Senior Staff Nurse

Go back Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Senior Staff Nurse

The closing date is 18 May 2025

A development opportunity has arisen for Community Staff Nurses to provide leadership and support into our Community Nursing Teams within Nottingham West. We have a secondment opportunity in for a period of 12 months as a Senior Staff Nurse.

You must have significant community experience with the ability to motivate yourself and others. It is essential you have effective leadership skills and be committed to supporting integrated ways of working across our community nursing team

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Main duties of the job

You must be able to maintain the highest standards of quality care for your patients. You will be expected to manage a caseload of complex, high risk and supported self care patients. You will therefore demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to manage and lead change within the community.

You will need to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary environment and be politically aware of service developments. You will be flexible, reliable and approachable.

About us

comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Job responsibilities

Applicants must be 1st Level Registered General Nurse with current NMC Registration.

You must have evidence of recent diploma level study and hold 120 level 2 diploma credits or equivalent.

You must be prepared to work towards completion of The Specialist Practice Degree in District Nursing (SPQ) if successful.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Person Specification Skills

• Ability to manage a caseload and lead and manage the nursing team within an integrated and interagency context
• Good holistic and person centered assessment skills
• Ability to plan, perform and evaluate complex patient's nursing care including self-care initiatives
• Ability to promote health and wellbeing both at individual and population levels
• Good written/oral and IT communication skills
• Ability to be flexible and diplomatically handle conflict issues
• Ability to appraise staff performance and direct the development of others
• Clinical supervision skills
• A high level of emotional intelligence
• Ability to demonstrate RCA skills in investigating reported incidents

Experience

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding
• Specialist and area specific expereince
• The ability to deal with and resolve conflict

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and Trust policy, values and objectives.
• Awareness of national and local issues impacting on nursing care
• Ability to seek out current best practice based on research and evidence based enquiry.
• Knowledge of the nursing 6 c's Understanding of clinical risk assessments and risk management.
• Understanding of clinical risk assessments and risk management

Qualification/Professional

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• BSc Honours degree or equivalent/must be prepared to work towards completion of specialist practice community nursing course if successful
• Evidence of 120 level 2 credits in diploma level study
• Recognised teaching and mentoring qualification e.g. ENB 998 or FLIPS/SLIP
• Nurse Prescriber/or work towards V150 qualification
• Demonstrates continued professional development to maintain professional registration
• Holds a mentorship qualification and has ability to provide mentorship to others

Contractual

• Ability to work to meet the needs of the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays) as identified within the contract of employment

Physical Requirements

• To perform a full range of nursing duties

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum (pro rata for part-time)