Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (To include evenings and weekends)
- Job ref
- 201-25-083
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- District Nurse Team Office Unit 4 Underground House,
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Nurse - Coastal
Band 5
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
Successful applicants will be invited to attend a Selection Day at Carew House, Bodmin on 21st February 2025. This will be a morning or afternoon to be confirmed.
We have an exciting opportunity for a caring and motivated Community Nurse within the Coastal Community Nursing Team.
We are seeking a dynamic, forward thinking professional who wants to help us deliver exceptional nursing care in the community. A commitment to team working and providing excellence in patient care is a must as are exceptional communication and people skills. An ability to prioritise and manage own daily workload is required in this role.
You will need to be able to demonstrate real enthusiasm for community nursing as well as a desire for on-going professional development.
Informal chats and visits with the team are welcomed. Please contact Andrea Trewhela, District Nurse Locality Team Leader on 07824 302038 or [email protected] for more information. Alternatively contact the team direct on 01209 881899.
This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, without direct supervision, to patients, carers and relatives within their home environment, enabling them to enjoy maximum independence and optimum quality of life.
To work in partnership with patients and carers to offer support and advice and promote informed choice.
Responsible to support the role of the Community Nurse Team leader and other locality teams by working in a flexible way where need and service provision demands.
To work autonomously, providing effective, evidence based care in line with competency and training record and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse – Adult
- Current Professional Registration - NMC
- Evidence of recent relevant personal professional development
- To act as a mentor for student university placements. Having the mentoring qualification or being willing to work towards this qualification and attending mentorship updates as required.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Andrea Trewhela
- Job title
- District Nurse Locality Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01209 881899
- Additional information
Community Nurse Team office 01209 881899
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction.
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