Job overview

Could you be part of an innovative, caring and agile Community Nursing team? Do you want to work as part of an award-winning team?

Welwyn and Hatfield Integrated Care Team are winners of Hertfordshire Community Trust Leading Lights awards for Demonstrating Fantastic Patient Care. 

We are looking to recruit a dynamic and motivated nurse with proven community experience to lead and supervise the team in delivering high quality nursing care across the Welwyn and Hatfield locality to prevent admission to hospital, facilitate discharge, deliver planned nursing intervention and manage long term conditions. 

The successful candidate would be supported to develop skills and join a team who are committed to demonstrating the trust values who care about each other as well as their patients. We work collaboratively with our partnership organisations across East and North ICB, Hertfordshire Foundation Trust and Hertfordshire County Council. 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be:

• Part of a large integrated community team of Band 7, Band 6, Band 5, Band 4 and Band 3 nurses.
• Demonstrate an understanding of current professional and community issues.
• 
  Must have commitment and flexibility in order to be innovative and
  responsive to continual developments within community nursing services
• Must be able to work autonomously and possess excellent communication
  skills
• Have a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

In return for this we offer you:

• In addition to the basic salary, this post attracts a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of basic salary subject to a maximum payment of £1,915 per annum (pro rata where applicable).
• Professional development in both clinical and leadership programmes
  A friendly and supportive team
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• Special Leave for family and personal reason
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme

Working for our organisation

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.

You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff. 

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision -
Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

Hertfordshire Community Trust has a Good CQC rating acquired in May 2020 and we are working towards achieving an Outstanding rating. 

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible.

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible 

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

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