We're looking for an enthusiastic, motivated nurse to join our friendly, forward thinking team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a busy, dynamic environment alongside experienced autonomous practitioners who deliver high quality care to patients in their own homes.
In this role, you'll bring strong clinical skills and a passion for excellent patient care. You'll provide day today leadership support to the team and work closely with the Integrated Community Lead, helping to shape and strengthen the service.
Totton ICT is part of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. We work as a truly integrated team -- Community Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy working side by side -- all focused on delivering safe, high quality care that supports people to stay well, independent and empowered in their own homes.
Our service operates between 8am and 8pm, seven days a week, 365 days a year, giving you the opportunity to work flexibly and be part of a team that is always there for our community when they need us most.
Only open to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service, Isle of Wight NHS FT or Hampshire Hospitals FT.
Act at all times with Compassion, to be committed to delivering high quality Care.
Monitor the quality of care planning, implementation and evaluation to ensure optimum quality is maintained.
Ensure that medicines in your area are handled and administered according to professional and organisational guidelines to ensure safety and efficacy.
Inform the integrated senior clinical lead (Band 7) of any concerns with patients, relatives, visitors or staff that may compromise patient care.
Develop and maintain constructive working relationships and liaise effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team so that patients' needs are met.
Communicate effectively with colleagues, patients and carers so that information is shared in order to meet patients' needs.
Act as a role model in the promotion of person-centred practice, and challenge practice which is not person-centred, so that a person-centred culture is maintained.
Ensure that discharge and transfer planning for patients is done in a proactive and interdisciplinary manner.
Practice, role model and promote safe and effective skills in all aspects of clinical practice.
Practice, role model and promote safe and effective recording in line with trust policies and professional standards.
Demonstrate, care, compassion, competence, effective communication, courage and commitment with all patients and carers.
Ensure that patients with palliative care needs (and their families) have those needs met.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Registered General Nurse/ Registered Mental Health Nurse/Practitioner or Registered Allied Health Professional
Post registration qualification or University Degree
Teaching and assessing qualification ENB 998 or equivalent/mentorship qualification -- PETALS
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Anna Poole
anna.poole12@nhs.net
07789867759
Agenda for Change
Band 6
Permanent
Part-Time
348-SSW-11037
The Hub - Totton 1 High Street, Totton Southampton Hampshire SO40 9HL
This vacancy is closed to applications.