Community Nurse Community Nursing Team

Community Nurse - Redruth Community Nursing Team

We are looking for a caring, motivated and dynamic community nurse to join our large, busy, professional team covering several GP practices in the Redruth and surrounding area. The role requires close collaboration with GP's, health and social care colleagues including therapists and voluntary organisations. Commitment to team working and embrace innovative delivery of excellent standards of care, enthusiasm for community nursing and desire for ongoing professional development are essential.

A real understanding of the changing climate of care delivery in the community is required.

Key responsibilities include:

• Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, without direct supervision, to patients, carers and relatives within their home environment.
• Work in partnership with patients and carers to offer support and advice and promote informed choice.
• Support the role of the Community Nurse Team leader.
• Work autonomously, providing effective, evidence-based care in line with competency and training record and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Support all locality teams by working in a flexible way, moving to work with the team in most need on a daily, weekly or monthly basis as service provision demands.

Working hours:

2 shift model covering 8am-10pm, including 9 to 5 and 2 to 10 shifts which includes working weekends.

Ability to travel independently in your own car across the West Locality to support other teams and to fulfil the requirements of the post is essential.

• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Evidence of recent relevant professional development
• Mentoring qualification or willingness to work towards this qualification and attend mentorship updates as required.
• Current Professional Registration – NMC
• Hold a post‑registration diploma or be working towards a degree

• IT skills to include use of Word, Excel, email, internet, recording systems
• Ability to provide skilled, evidence based nursing care to a wide range of patients
• Ability to deal with patients and carers who are under stress.
• Awareness of and adherence to policies including lone worker and manual handling policies
• Current knowledge of developments in nursing and healthcare in general.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Camborne Health Office (Redruth Community Nursing Team)