Community Sister / Charge Nurse

We are looking for motivated & enthusiastic experienced nurses to join our Urgent Community Response (UCR) team in Barnsley

Working in community delivering care to patients in line with 2hr UCR timescales, you will make a difference to patient outcomes & reduce unnecessary hospital admission

You will be responsible for management of caseloads, coordinating care with individuals & their families through acute illness, long term & multiple health challenges & at the end of life

You will also work as part of the MDT & be involved in the delivery of care for patients including virtual ward

Primarily supporting crisis pathways in community but also have or develop skill set to work across both crisis & planned pathways

You will work across a 7-day week shift pattern (days/afters/nights) including weekends/bank holidays & will need to be able to travel independently between sites & to patients homes.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

Be a Registered General Nurse with substantial post qualifying experience.

Have or be willing to complete Nurse Prescriber Course.

Provide & deliver cover across our neighbourhood footprint, working in an integrated way with therapy, community nursing & acute adult social care as part of the wider system.

Deliver an efficient, effective & safe pathway from triage to discharge.

Work autonomously as part of a MDT.

Be able to suggest & contribute to improvements in the pathway/team.

Demonstrate a broad range of specialist nursing clinical expertise that supports high quality person-centred care for patients in Barnsley.

Assess individuals with complex health care needs or those presenting with more acute illnesses, using a range of evidence-based assessment tools & consultation models.

Supervise the delivery of person-centred care plans ensuring regular evaluation of care & develop systems to support staff interventions/care quality.

Various working hours available

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.