Community Nurse - Southampton/ Chandler's FordNHS

Job summary

Are you seeking a role where you can make a meaningful impact by delivering care closer to people's homes and prioritising prevention over hospital-based treatment? If so, we invite you to join us as a Band 5 Community Nurse at a pivotal moment in healthcare. The NHS's new 10-Year Plan firmly positions community services at the centre of future care delivery, and you will be part of a team that delivers high quality, patient centred care.

As a Community Healthcare Trust, we offer a supportive team environment that encourages your growth and development, with plenty of training and clear opportunities for career progression. We provide flexible working options to help you gain a positive work/life balance along with a strong focus on health and wellbeing, supported by a range of staff benefits designed around you.

Community trusts are at the forefront of digital progress, adopting solutions such as virtual wards to streamline administration and enhance patient outcomes. If you're committed to creating positive change, this is an opportunity to contribute to a modern, inclusive, and community-centred NHS.

Whether you're just starting your nursing journey or bringing years of experience, this is your opportunity to join a progressive team dedicated to delivering exceptional community healthcare.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 Community Nurse you will work to keep people safe & well at home. You will work autonomously but closely with a wider team and use your clinical judgment to support evidence-based care planning for people living home, in care homes or other settings while making sure those who use our services have a positive experience. You will be able to develop skills, maintain & share your previous experience.

• Holistic patient assessment, formulation & reviewing care plans
• Management of pressure ulcers & wounds
• Palliative & end of life care
• Bladder & bowel care including catheterisation
• Medicines Management
• Injections
• Phlebotomy
• Provision of equipment to support care
• Safeguarding
• Line management & supervision of junior staff
• Practice supervision for nursing students
• Continual learning and professional development

Current Opportunities:

• East So'ton Locality (Full Time/ Part time Hours p/w)
• Central So'ton Locality (Full Time)
• Chandler's Ford ICT (Full Time)

Our teams are always evolving to meet the needs of our communities. Even if your preferred location isn't recruiting today, future opportunities often become available. Please indicate your preferred location (s) during the application process.

Candidates must have a UK driving licence and use of a vehicle. You are required to work a range of early and late shifts on weekdays, weekends, and bank holidays. Our service runs 365 days a year from 8am-8pm.

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence