Band 5 Community Staff Nurse - Weekends Only

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust ,
Birmingham, West Midlands

Overview

Job Description

Community-based - will need driving licence & access to a car. Suitable for newly qualified. We are looking for a group of highly motivated applicants who are interested in meeting the challenge of working on the community with patients in the home setting. You will be working with a variety of disciplines within the multidisciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for patients to ensure their independence and well being. The post holder will carry out a variety of nursing duties as part of the patients holistic care management through the assessment and evaluation of health needs particularly in the areas of palliative care, wound management, diabetes and other long term conditions. Vacancies available within all District Nursing Teams in Birmingham on a permanent basis. Training and development will be provided to support successful candidates in achieving competence in these areas. The service operates between the hours of 8 am to 6pm over 7 days per week and the working pattern for the successful candidate will include weekend working and bank holiday periods. This post requires the successful candidates to be highly mobile so requires a full driving license and car available for work. For further details / informal visits contact: Susie Cockburn ,Matron on Tel: 0121 466 6103. IMPORTANT * Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process. * Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address. * Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails. Be Part of Our Team... Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands. If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you. For further details / informal visits contact: Susie Cockburn ,Matron on Tel: 01214666103. Employment Type: FULL_TIME