Castleberg Community Staff Nurse (Band 5)

We are looking to appoint a Band 5 Staff Nurse who is enthusiastic and motivated to join our established integrated intermediate care team, primarily based at Castleberg Hospital in Giggleswick.

The Intermediate Care Teams have undergone recent developments and have expanded to include Castleberg Hospital (10 beds). The 2016 CQC report described the Intermediate Care Teams as an outstanding example of community working.

The service at Castleberg provides bed-based intermediate care to support people who are in an acute but stable condition. The service also provides palliative care to people during their last days of life if they cannot be cared for safely in their own home.

The Intermediate Care Team’s includes Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Mental Health Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Staff Nurses and Community Support Workers. It is important to be able to work within a multidisciplinary team as well as independently. We utilise the Calderdale competency framework for skill sharing

Applicants must be prepared to work shifts covering 24/7 and have access to own transport, car driver and access to vehicle essential (Car leasing schemes available). The successful candidate may be required to rotate across Intermediate Care services (Collaborative Care Teams). This rotation is a great development opportunity and chance to develop skills, increase knowledge across a range of community setting.

• Previous applicants need not re-apply*

The NHS plan sets a challenging agenda of improvement, expansion and reform for health and social providers. This includes devolution of power and resources to the front line to give health professionals who deliver care the freedom to innovate. The competencies described are based on the NatPaCT PCT Competency Framework for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (2003). The post holder will support the Senior Sister in the provision of strong clinical leadership and ensuring the principles clinical leadership are implemented at a local level within the designated team.

In pursuing these duties the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution (details of which can be found at the following websiteswww.nhsemployers.orgorwww.dh.gov.uk/nhsconstitution)

The post holder must adhere at all times to the Code of Conduct as published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and must work within the policies and guidelines as laid down by ANHST .

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.

For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.