Community Staff Nurse

Job description

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Do you live in or want to work within Buckinghamshire?

Are you an experienced Band 5 Registered Nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your career in Community Nursing?

We have an exciting opportunity for two motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 Community Staff Nurses to join our service in a new and innovative role, working across our seven locality teams.

This is a predominantly proactive, community-based role, focusing on delivering planned care and supporting patients to manage their health and wellbeing within their own homes.

The successful candidates will undertake a range of clinical activities, including long-term condition reviews, continence assessments and management, and phlebotomy (blood tests). The role will also involve providing clinical guidance and support to Healthcare Assistants, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality patient care.

Working collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will play an important role in promoting patient independence, preventing avoidable hospital admissions and supporting timely discharge from hospital.

Main duties of the job

To contribute to processes for service and quality improvement

Assess the physical and psycho-social needs of patients and deliver
therapeutic interventions based on best available evidence in order to improve health outcomes.

To manage own case load, delivering and evaluating service delivery to patients with a variety of medical conditions and those delegated by case managers.

To plan interventions with the Case Manager and other team members using the common assessment process

To take part in the referral management process to ensure patients are treated by the most appropriate member of the team/service

To contribute to the development of protocols and procedures developed for clinical pathways

Working for our organisation

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