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Job overview

Are you looking for a nursing role that allows you a work life balance?

Or are you looking for a nursing role which is varied, and you enjoy being in the community making a difference. 

If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you 

The posts are offered as part time or full-time hours offering a fantastic work life balance, with a shift pattern which means you only work one weekend per month.

We are a friendly and supportive team, looking for highly motivated RNs who possess strong communication skills. Your role will be pivotal within the local community by making a difference to our patients, delivering a high level of care in their own home. 

As a Community Nurse no day is the same and you will be met with patients of varied needs, from wound care to end of life care. Giving you the opportunity to develop coupled with a supportive environment with opportunities for further career development, 

A typical week.

Monday to Friday; 8.30 - 16.30

1 weekend every 4 weeks (Time off week)

Early Shift 07:00 - 15:00                                         Late Shift 11.00 - 19:00

We offer flexible working, part time offerings, incredible training and support programmes to develop your skills and progress to a higher banding, and the highest paid mileage in the area. 

If this is of interest, please apply without delay as we will be offering interviews on a first come first serve basis and aim to give you an outcome on your application within 2 working days. 

Main duties of the job

Further information about this opportunity;

• You will visit several patients daily in their own home.
• You will provide high quality nursing care to a range of patients with varying healthcare needs.
• Provide a high standard of holistic assessment and care planning.
• You will be expected to provide wound management, health promotion, medicines management, end of life care.
• With bases at Woodley, Finchampstead & Chalfont Surgery.

Working for our organisation

Some of the benefits of joining our team:

• Salary ranging from £24,907 to £30,615 per annum
• Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work , life balance
• Annual leave  27 - 33 days  service. Pro rata for part time staff
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Salary sacrifice scheme for a new car
• Lease car scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
• Advanced IT enablement and support
• Confidential telephone care service providing independent support and advice for staff.
• And so much more

  Wokingham Community Nursing covers;

• Covering: Thatcham, Chieveley, Compton, Chapel Row, Kintbury, Woolton Hill, Hungerford and Lambourn

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.

Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.

Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

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