The closing date is 15 January 2025
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39,205 to £47,084 a year per annum (incl of HCAS)
Job summary
Come and join our CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ Trust as a Community Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse for the Windsor and Maidenhead Community Nursing Team.
As a CommunityNursing Sister/Charge Nurse you will manage a clinical caseload under the delegation of the team leader as well as exercising leadership and management of a defined community DN team to ensure good clinical practices and high standards of care are maintained in order to meet service demand. We offer a supportive environment with opportunities for further career development, and a strong in-house training programme.
Working within our Community Nursing Team you will support, assess, and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality, evidence-based practice. You will have a passion and enthusiasm to care for patients in their own homes.
Main duties of the job
- Maintain required competencies, as identified in the Band 6 Community Nurse competency framework, in order to effectively undertake patient assessment, care planning and immediate care needs.
- Support staff to complete holistic assessment and reassessment of all health and nursing needs, ensuring that every patient has an overview of health and nursing need recorded.
- Manage and be responsible for a clinical caseload under the delegation of the team leader.
- Support teams to provide information to patients, their families, and carers both formal and informal, so that they can make informed choices about current and future care needs.
- Provide clinical support, leadership, and guidance to all staff to ensure that evidence-based care and clinical practice are maintained in Community Nursing Teams.
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse- Adult
Desirable
- Specialist leg ulcer module
- Active on the mentor register
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Leadership & Management development
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of leadership within a team
- Wound care experience including leg ulcers
- Experience at band 5 in a community setting or other relevant practice area
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Understanding of Community Nursing
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to support staff to undertake clinical duties, develop and implement evidence based practice
- Good organisational skills
- IT , written, and oral skills including presentations
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of leg ulcers aetiology, treatment and prevention
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Valid full UK licence with confidence to drive during social hours and has use of car for work purposes
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).