Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Community Nurse - Tewkesbury and Newent Team
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About the Role
We are currently seeking nurses possessing the highest standards of care and compassion in order to aid, coach and support our diverse population of patient requirements here in the Forest of Dean.
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The post can be full time or part time. (Shifts include 8am - 4pm and 12pm - 8pm covering across 7 days a week).
As a Registered Community Nurse, you will be placed in the privileged position of caring for patients in their own individualised environment and responsible for the implementation and undertaking of patient centred care.
About Us
Our collaboration with our Integrated Community Team colleagues is something we pride ourselves on within the Forest of Dean locality. In addition, Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust Community Nurses are placed in possession of:
- Individualised development planning
- A supportive diverse management structure
- Funded university accredited courses (relevant to post in line with individual nurse’s career progression wishes and agreed upon with line management)
- Autonomy and development to manage own workload and take responsibility to manage a small caseload of patients in partnership with line manager
We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.
You will require current NMC registration, post-registration experience is helpful but not essential and we have an excellent preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses. You need to be able to work over a shift system which includes early and late shifts across 7 days including weekends and bank holidays.
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If you feel you have the drive for excellence and wish to experience the freedom, self-management and progressive nature of Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust Community Nursing team then make applying the next investment in your future career today.
We are a clinically led organisation where individuals are valued for their unique professional contribution to ensuring best patient care. Continuing Professional Development is a key priority and we actively promote and develop the broadening roles that Physiotherapists and Allied Health Professionals are able to contribute.
We have an extensive range of Advanced Practitioners, Clinical Specialists, Professional Leads and Non-Medical Prescribers across a wide range of specialisms that actively support clinical colleagues within our organisation. Our well established, structured Clinical Supervision and In-Service Training programmes contribute to the learning culture which develops and challenges thinking and practice.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
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About Our Workplace
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Ellie Watts
- Job title: Community Nursing Lead
- Email address: Eleanor.Watts@ghc.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07972350180
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