
We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality. We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. The team is flexible and promotes a health work/home life balance.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
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Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- Qualified Registered Nurse Level 1
- Computer literate
- Monitor stores orders
- Ability ti generate prescriptions and order pressure relieving equipment using available IT systems in place
Desirable criteria
- Community Nurse Prescriber V150
- Diabetes course
- Palliative Care Course
- Mentorship Course
- Tissue Viability/ Leg Ulcer course
- Experience of continuing health care assessments.
- Experience of COPD or Heart Failure
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant I.T. knowledge/experience
- Awareness of safeguarding adults and children
- Awareness of mental capacity act.
- Holistic client assessment using an identified model of care
- Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations
- Knowledge of principles of Research and Audit
- Proven relevant experience in communicate complex information to patients, carers, and health and social care staff
- Awareness of resource management
- Utilising specialist knowledge across a wide range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge
- To maintain timely and accurate written records
- To manage/prioritise a caseload, demonstrating appropriate delegation
Desirable criteria
- Health and Safety awareness
- Equality and diversity awareness
- Understands clinical governance
- Awareness of local and government agendas
Specific Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate good time management skills
- Ability to demonstrate relevant team worker experience
- Proven relevant experience in a range of clinical skills including complex and specialist skills
Desirable criteria
- Willing to undertake V150 community practitioner prescribing course
- Palliative care skills
- Understands clinical supervision and able to demonstrate relevance to practice
- Previous experience of working in an integrated health and social care environment
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
- Natalie Armstrong
- Job title
- Community Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917053580
- Additional information
Please note Wednesday is my non working day.
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