Community Nurse in the District Nurse Team

Job overview

Do you want to move to a new team, for a new start in 2023?

We are a looking for qualified, or soon-to-be qualified, nurse to join our Community Team based at Alfreton Primary Care Centre in North East Derbyshire.

Do you want to make a difference to our patients' lives by providing evidence-based nursing care?

We provide training and education for the successful candidates and are a team that likes to learn together, with regular teaching sessions and information sharing to ensure our standards of nursing are high.

We can offer full-time or part-time hours to the successful candidates and are happy to be flexible to support your work life balance wherever possible.

There has never been a more exciting time to join DCHS which is one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country – one that is also among the very best NHS employers, as voted by its own staff.

So please apply to join our team today!

We have two opportunities available:

1 x Part-time post at the - 30hrs - Permanent

1 x Fulltime - fixed term for a year to cover maternity leave

Main duties of the job

Provide high-quality nursing care to our patients in our local community to keep them safe at home, prevent hospital admission and support hospital discharge home.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care in the most efficient and clinically effective way, whilst maintaining the patient’s privacy and dignity.

Provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high quality care and actively support the Community Nursing sister/s in the management of the health care environment.

Implement / refer on to the relevant services as appropriate.

Work in close collaboration with the Integrated Community Teams/GP surgeries and local acute trusts.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Responsible for the assessment, implementation of treatment and the development of programmes of care for designated patients and provide feedback/escalate discussion regarding meeting patient need through  supervision/monitoring processes.