Virtual Ward Community Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, flexible, and compassionate Senior Community Nurse to join this new and exciting service within the localities of Mid Nottinghamshire and/or Bassetlaw.

You will work within the Virtual Ward Team and in collaboration with system partners such as City Care, as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary clinical team with a dedicated focus of delivering excellent patient centred care and innovation.

You must be able to work flexibly over 7 days including weekend and bank holidays.

Shifts are 8am -8pm

You will be providing care to patients in a community setting, who require high quality holistic evidence-based care that is responsive, effective, and efficient in line with the virtual ward model.

We would love to hear from you if:

You possess community nursing experience or acute care experience with a passion for learning, demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful, and approachable, evidencing high levels of personal and clinical credibility, being able to instantly establish effective working relationships in a range of work settings.

You have a thirst to use digital and remote technologies within your assessments.

You demonstrate high levels of care and compassion to promote independence, prevent hospital admission or admission to care, support early discharge from hospital and to help people to receive the care they require within the places they call home.

You enjoy working collaboratively across organisation boundaries, within a multidisciplinary framework, analyse and develop treatment plans whilst providing compassionate, realistic, and timely support to a diverse patient group and their families

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £20.00 (standard) or £41.00 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

For a full range of role responsibilities and duties please refer to the attached job description - please ensure you demonstrate the essential criteria in the Job Description and Person Specification to be shortlisted for interview.

We have a depth and breadth of services and teams within the Community Health Services Division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust with many different clinical levels and skills: everyone has a role to play and everyone is highly valued. We love to grow talent and foster innovation from within our team....so if you have ideas, are highly motivated, flexible and open to new experiences and new ways of working...we want to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, flexible, and compassionate Senior Community Nurse to join this new and exciting service within the localities of Mid Nottinghamshire and/or Bassetlaw.

You will work within the Virtual Ward Team and in collaboration with system partners such as City Care, as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary clinical team with a dedicated focus of delivering excellent patient centred care and innovation.

You must be able to work flexibly over 7 days including weekend and bank holidays.

Shifts are 8am -8pm

You will be providing care to patients in a community setting, who require high quality holistic evidence-based care that is responsive, effective, and efficient in line with the virtual ward model.

We would love to hear from you if:

You possess community nursing experience or acute care experience with a passion for learning, demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful, and approachable, evidencing high levels of personal and clinical credibility, being able to instantly establish effective working relationships in a range of work settings.

You have a thirst to use digital and remote technologies within your assessments.

You demonstrate high levels of care and compassion to promote independence, prevent hospital admission or admission to care, support early discharge from hospital and to help people to receive the care they require within the places they call home.

You enjoy working collaboratively across organisation boundaries, within a multidisciplinary framework, analyse and develop treatment plans whilst providing compassionate, realistic, and timely support to a diverse patient group and their families

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £20.00 (standard) or £41.00 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

For a full range of role responsibilities and duties please refer to the attached job description - please ensure you demonstrate the essential criteria in the Job Description and Person Specification to be shortlisted for interview.

We have a depth and breadth of services and teams within the Community Health Services Division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust with many different clinical levels and skills: everyone has a role to play and everyone is highly valued. We love to grow talent and foster innovation from within our team....so if you have ideas, are highly motivated, flexible and open to new experiences and new ways of working...we want to hear from you.