Community Staff Nurse - Crewe Care Community

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse to join our forward thinking community care team in Crewe in a Permanent post.

This post requires effective communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable and approachable. The successful applicant will have a sound knowledge of recent changes within the NHS and knowledge of the political drivers to provide care closer to home.

As part of a team you will be responsible for the assessment of nursing care needs, implementation and evaluation of care programmes and the delivery of high quality holistic care within the community setting, and within our wound care clinics. You will be expected to support your peers, the team leader and the organisation in promoting the Trusts values and behaviours.

The hours of work are between the hours of 08:00 and 17:00, over 7 days.

You will need to be able to work independently, possess good time management and organizational skills and be expected to be innovative and flexible to work in other areas if required to meet service need.

Please note whilst main base will be at Crewe you will be required to work across the footprint of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.

Travel is an essential part of this role; please demonstrate on your application form how you would meet this requirement

We are looking for a Band 5 staff nurse to support the Caseload holders in delivering high quality, efficient and safe care.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, person who possesses both clinical and digital skills to support in the promotion of quality improvement for a local population.

In return you will benefit from a structured and robust induction package and the development of competencies within a very supportive team. You will also have an allocated mentor to work alongside you during the induction and probation process

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kaye Cassidy Job title: Community Nurse Team Leader Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01270 278420