Working for our organisation

• Flexible working
• Buy & Sell Annual Leave
• An attractive pension scheme (including a tax-free lump sum on retirement and family benefits for dependants; ill health retirement benefits; and life assurance cover of twice your annual pay).
• Employee Assistance programme: a free and confidential service to help with personal life
• Staying Well at Work service for tailored employment related support to staff with severe and long term mental health problems
• Physio Med: an education zone, advice line and treatment service for staff
• Staff Wellbeing Zone for free and confidential online health and wellbeing programmes
• The Recovery College: offers a range of health and wellbeing courses for staff
• A range of staff networks: The PRIDE@CNWL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) Network Disabled Employees Network
• Lived Experience of Mental Health Staff Network
• Carers at Work Network
• Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BME)
• Discounts and savings at hundreds of retailers nationwide with My Trust Benefits: You can save money on your weekly food shops, household bills, toiletries, and cosmetics, cinema tickets, meals out and holidays or weekend breaks.
• Salary sacrifice

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The following responsibilities are applicable to all Specialist Community Nurses and most other staff members:

• Maintain the highest standards of care and service, taking responsibility not only for the care you personally provide, but also for your wider contribution to the aims of your team and the NHS as a whole.
• Be aware of and follow at all times the relevant National and Local code of practice in relation to their role and function. If you are in a post that requires registration with a professional body you are required to maintain that registration with the appropriate professional body.
• Take responsibility for attending and participating in all mandatory & essential training to ensure the safe and efficient functioning of the trust and/or safety and wellbeing of other staff and the patients you provide services for.
• Participate in the appraisal process on a minimum of an annual basis in accordance with the Personal Development Review Policy to explore and identify development needs to ensure that you are able to fulfil your job role and meet all objectives set through the process.
• Abide by locally agreed policies and procedures and ensure you familiarise themselves with such policies which can be found on the trust intranet our preferred method of communication. Staff who cannot access the intranet should contact their line manager.
• Participates in Clinical Supervision

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NMC Level 1 Registered Nurse
• Evidence of other professional training
• Non-Medical Prescribing or a willingness to work towards

Desirable criteria

• District Nurse qualification
• Assessor/Supervisor for students
• Additional management training

Key skills

Essential criteria

• Assessment skills
• Sound Practical skills
• Ability to manage a team
• Delegation skills
• Ability to work alone as well as be part of a team
• Communications skills
• Organisational skills
• Ability to implement policy and guidelines
• Analytical skills
• IT skills
• Car driver and use of car

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of current community nursing issues
• Understanding of primary care provision in its broadest sense
• Sound clinical knowledge
• NMC Code of Conduct
• Infection control issues and procedures

Experience

Essential criteria

• Variety of clinncal experience
• Involved in Practice development

Personal Disposition

Essential criteria

• Good communicator - written and verbal