Community Nurse

Job summary

Part time 15
Hours per week.

This role is a Community Nurseas part of
the evening team working 18:30-23:30 over 7 evenings a week including weekends
and bank holidays.

The team is a
countywide team which is centrally based in Droitwich with satellite bases in
Evesham, Bromsgrove and Kidderminster, this post is primarily based in Droitwich
covering South Worcestershire, although some flexibility to cover other areas
in the county is preferable. The team visit patients in their own home and
support them in remaining at home and preventing admission to hospital and
supporting early discharge from hospital.

The post
is all worked as unsocial hours hence picking up pay enhancements for all hours
worked which makes this post more attractive. more money for less hours!!

These
working hours offer perfect work life balance particularly if you have a young
family, you will have the daytime to enjoy hobbies and activities but remain in
a progressive career.

We pride ourselves in providing
outstanding care to patients across Worcestershire. We will provide you with
resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility,
continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and
support. If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for
you, get in touch with Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top
right-hand side of the advert.

Main duties of the job

As a community Nurse working with the Evening Team most of
the work allocated to you will be of an unplanned nature. The service works as an
on-call service covering the County of Worcestershire taking direct referrals
from patients, 111, Ambulance Service and discharging hospitals. You can expect
to have a comprehensive induction and work alongside peers until you are
confident to then work alone.

The evening service nurses primarily work alone, and have work
allocated via a handheld tablet by the triage nurse based at Droitwich. You
will be able to start your visits from home if the geographics dictates.

The patients that are seen during the evening and night vary
immensely and no 2 shifts are the same. For example, we see catheters,
palliative care, wound care, administration of medication, diabetics, and
patients requiring intensive support rehabilitation following discharge from
hospital or admission prevention. As a team we often undertake initial
assessments of patient in the community.

As part of a new initiative, we are working
closely with West Midlands ambulance service and 111 and assist in responding
to urgent Care response. These can be patients that have fallen, or patients
requiring further assessment to aid prevention in admission to hospital.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (RN1).
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Desirable

• Accredited courses in palliative care, tissue viability, Diabetes.
• Mentor award.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Able to cope under pressure.
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake further training.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
• Role modelling good behaviour that supports team working.
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic IT skills.
• Flexible, lateral thinker.
• Reflective practitioner.
• Proven ability to motivate others.
• Able to work competently without supervision and set own priorities.
• Responsible for own professional development.
• Ability to understand professional and ethical issues.
• Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.

Experience

Essential

• Experience gained during Pre-Registration training.

Desirable

• 2 years post registration experience.
• Community nursing experience.
• Experience of management of caseloads.

Knowledge

Essential

• Variety of evidence based clinical skills.
• Confidence to teach student nurses, trainee nursing associates, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of evidence-based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance.

Desirable

• Competence in male and suprapubic catheterisation.
• Venepuncture and IV therapy.
• Cannulation.
• Management of syringe drivers.

Closing Date: 4 August 2026