Band 5 – Community General Nurse​/District Nursing

Band 5
- Community Nurse

Rate for Role: (Band
5) (£22.00) Mon – Fri

Based at:
Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, King Edward Avenue, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 6EB

Location:

Various PCN Locations in EAST KENT

Days &

Hours:

Flexible hours with a minimum of 22.5 hours per week (7.5 hours per day please). Shifts can be flexible 8-4, 9-5 or long days 8am-6pm

This role is part of the community nursing team visiting housebound patients in their own home. As a Community Staff Nurse you will utilise knowledge and skills to work within the scope of your competencies and deliver nursing care to a designated caseload of patients. You will undertake holistic assessment of routine and complex patients in order to plan care in collaboration with patients and family that will meet nursing needs.

Working predominantly unsupervised your work will be allocated on a daily basis to assess or provide the planned care required, document your intervention within the clinical record, report back your findings and elevate any concerns to your seniors. You will participate in daily handover and undertake additional tasks required for the patients seen that day such as ordering equipment or liaising with GPs and colleagues.

• Must drive and have access to own car
• Rio access
• Holistic patient assessment
• Insulin administration & Glucose monitoring
• Wound care
• Injections

Please note that you will need to pick up Week days to get access with Weekends.

To be considered for this role you need a minimum of 6 months NHS experience within the last 2 years.

Athona’s Nursing division is currently recruiting for Community agency nurses, with an opportunity based in West London and surrounding areas. This is Community based shift worked for a NHS Trust. You will need to be a car driver and have access.

• Full NMC registration
• Enhanced DBS for Adult and Child

• Negotiable excellent rates of pay, with weekly payroll
• One point of contact and 24/7 out of hours support available
• We’re CPD accredited
• Industry-leading revalidation and appraisal support team
• Benefit from our exclusive discount codes
• Referral scheme – receive up to £200 for Nurses recommendation

If this job sounds of interest to you, get in touch by applying today to find out more.

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