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 Complex Care Community Nurse to join a well-established team based in Stoke-on-Trent.
Banding/Grade: Band 6
Pay Rate: £26-£40per 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.
Role purpose:
- Provide high standards of care to patients with highly complex continuing care needs. Care will be delivered within the patient’s own home / other community setting or local hospital.
- Required to deliver care independently but will be expected to report back to other members of the team, the patient and family.
- The post will involve lone working; there is always a qualified nurse on-call for support.
Main duties:
- Maintain confidentiality on all matters relating to patients/families adhering to Trust policies.
- Assess patient care needs. To implement and evaluate programmes of care with patients and their families.
- Ensure that the delivery and quality of care given complies with local and Trust agreed policies and procedures.
- Communicates effectively with patients/families/other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure prescribed plan of care is delivered.
- Ensure that patients receive high standards of personal care.
- Keep accurate and legible patient records adhering to Trust policy.
- Works in patient’s homes without direct support in complex circumstances, maintaining professional boundaries and integrity at all times adhering to the local Code of Conduct.
- Working with patients who have life-limiting illness and therefore frequent exposure to difficult and sometimes distressing experiences due to intensity of this role.
- Liaises with medical / paramedical staff and other team members to ensure timely delivery of prescribed care. Communicate any changes to the patient, family and On Call nurse as required.
- Provide emergency care for each patient. To be aware of how and when to instigate emergency contingency plans and procedures.
- Actively involved in physiotherapy for each patient, if appropriate, as planned in their individual care plan.
Requirements of the Complex Care Community Nurse:
- RGN qualified/NMC registered with valid live pin
- Recent UK nursing experience
- Must have Community/District nursing experience
Contact:
This Complex Care Community Nurse job is advertised by Mo Sofique; 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.
