Job overview

Gloucester ICT Community Nursing Team are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to support the team in delivery of patient  care in their own homes.

Community experience is essential with the  ability to demonstrate a full range of community competencies. You will support and  lead a team whilst caring for a complex and diverse caseload,  working closely with your peers, wider integrated community team and GP practice staff.  The role will entail triage in the referral centre (usually 2-3 times a month and  a late shift (usually 1 a week) .

Our shifts are 8-4pm, 12-8pm- with one weekend a month on a rolling rota  (days in lieu given).

Gloucester ICT is a great place to work with an extremely supportive team, and the opportunity to apply for the DNSPQ  (Pg Dip) to potentially gain District Nurse status.

If this post interests you we would be very pleased to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• To enable patients  to live well within their communities, with a focus on physical health needs  and wider holistic needs.
• Lead Multidisciplinary Team meetings  meeting as required- including GP supported clinical meetings (Gold Standards Framework or Case Management reviews)
• Communicate and liaise with the Multidisciplinary ICT, Gloucestershire Care Services (GCS) and Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as well as other referring acute and community hospitals
• Discuss patient's conditions with them as appropriate and relay accurately and contemporaneously back to  appropriate colleagues.

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

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

 This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.