Band 3 - Permanent, Part Time

If you are a Self –motivated, dynamic individual with a passion for community care, this could be the position for you.

You will be working alongside a multi-skilled team of community practitioners led by Specialist Practitioners in District Nursing. Your role will be to support the team with service delivery supporting with clinical interventions and providing care to vulnerable individuals.

The District Nurse team promotes wellbeing and independence to all our patients in an understandable and approachable way. You must be able to display effective communication skills with patients, family, carers as well as the wider Multi professional workforce.

The Health Care Support Worker for the District Nursing Service will assist the team in the delivery of high quality nursing care to patients in the community setting. The individual will be proficient, competent and work without direct supervision in a patient’s own home or clinic setting.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence
  
  

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola Rigg Job title: Team Leader Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07917237924