As a Band 5 staff nurse you’ll be working as part of the Community Partnership with Frimley NHS system in Farnham. DATC deliver a variety of services to the local population of Northeast Hants and Surrey. Services provided include a one stop style assessment for older adults called a Comprehensive Geriatric assessment. Our aim is to improve patient outcomes, quality of life and support with anticipatory care needs.
The DATC consists of a collaborative multidisciplinary team who also work closely with partners to provide a holistic assessment of patient’s needs.
We offer a variety of diagnostic investigations including a Palpitations pathway which offers 24 hour and 7-day-a -week ECG monitors to patients aged 18 and over. We are also proud to deliver a therapy led Parkinson group, and will shortly be introducing a therapy led falls group.
This is the perfect opportunity for a Band 5 Nurse who has experience either in the community, rapid response or in an acute trust who are looking to take the next step!
Package DescriptionAs a Diagnostic and Treatment Centre - Staff Nurse, Band 5, you’ll be part of our valued team Farnham.
You will feel valued as a Diagnostic and Treatment Centre - Staff Nurse, Band 5 within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
£28,407 - £34,581 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a number of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission.
Main ResponsibilitiesAs a staff nurse you will work closely with the wider Diagnostic and Treatment Centre team whilst also liaising with Administrators and Clinicians
You will:
Ensure that patients receive a friendly, efficient, and effective service.
Perform ECG recording, urinalysis , glucose monitoring
Ensure the highest standard of courtesy with all members of the public and multidisciplinary team
Maintain accurate patient records
Have a positive attitude to change and a flexible approach to work.
Participate in team objectives and service development, team meetings and audits.
Follow all relevant health and safety policies and procedures
Comply with mandatory and statutory training.
Be prepared to take the lead in new developments in the department
The Ideal CandidateYou will have:
A nursing degree and hold a valid NMC registration.
Minimum 3-year post reg experience
Previous community experience would be desirable, but not essential.
Experience caring for older adults would be beneficial.
Strong ability to communicate by written, oral and electronic.
Good presentation and a friendly manner
An ability to motivate others and promote a professional customer care approach.
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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