We have an exciting opportunity to join our twilight service as a Evening Community Nurse.

You will join a caring and supportive team of Community Nurses and Healthcare Assistants where individual development and progression is key and teamwork is at the centre.

This is a part time opportunity working 11 hours with service hours typically being 17:00-22:30 across 2 shifts. Your focus will be to offer advice and support to housebound service users in their own homes to promote their well-being and independence alongside an experienced healthcare assistant.

We are a child-friendly team, and this role is perfect for balancing work and family life. As the role starts at 5pm, there is flexibility for school runs and other commitments.

We offer an individually tailored induction programme to suit your needs and interests and to help you develop your skills to be the best they can be, as well as preceptorships for newly qualified nurses along with other Continuous Professional Development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

When I joined the community I assumed the majority of my workload would be wound care but its quite the opposite, my skills have widened massively and my confidence has grown. I love the variety each day brings and being able to see the positive changes I can make to our service users.

As an Evening Community Nurse for the Keynsham team, you will mainly cover the Keynsham and Saltford area, as well as a few villages.

To complete the duties of the role a Drivers license and access to a car is necessary.

As a Community Nurse you will:

• Responsible for contributing to the holistic assessment, planning delivery and evaluation of care to patients within their own homes.
• To develop and implement programmes of care
• Advise and recommend treatment by liaising with GP's and other specialists within the multidisciplinary team
• To take charge in the absence of senior grade staff
• Administration of medication s/c, im, pr, IV, transdermal, oral, controlled drugs, along with palliative care, wound care and IV therapy.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a Twilight Community Nurse, you will feel valued receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £37.338 - £39.405 pro rata salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• 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

You will:

• Be an NMC Registered Nurse
• Have a full UK driving license with access to a car for work purposes.
• Can work both independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.
• Have strong communication and organisation skills and a flexible approach
• You will be looking for a role that is rewarding and varied and where you get to develop lasting relationships with service users.

We provide a supportive preceptorship programme to allow you to develop your skills in your new career.

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.