Community Health Nurse-Ltc

15 hours across 7 days a week on a permanent contract.
The service operates between the hours of 9am – 5pm, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Community Health Nurse to join our hard-working Long Term Conditions team. The candidate will have to be able to prioritise their own workload without supervision and be able to work well on their own initiative as well as part of a team, they will need to be flexible, approachable and have a sound clinical evidence-based background and knowledge.
As part of the Long Term Conditions team, you will be implementing the House of Care framework, providing holistic assessments within a patient’s home.
The post holder will work autonomously as part of a highly motivated team of Case Managers providing a high standard of care and utilising holistic skills in the assessment, planning and implementing pro-active care needs to a population of patients with long term conditions in the community settings.
The post holder will work in collaboration with Primary and Secondary care clinicians, social care and mental health colleagues, to ensure care is patient centred and appropriate to their assessed needs.
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of “excellent health care, improved health for all”. We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.
We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.
Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD department. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values, plus much more. For those in a Management/Leadership role, there are additional programmes to support you to develop the skills you need. These include our Managers Essentials Programme and a Leadership Programme that all managers will attend as part of your Dudley Managers Induction. Our Learning Prospectus is a great way to discover the details behind what’s available for you here at The Dudley Group.
We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.