Community Nurse - Band 5

Job Type:
Permanent
Job Sector:
Health, Medicine
Region:
South West
Location:
Bath / Bristol
Salary:
£28,407 to £34,581 per annum
Salary Description:
£28,407 - £34,581
Posted:
28/10/2024
Recruiter:
HCRG Care Group
Job Ref:
HCRGCG/TP/25229/12367

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Bath North service as a Band 5 Community Nurse based at our The Hollies, Midsomer Norton location. 

We have a part time opportunity with service hours typically being 8.00am - 5pm Monday to Friday with one in every 4 weekends. Your focus will be to offer advice and support to housebound service users in their own homes to promote their well-being and independence. You will also be offered a flexible role where you can work your own diary to provide continuity of care. 

You will join an extremely supportive and friendly team where teamwork is at the forefront of everything they do and fostering the development of skills and careers are paramount. There are two Band 7 in the team who are always based in the Hollies service who are always available for clinical support and guidance.  Our Team also have an Outstanding’ rating from CQC!

You will also work alongside the Reablement team and Community Matrons in a multi-disciplinary atmosphere. The service is located right on the high-street of Midsomer Norton, with a Sainsbury’s situated nearby as well as the service having its own dedicated car park!

We offer an individually tailored induction programme to suit your needs and interests and to help you develop your skills to be the best they can be, as well as preceptorships for newly qualified nurses.

Whether you are a newly qualified, due to qualify, or an experienced Band 5 Nurse already, we would love to hear from you!
Package DescriptionYou will feel valued as a Band 5 Community Nurse with HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:


£28,407 - £34,581 and AfC terms and conditions –including an NHS pension
Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
On-site car parking!
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year 
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Main Responsibilities“When I joined the community I assumed the majority of my workload would be wound care but it’s quite the opposite, my skills have widened massively and my confidence has grown. I love the variety each day brings and being able to see the positive changes I can make to our service users.”

As a Band 5 Community Nurse for the Hollies, Midsomer Norton team, you will cover areas such as Radstock, Paulton, Peasedown St John, and other surrounding areas. 

To complete the duties of the role a Driver’s license and access to a car is necessary.

As a Community Nurse you will:


Responsible for contributing to the holistic assessment, planning delivery and evaluation of care to patients within their own homes.
To develop and implement programmes of care
Advise and recommend treatment by liaising with GP's and other specialists within the multidisciplinary team 
To take charge in the absence of senior grade staff
Administration of medication – s/c, im, pr, IV, transdermal, oral, controlled drugs, along with palliative car, wound care and IV therapy.

The Ideal CandidateYou will:


Be an NMC Registered Nurse or a newly qualified nurse
Have a full UK driving license with access to a car for work purposes.
Can work both independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.
Have strong communication and organisation skills and a flexible approach
You will be looking for a role that is rewarding and varied and where you get to develop lasting relationships with service users. 


We provide a supportive preceptorship programme to allow you to develop your skills in your new career.

For more information or to discuss the role in more detail please contact Louise Taylor at Louise.Taylor@hcrgcaregroup.com

Or Eva Wallis at Eva.Wallis@hcrgcaregroup.com 
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. 

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy. 

Contact Details:
HCRG Care Group
Tel: 03002471111
Contact: Careers Team (NW)
Email:

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