Job title: Community Nurse
Location: Field based, Taunton (You MUST have access to your own transport as travel within this region will be required)
Salary: £37,800 per annum
About our client:
We are pleased to be working with a passionate and supportive company as they search for Nurses to join their Clinical Homecare team. You will be a part of an innovative and inspirational team, that have a true passion for providing enhanced nursing services to patients in the comfort of their own home.
You will be joining a team where you will have the opportunity to assist with Patient Support Programmes and will implement, develop and deliver clinical services where required.
Your responsibilities as a Community Nurse:
- Support and deliver care to patients within their home environment
- To be confident without supervision, to teach patients/carers on the self-administration of therapies or administration of therapies to their patients by ensuring specific protocols are adhered to
- Assess patients plan to ensure the level of care will support and assist the patient/carer & will provide a seamless transition between hospital and homecare in accordance with treatment requirements
- Ensuring accurate patient care related activities are recorded in accordance with our client's SOP, professional and regulatory guidelines and work instructions
- Ensuring standards of nursing practices are compliant, competent and work to the NMC code at all times
As a successful Community Nurse, you will have the following qualifications and experience:
- Be a Registered Nurse, part 1 of the NMC Register
- Current RCN membership
- ENB 998 qualification and or teaching experience or qualification
- 5 years experience, ideally in a clinical setting
- Experience in the administration of Sub-cutaneous therapies, cannulation and phlebotomy skills, care of IV devices and IV therapies
- Full driving licence with access to own transport which is insured for business use
How do I apply to be a Community Nurse?
If your skills and experience are a match for this role, we invite you to APPLY today.
For more information, you can contact Sian webb on sian.webb@search.co.uk
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.