Band 7 Community Nursing Senior Sister

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Band 7 Senior Sister to join our friendly and dynamic Community Nursing team based at Kent Science Park in Sittingbourne. 

Working closely with our Specialist Nurses, Community Nursing teams and MDT Co-ordinators in the Sittingbourne locality, you’ll work as a highly skilled case manager delivering high quality care to patients. Essential to the role will be supporting patients in improving their quality of life, promoting excellence of health and independence within the community, preventing inappropriate hospital admissions and facilitating early discharge, as well as providing education, support with self-management and health promotion.

You’ll care for patients and their families in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work.

Surrounded by local coffee shops, a social club where you can grab a tasty home-cooked meal, and a fitness centre, Kent Science Park is a great location to be based from.
Package DescriptionAs a Band 7 Community Nursing Senior Sister, you’ll be part of our valued team based at Kent Science Park in Sittingbourne.

You will feel valued as a Senior Sister within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

£43,742 - £50,056 Band 7 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
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 life’s 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 
An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location 

Main ResponsibilitiesKey responsibilities include:

Provide skilled, effective, and evidenced based nursing care to patients with complex care needs in a variety of community settings.
Be an autonomous practitioner taking ongoing responsibility for the assessment, planning, evaluation, and implementation of nursing for all patients on the Community Nursing caseload, delegating activities as appropriate.
Demonstrate the analytical and judgement skills required to perform in the role.
Manage the day to day, ongoing delivery, and development of the Service within remit ensuring delivery of a service that is responsive and high quality.
Ensure that all members of the Community Nursing Team maintain contemporaneous documentation and practice according to NMC standards and HCRG care group policies.
Develop a proactive approach to service delivery that reflects the health needs of the local community.
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge base and skills which reflect local need and evidence-based approach to practice.
Deal with urgent issues as they arise e.g., crisis management of both staff and patients and develop coping strategies for dealing with stressful situations.

The Ideal CandidateYou will be a Registered Nurse with a current NMC registration with a minimum of 3 years’ experience. You'll have experience in a variety of settings including hospital and community and will have evidence of a qualification in leadership/ management or will be willing to work towards. You will have strong communication and organisational skills and a flexible approach that will ensure you deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey. 

You will be a part of quality improvements, research and development activity. Here we recognise and celebrate clinical excellence and dedication.

You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's 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.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're 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, we’d 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