Job overview

An exciting opportunity for Community Nurses has arisen in the Haverhill Integrated Neighbourhood Team. The team are based in a Health Centre in Haverhill; a predominantly modern and young town which lies in the dip of the Newmarket Ridge.  The Haverhill Health Centre is the base for a wide range of other health professionals and agencies including Adult Social Care; consequently we are able to work together in a fully integrated way.

The successful applicant will join a dynamic, friendly team of community nurses, community matrons, therapists and social care staff.  You will be providing nursing services to patients in the community and have the chance to work in an autonomous manner with the support of the wider multi disciplinary team within the hospital and across the West Suffolk Alliance. You will be assessing the patients by carrying out home visits and planning and implementing a patient’s individualised care plan. As part of the team you will also be delivering care to virtual ward patients.

On site at the health centre you have access to treatment  facilities and may be involved in delivering nursing care in specialist clinics. You will be using a wide range of nursing skills and will need to be confident in your assessment skills and in your ability to provide safe, effective treatments whilst working in a community setting.  Experience of palliative care, wound management and catheter management  will be an advantage.

Main duties of the job

·       To assess, plan and deliver healthcare for patients, for example with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.

·      To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital.

· To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.

·    To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non-statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.

Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?