Community Staff Nurse (District Nurse Team)

Provide high-quality nursing care to our patients in our local community to keep them safe at home, prevent hospital admission and support hospital discharge home. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care in the most efficient and clinically effective way, whilst maintaining the patient's privacy and dignity. Provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high quality care and actively support the Community Nursing sister/charge nurses in the management of the health care environment. Implement / refer on to the relevant services as appropriate. Work in close collaboration with the Integrated Community Teams/GP surgeries and local acute trusts.

We are a looking for qualified, or soon-to-be qualified, nurse to join our Chesterfield Central (Avenue team) Community Nursing Teams on a 12 Month Secondment maternity leave cover. You will be supported to work across all teams flexibly depending on patient need. Do you want to make a difference to our patients' lives by providing evidence-based nursing care? We provide training and education for the successful candidates and are a team that likes to learn together, with regular teaching sessions and information sharing to ensure our standards of nursing are high. There has never been a more exciting time to join DCHS which is one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country - one that is also among the very best NHS employers, as voted by its own staff. Great opportunity to join a supportive team with very little turnover in staff - post only available due to staff member career progression., Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire. We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression