Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen  for a highly motivated Registered Nurse to join our Community Nursing Team within the North Telford District Nursing Team in the provision of Planned and Admission Avoidance care to patients in the community. 

We are looking for a caring, motivated friendly community nurse to join our busy, professional and dynamic team. You should possess commitment to interdisciplinary team working and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. You will be able to demonstrate a real enthusiasm for community nursing, as well as a desire for on-going professional development.

Ability to travel independently to fulfil the requirements of the post is essential.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

• Promotes a ‘can do’ attitude and determination to develop and sustain a dynamic and responsive administrative and operational service within a community setting which delivers best practice. 
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, liaising with colleagues and partners to ensure an integrated approach to the needs of the service user. 
• To organise and deliver skilled clinical support work without direct supervision. This will include individual in a variety of settings.
• Gain valid informed consent and work within legal frameworks with patients. 
• To liaise with senior clinicians with regard to patient care, highlighting any variations to expected outcomes from agreed treatment programmes. 
• To provide basic verbal and written clinical reports and document patient interventions/findings in case notes in line with professional body and Trust standards.  
• To instruct and educate patients, carers and families on a range of therapeutic activities. 

We are committed to clinical support, CPD & training.

The post is covering 7 days 8am to 6pm service, on a Rota System.

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.