District Nurse - Band 6 / Senior Community Nurse inFarnham inFarnham PUBLISHED TUE 19 NOV 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a District Nurse / Community Nurse Band 6 tojoin our Farnham Community Nursing Teamto help us continue to change things for the better

The Farnham Community Nursing team is based at Farnham Hospital and covers Farnham and surrounding areas. They are a highly supportive team who are happy to develop an aspiring Band 5 nurse into a Band 6.

They are also able to offer flexible working to provide a good work life balance.

The community nursing team covers 8am to 8pm, 365 days a year. The shifts include a mixture of 8am to 4pm, 9am to 5pm and 12pm to 8pm. and 1 weekend in 3. We are also happy to consider part time hours.

Within this role you will:

• Provide leadership and management to your team.
• Have responsibility for your caseload and have skills and competencies to provide excellent patient care in their homes.
• Undertake full nursing assessments of patients, including those with multiple co-morbidities and complex health and social needs.
• Be responsible for agreeing the patients care plan, liaising with others and adapting the care and treatment delivered according to need and patient choice.
• Work with the Integrated care system and MDT to provide holistic care for your patients.
• Responsible for contributing to the holistic assessment, planning delivery and evaluation of care to patients within their own homes.
• implement, monitor and maintain high standards of care delivery at all times.
• Care for patientsand their families in the way thatyou believe is best
• Deliver our high service standards, sharing bestpractice, and actively improving the way we work.

About us

You will feel valued as aDistrict Nurse - Band 6 /Development Post for Band 5 to Band 6with HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £35,392 - £42,618with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• 5%high cost area allowance
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
• Plentiful onsite parking
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality CommissionThe Ideal Candidate

  You will be a NMC/1st level registered Nurse preferably some community experience.You will have the ability to work both independently and also as part of a wider multidisciplinary team. It is expected that you should have strong communication and organisation skills and a flexible approach which will ensure you deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey. You will have a full UK driving license with access to a car for work purposes.

  You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and have working knowledge of an i pad which is used for mobile working.