Community Staff Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the District Nursing Service in Northumberland for a full-time Community Staff Nurse.

We are looking for enthusiastic staff nurses to join our district nursing team in the South and Central Area, predominantly within the Cramlington District Nursing Team. This is a fantastic opportunity to become a team member in an exciting service committed to providing patient-centred care to patients in their own homes, residential care settings, and in clinics.

We are keen to provide our staff with development opportunities to enhance their skills, knowledge, and career progression within the District Nursing Service, while providing high-quality and safe service in line with the Trust Values.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work autonomously and as part of a team, reporting directly to the line manager, the community nursing team lead.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for a diverse group of patients with a wide range of conditions and health needs.
• Develop and deliver programmes of health and social care.
• Provide care and support to patients with a terminal illness and their families, including emotional and bereavement support.
• Perform skilled nursing care, including aspects of assessment, wound management, palliative care, and catheterisation.
• Conduct diagnostic tests such as Ankle Brachial Pressure Index using Doppler and interpret results to decide further courses of action.
• Perform procedures requiring fine dexterity and skill such as venepuncture, drug administration by injection, and removal of sutures.
• Interpret results and communicate these to patients, e.g., blood glucose estimation, while explaining aspects of care and allowing opportunities for questions and concerns.
• Maintain and promote high standards of professional practice, sharing approaches and experiences with others.
• Uphold a duty of care to patients, carers, and colleagues through the exercise of personal and professional accountability.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High-quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.