Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has an exciting opportunity available for an experienced Band 6 Community/District Nurse to join a well-established team based in Aylesbury.
Banding/Grade: Band 6
Pay Rate: £28 per hour (assignment rate)
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
- Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious nursing roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
- Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a Nurse and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many Community Nurses you can refer.
- Professional Development: Working as a locum Community/District Nurse provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Main duties:
- Holistically assess, plan, deliver and evaluate individual programmes of care in partnership with patients, carers and other health and social care professionals in a response to planned and urgent need. This will include a personalised treatment plan including predicted date of discharge.
- Be accountable for an identified caseload.
- Refer patients to alternative services as determined by their clinical need.
- Communicate effectively with clients /carers and colleagues to Agree treatment goals.
- Maximise rehabilitation potential
- Ensure understanding of conditions and treatment.
- Manage patient expectation regarding the service, how it operates and the potential to be transferred or discharged.
- Deliver a range of clinical skills, which are commensurate with the clinical competencies required for a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse within the District Nursing service.
- Recognise and work within own level of competence and seek advice where appropriate.
- Utilise clinical expertise in identifying patients’ needs specifically around the early signs of deterioration to ensure acute and chronic phases or changes in condition are responded to appropriately, this may include referral to an alternative care pathway or service.
- Discharge dates are met wherever possible.
- Must have an understanding of risk, and to be able to assess and manage risk within patients’ homes and other settings.
- Liaise with acute partner services to ensure patients are redirected to the appropriate service if required.
Requirements of the Community/District Nurse:
- RGN qualified/NMC registered with valid live pin
- Recent UK nursing experience
- Must have Community/District nursing experience
Contact:
This Community/District Nurse job is advertised by Jack Dobrucki; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Registered General Nurses who meet the above requirements.Regretfully we are only able to respond to Nurses who meet these requirements for this RGN role as we need to meet our clients requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
