Community Sister/Charge Nurse

Livewell Southwest appreciates that work-life balance is vitally important for our employees' wellbeing. Therefore, we offer hours from 22.5 to 37.5 hours per week on a permanent contract. Our core hours are 08:00 to 17:30, and we are open to discussing any working pattern within these hours to help you achieve a suitable balance between home and work life.

The role requires positivity, excellent communication, leadership, and caseload management abilities. You will need to demonstrate integrity and initiative, sound clinical knowledge with evidence-based practice, and the ability to manage a team, approaching your work in a coordinated way.

We work integrated with primary care, ASC, therapists, urgent & intermediate care services, alongside our specialist services informing our ageing well MDTs, with a focus on TEP and enhanced care planning. The role involves working in patients' homes and as part of the Care Home Service.

If you have an interest in community nursing, preventing hospital admissions, and caring for people with complex long-term diseases, through to the last stages of their life, this role is for you.

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.

Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are received. We recommend submitting your application early.

Main duties of the job

We provide opportunities for continued learning and career progression. If this interests you, we would like to hear from you.

As a Community Sister/Charge Nurse, your role is vital in coordinating people's care and delegating to your team.

You will be required to be an autonomous practitioner, providing holistic patient-centered care. You will champion for patients while demonstrating highly motivated leadership skills, with the ability to influence and inspire others. The candidate must have the knowledge and confidence to have delicate conversations around advanced care planning, including end-of-life care, treatment escalation, and making clinical decisions around resuscitation status based on the person's clinical presentation.

We will provide a robust induction, allocate a supervisor to support your learning, and offer training aligned with the required competencies to build on your existing knowledge, experience, and skills. Continued learning through accredited courses is expected.

You must be competent in diagnosing and investigating, with sound knowledge and judgment in evidence-based wound management, pressure ulcer prevention, continence management, palliative, and end-of-life care.

A full driving license and the ability to travel across Plymouth are required. All staff are expected to work across a 7-day service.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, including some services in Devon and Cornwall. Our teams are based in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centers, and wellbeing hubs.

We value kindness, respect, inclusiveness, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We are committed to involving patients, families, and carers in our work, aiming for co-production to deliver the right care, in the right place, at the right time. Our focus is on supporting people to lead healthy, independent lives and to live well.

We prioritize employee development, offering protected CPD time, various development pathways, ongoing training, funding for courses, a robust preceptorship, and a bespoke induction program. Existing NHS Pension Scheme members can maintain their membership with us.

Job responsibilities

You will be responsible for providing planned and unplanned care to patients and their carers within a defined geographical area as part of a 24-hour District Nursing Service.

You will respond to urgent referrals, triage and accept appropriate referrals, and coordinate complex care packages, including case conferences.

The candidate must have the knowledge and confidence to have delicate conversations around advance care planning, including end-of-life care, treatment escalation, and making clinical decisions around resuscitation status based on the person's clinical presentation.

Ensure respect for privacy, dignity, and human rights. Conduct comprehensive risk assessments, oversee equipment use and maintenance, and record all incidents accurately. Comply with infection control policies, work within challenging environments, and act as a clinical advisor in your area of expertise.

Engage in health promotion activities, prescribe within the Non-medical Prescribing policy, and develop links with professional and voluntary bodies. Support the monitoring of complex health needs and reduce hospital admissions, while prioritizing and delegating tasks appropriately. Participate in clinical supervision, annual appraisals, and ongoing training. Adhere to safeguarding procedures and support workload equity within the team.