Community Staff Nurse - South Cots locality

Community Staff Nurse - South Cots locality

Band 5

Main area : Community Nursing

Grade : Band 5

Contract : Permanent

Hours : Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shifts 8-4 or 12-8, 1 weekend in 4)

Job ref : 327-25-217

Site : Cotswold ICT - Baunton ward, Cirencester

Salary : £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata)

Salary period : Yearly

Closing : 28 / 03 / 2025 23 : 59

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.

Job overview

What do you value in your nursing role?”

We are looking for caring, compassionate and hardworking nurses, who want to make a difference.

We are a team of highly skilled, dedicated and caring nurses who strive to make a difference to the local people within our community who use our services. Caring is at the heart of what we do and this motivates us to deliver the best quality care we can. We are proud of our recent achievement within our CQC report 2022 for our end of life community service, which was judged to be ‘outstanding’ in the caring domain.

Job satisfaction is an important part of maintaining a happy and motivated workforce; employees want to go home feeling that they have made a difference to service users and also value the support they provide to colleagues during their working day.

We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.

Main duties of the job

As a community nursing team, our service covers 8am to 8pm. As a member of the team, you would be expected to work either part-time or full-time over a shift system which includes early and late shifts across 7 days, including weekends and bank holidays. As a trust, we have an excellent flexible working policy and work in partnership with our staff to meet the needs of the service.

We are a modern trust, which means whilst on the go you’ll be equipped for mobile working (using a laptop and smartphone device); not only is this safer because you will have access to all patient information at your fingertips, it also means you can complete records and any other patient paperwork in real-time, so you can then focus all your attention on your next patient.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description / Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity, and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey, just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that :

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients / service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisation's priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative.

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme, we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module “Preceptorship for Healthcare” (AP7026).

Person specification

Qualifications

Experience

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer :

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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