Work clinically to offer expert direction and day to day leadership to a team of community nurses. Carry their own patient caseload. Provide assessment and nursing care, advice and information to patients and carers within the home environment or alternative care setting.
Aim to, wherever possible, maintain patients in their own preferred place of care enabling them to maximise their independence and optimise their quality of life.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated registered nurse with at least 2 years of Community experience to join the team working in the Okehampton area. The successful candidate will also possess the SPQ in District Nursing qualification (or be willing to undertake this via the apprenticeship route). The post holder will manage a caseload with a key responsibility of maintaining patients in their own preferred place of care enabling them to maximise their independence and optimise their quality of life, as well as helping to facilitate timely discharge from hospital, including those patients at End of Life.
Working Pattern:
At present 8.30-4.30, Mon-Fri, working one weekend in 4.
Interview Date:
To Be Confirmed
For further information please contact:
Jenny Lee CNTM, 07860 827262 or e-mail jenny.lee2@nhs.net
Benefits
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team. This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us. We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies. If you're starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays. You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit. You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including: National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts. Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter. Car lease schemes. The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK). Cycle to work scheme.
These are just a few of the benefits available if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description. Desirable
See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description.
Employer details
Employer name: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Address: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1PN
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Aim to, wherever possible, maintain patients in their own preferred place of care enabling them to maximise their independence and optimise their quality of life.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated registered nurse with at least 2 years of Community experience to join the team working in the Okehampton area. The successful candidate will also possess the SPQ in District Nursing qualification (or be willing to undertake this via the apprenticeship route). The post holder will manage a caseload with a key responsibility of maintaining patients in their own preferred place of care enabling them to maximise their independence and optimise their quality of life, as well as helping to facilitate timely discharge from hospital, including those patients at End of Life.
Working Pattern:
At present 8.30-4.30, Mon-Fri, working one weekend in 4.
Interview Date:
To Be Confirmed
For further information please contact:
Jenny Lee CNTM, 07860 827262 or e-mail jenny.lee2@nhs.net
Benefits
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team. This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us. We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies. If you're starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays. You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit. You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including: National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts. Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter. Car lease schemes. The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK). Cycle to work scheme.
These are just a few of the benefits available if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description. Desirable
See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description.
Employer details
Employer name: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Address: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1PN
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