Team Lead Community Nurse inTunbridge Wells inTunbridge Wells PUBLISHED 11 OCT 2024
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We are looking for Band 6 Nurse to join one of our Community Nursing teams based at Tunbridge Wells, Abbey Court. The service operates seven days a week from 8am - 6pm. These extended working hours allows more flexible working for anyone looking for more flexible hours. Weekend working is generally on a 1:4 ratio with days off during the week.
There are two teams supporting patients registered with GP practices working in Tunbridge Wells and surrounding areas supporting theTunbridge Wells Primary Care network.Each team has two senior nurses who to take responsibility for a defined geographical area, and provide clinical leadership to their Band5, Band 4 and Band 3 staff. The team will work together to manage caseload patients delivering a high-quality service.
Candidates will be experienced nurses with relevant transferrable clinical skills.
Candidates wanting to move to a community setting with advanced clinical skills or expertise will be considered. KCHFT is keen to support development and therefore, candidates without the specialist District Nurse qualification or having a recognised advanced clinical skills/module will be considered for trainee posts.
Using the named nurse model, we want to allow nurses to spend more time with patients, promoting self-management where possible, and improving patient lives.
Staff will be required to drive their own car and are able to claim mileage costs and access the NHS car lease provision, following their probationary period.
Together we can empower you to really make a difference to patients' lives. The very different world we are living in at the moment has given us the opportunity to rethink how we provide our services here at KCHFT.
KCHFT is keen to support development and therefore, candidates without the specialist District Nurse qualification or having a recognised advanced clinical skills/module will be considered for trainee posts. If you're interested in moving to a community setting, please still apply or get in touch as we are happy to support you into achieving your SPDN qualification.
Additional Working Pattern: Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm with rotational weekends.
About usThe job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
We are looking for Band 6 Nurse to join one of our Community Nursing teams based at Tunbridge Wells, Abbey Court. The service operates seven days a week from 8am - 6pm. These extended working hours allows more flexible working for anyone looking for more flexible hours. Weekend working is generally on a 1:4 ratio with days off during the week.
There are two teams supporting patients registered with GP practices working in Tunbridge Wells and surrounding areas supporting theTunbridge Wells Primary Care network.Each team has two senior nurses who to take responsibility for a defined geographical area, and provide clinical leadership to their Band5, Band 4 and Band 3 staff. The team will work together to manage caseload patients delivering a high-quality service.
Candidates will be experienced nurses with relevant transferrable clinical skills.
Candidates wanting to move to a community setting with advanced clinical skills or expertise will be considered. KCHFT is keen to support development and therefore, candidates without the specialist District Nurse qualification or having a recognised advanced clinical skills/module will be considered for trainee posts.
Using the named nurse model, we want to allow nurses to spend more time with patients, promoting self-management where possible, and improving patient lives.
Staff will be required to drive their own car and are able to claim mileage costs and access the NHS car lease provision, following their probationary period.
Together we can empower you to really make a difference to patients' lives. The very different world we are living in at the moment has given us the opportunity to rethink how we provide our services here at KCHFT.
KCHFT is keen to support development and therefore, candidates without the specialist District Nurse qualification or having a recognised advanced clinical skills/module will be considered for trainee posts. If you're interested in moving to a community setting, please still apply or get in touch as we are happy to support you into achieving your SPDN qualification.
Additional Working Pattern: Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm with rotational weekends.
About us
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
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