Community Nurse

Bromsgrove Neighbourhood Team is a friendly, professional but fun loving, supportive and hardworking team who are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join us at our base in Bromsgrove. The traditional role of the NHS community nurse has been completely transformed as more care is delivered in community settings enabling patients to receive the highly skilled care they need in their own homes. If you a nurse seeking a change in career direction or a 3rd year student at the start their nursing career, come and speak with us to proactively plan your development., The role will require:

A caring and compassionate nurse who delivers care with professionalism and integrity

Shifts 7.5hrs between 7:30am 18.00 pm, Monday to Sunday including bank holidays). Additional enhancements will be received for weekend working.

A willingness to develop more skills and commitment to learning.

A typical working day will include home visits for adults needing a range of nursing interventions. These include caring for people reaching the end of their life, managing their pain relief and other symptoms in a sensitive and compassionate manner, all types of wound care- post operative wounds, leg ulcers, pressure ulcers and complex dressing regimes, IV therapy and other injectable drug administration and holistic assessment of a persons needs.

Back at your base, you will be involved in team meetings, goal/care planning and evaluation and handover meetings. You will also support the teaching and learning of nurse students pre and post registration.

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service

Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours

Flexible and agile working opportunities

Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)

Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes

Health and wellbeing opportunities, £29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata for part time