Registered Nurse - Community Recruitment Ilfracombe

About Us

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more

It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

Role Summary

Passionate about patient-centred care? Want to make a difference in the community? Join us for opportunities to widen your skills, gain valuable experience working autonomously, with great career progression. All while being supported in a multi-disciplinary, friendly team, on a full or part-time basis, using our electronic patient record.

About the Role

About the role

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

Event and working locations

Please pop along to our recruitment event at Ilfracombe Hospital on Tuesday 13 August between 9.30 am – 13.00 pm to find out more about working as a Community Nurse.

Ready to apply? We’ll be holding interviews at this event in Ilfracombe for Band 5 Community Nurses covering the local area including Braunton.

More detail about the role

Every single day you will make a huge difference to the lives of the people we care for, delivering a high standard of care alongside your colleagues.

Community based nursing is a key element in the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan, particularly ‘Supporting people to age well’ where you will experience the exciting challenge of caring for our patients with complex needs.

We do this together to maximise your potential whilst working with our teams who are caring, compassionate and inclusive, so whatever your background, you will be made to feel welcome and supported.

Bespoke training and support

Your transferrable clinical skills will be enhanced with high quality training packages, with ongoing personal and professional development, supported by regular supervision and annual appraisals.

You’ll be given an individualised induction based on your previous experience and all new Royal Devon colleagues join our buddy scheme to help you settle into your new role. If you’re newly registered, you’ll also have the additional support of our Preceptorship Programme.

Career progression

We’ll support you to achieve your career progression aspirations at a pace you’re comfortable with. There are great opportunities to expand your clinical experience, and people management skills, plus a fantastic range of career pathways from band 5 upwards.

For in the community roles, you must hold a current UK driving licence and have access to appropriate transport, as the post involves predominantly working independently, maximising place-based care.

Community Nurse

You’ll have your own caseload and work closely with nursing colleagues, members of the multidisciplinary team, social care and voluntary sector. You’ll play a vital role in avoiding patients being admitted to hospital and in supporting patients to be discharged back home. In delivering this, you will undertake defined clinical or therapeutic interventions as assessed and documented in the treatment plan in line with patient-centred goals.

In this role you’ll gain experience working as an autonomous practitioner, holistically assessing physical and psycho–social needs, planning, managing, implementing and evaluating individual programmes of patient care. You’ll also promote self-care and independence and act as the patient’s advocate as necessary.

This service is provided 8am to 5pm, seven days a week.

About you

Experience of working in the community environment isn’t required, we'll support you with that transition and you will already possess a vast amount of transferable skills essential for this role.

Whether you’re newly registered going into your first role, or have years of experience in an acute hospital setting, returning to practice, or work in the community for a private provider or another NHS trust – you’ll receive a warm welcome to the community nursing team and you’ll be supported to fulfil your career ambitions.

You will have excellent communication and assessment skills and will be responsible for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of personalised patient centred care in partnership with our patients and those important to them.

Working patterns – full & part-time

A healthy work-life balance is essential and Devon is a great place to enjoy it. Registered Nurse roles within the Community team have a wide variety of hours and shift patterns to suit you in full or part-time positions. Depending on the role there may be a requirement for weekend working on a rota system.

The Royal Devon has a flexible working policy that we are happy to discuss to establish suitable options for you and the department.

Basic salary

Your basic salary range will depend on the role that you are appointed to. For band 5, the salary ranges £28,407 to £34,581 per annum pro rata. Depending on your shift pattern and working hours, you will receive additional enhancements to your pay.

Interview Date: Tuesday 13 August between 9.30 am – 13.00 pm

For further information please contact: Leanne Pridmore on 01271 863448 or by email at leannepridmore@nhs.net

Please note some of these vacancies are fixed term contract until February 2025. For current NHS employees this post could be a secondment opportunity.

As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

Benefits

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.

You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:

• National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
• Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
• Car lease schemes.
• The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
• Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.