Community Staff Nurse

You will be expected to provide nursing care to patients within their own homes & clinic settings.
You must have effective communication & interpersonal skills & be prepared to work flexibly & collaboratively to meet the needs of the service & demonstrate a willingness to extend & develop your existing skills.
Due to the nature of the work it is essential that you have a full driving license and a car with business insurance.
To assist in the on-going assessment of users in order to determine their
individual needs/requirements based on a model of care.
To plan and implement the nursing care with the co-operation and
involvement of users and carers where appropriate.
To demonstrate, teach and advise users and carers on self-care, safety and
promotion of good health by utilising all opportunities for health promotion and education.
To participate in clinical supervision.
To evaluate the condition of users and the effectiveness of care provided and initiate any further action required.
To report and, where necessary, initiate emergency action with regard to
changes in users condition or behaviour.
To give professional advice and support as necessary to nursing colleagues.
To utilise a questioning approach to nursing and have an appreciation of
relevant clinical research findings.
To assist effective communication within the clinical environment and within the Nursing Team.

We have an opportunity for enthusiastic & motivated Registered Nurses to join our District Nursing Team within Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospital NHS.
We are looking to recruit a nurse who is committed to delivering high standards of care, be able to work as a team player & have the confidence to work independently without direct supervision.
We have multiple opportunities across our seven District Nursing teams.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

NHS AfC: Band 5
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As "People" is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department., Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live, Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.