Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Nurse to work within Home First.

The post holder will be a Registered Nurse (RN1-2-NMC) responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable. The post holder will support their peers, Senior Nurse Co-coordinator (Band 6) and be an effective team member. They will supervise pre-registration students. They will have a commitment to actively work with the Senior Nurse Coordinator who will support with and liaise with other health and social professionals and agencies.

The Home First Team prides themselves on the delivery of quality care to community patients, many with complex needs.  All staff promote the philosophy of self-care and the promotion of independence whilst offering the facilities of rehabilitation and assessment.  The ethos of the team is to support people to remain in their own home and to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. 

The team also work to facilitate safe hospital discharges for patients leaving acute care and to offer them nursing support in their own home environment.

 The South Home First Team covers the whole of South Staffordshire and provides clinical support for patients in the community to support people to return home through the discharge to assess pathway following a period of acute care in hospital.

Main duties of the job

•       To act as a role model and motivate team members in working towards innovative and high standard of practice.

•       To participate and support the Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead in the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust. 

•       To support the Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead in the development of a positive and ‘supportive’ team culture. 

•        Holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care as part of the D2A process.

•        Providing public health, health promotional programs to improve health and reduce inequalities.

•       To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.  

•        Demonstrate at all times the Trust Values.

•       Improvement in health and wellbeing including mental health.

•       Early supported discharge.

•        To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies. To establish and monitor good working relationships with other health and social care professionals, statutory and voluntary organisations. 

•        To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence and quality of life 

•        Advise Senior Nurse Coordinator and Clinical Lead of any issues that may affect the patient or the service. 

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Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping  your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; 

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people. 

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications