Job overview

Are you looking for a new role in a supportive and dynamic team or perhaps looking for your next challenge!

CICH North Neighbourhood Team are looking for a dynamic and skilled Community B6 Nurse, for a 6 months fixed term contract.

As a senior nurse within the service you will be responsible for providing skilled leadership to colleagues during the shift.  This will include allocating workload and managing the caseload of the team.  Prioritising patients based on need.  You will manage the performance and development of staff, be responsible for providing supervision for staff, ensuring that a high standard of skilled nursing care is provided to patients.

You will use specialist knowledge in assessing, planning and implementing care and demonstrate high level problem solving and decision-making skills.

Community experience is essential.

Applications welcome from  car drivers and "walkers". As this is a community nursing role, the expectation is for all clinicians to travel independently between sites with the equipment/ consumables needed for their role.

Main duties of the job

As the senior nurse you will help coordinate the shift ensuring that all staff carry out skilled evidence based nursing intervention.  You will be a point of contact for staff on duty and use your skills to manage complex, challenging and demanding clinical situations.  You will assess, prioritise and manage the active caseload, using coordination and leadership skills to ensure this is done effectively.

You will use your skills to teach staff, demonstrating and supervising nursing care to patients.

Provide managerial supervision to the staff you are responsible for including yearly appraisal.

Working for our organisation

Our commitment as an employer & in accordance with the NHS constitution is to provide you with:

1. Clear roles and responsibilities and a rewarding job so that you can make a difference to patients, their families and those who care for them and communities.
2. Personal development, access to appropriate training for your job and line management support to succeed.
3. Support and opportunities to maintain your health, well-being and safety and an environment free from harassment, bullying or violence.
4. A good working environment with flexible working opportunities, consistent with the needs of patients and with the way that people live their lives.
5. Fair treatment that is free from discrimination.
6. Opportunities to engage in decisions that affect you and the services you provide, individually, through representative organisations and through local partnership working arrangements.
7. Opportunities to enable you to be empowered to put forward ways to deliver better and safer services for patients and their families.