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Job summary

Main area
Community
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (out of hours working covering shifts 18-00 to 08:00 on a rota basis)
Job ref
407-COMMUNITY-6702637
Employer
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Blakenall health centre
Town
walsall
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Community Staff Nurse - Out of Hours

NHS AfC: Band 5

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021

We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.

We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce

Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement. 

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment

We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
 
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at COVID-19 Vaccination | How to access your vaccine in the Black Country and West Birmingham (blackcountryandwestbirmccg.nhs.uk) where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
 

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant.  The Trust currently holds the Bronze Award which underlines the Trust’s commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community.  As an organisation, we are aiming to achieve the next level Silver award, with our sights firmly on Gold.

 

 RESPECT - COMPASSION - TEAMWORK - PROFESSIONALISM

 


 

Job overview

Community Nursing Services are well established within Walsall with a fully integrated domiciliary service and excellent relationships with Social Services and the Acute Sector. Offering a wide range of service covering the community out of hours service

An opportunity has arisen to join the Out of Hours, Night and Evening Service.  The main part of the role will be providing care to community nurse’s case load out of hours between 18:00 to 08:00hrs on a pro-rota basis. You must be a level 1 RGN. 

PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of a team and have responsibility for a varied caseload of Community Nursing clients, the main focus during these operational hours are Palliative Care and Urine Catheter patients, the OOH team Cares for Patients in their own home this care closer to home model includes flexibility to respond rapidly for unplanned care to avoid Emergency Department attendance. You will work under the direction of senior nurses within the out of hours Teams between 17:00 and 00:00 but when required, you will be lone working over night with an unqualified member of staff.  You will need to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service and be able to work effectively with partnership agencies and the Acute Trust over 7 days a week 17:00 to 08:00 on a rota basis.

Working for our organisation

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development of our Pleck Road site was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children’s Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.

We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from some 60 sites including Health Centres and GP surgeries. Covering Walsall and beyond, our multidisciplinary services include rapid response in the community and home-based care, so that those with long-term conditions and the frail and elderly, can remain in their own homes to be cared for wherever appropriate.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be part of a team and have responsibility for a varied caseload of Community Nursing clients, the main focus during these operational hours are Palliative Care and Urine Catheter patients, the OOH team Cares for Patients in their own home this care closer to home model includes flexibility to respond rapidly for unplanned care to avoid Emergency Department attendance. You will work under the direction of senior nurses within the out of hours Teams between 17:00 and 00:00 but when required, you will be lone working over night with an unqualified member of staff.  You will need to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service and be able to work effectively with partnership agencies and the Acute Trust over 7 days a week 17:00 to 08:00 on a rota basis.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered nurse
  • evidence of personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
  • teaching and assessing

Experience

Essential criteria
  • evidence of multi disciplinary working
Desirable criteria
  • evidence of community experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work using own Initiative
  • effective communication skills written and verbal
  • ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Desirable criteria
  • Basic understanding of the principals of treatment or approach to treatment i.e. cross infection, patient confidentiality, dealing sensitively with patients.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Debbie Watson
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07971588433
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