Overview
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Bassetlaw Care Home Team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. This is a senior clinical role leading on support and education to care home providers across Bassetlaw, as well as providing clinical support and advice to residents with complex long-term conditions.
This post is for 12 months. Secondments considered.
You will join an established team of Band 5,6 and 7 Nurses and have the opportunity to develop this relatively new service in line with the National Enhanced Framework for Care Homes 2020.
Based out of Retford Primary Care Centre, you will be predominantly covering the care homes in the Bassetlaw locality.
Role
- Applicants should have recent demonstrable experience of working in care homes and delivering training and education to this staff group.
- You will have an excellent understanding of the current agenda and be able to demonstrate clinical knowledge and the ability to lead within a service.
- You will have excellent clinical knowledge with advanced problem-solving and critical thinking. You will also demonstrate excellent communication skills.
In return, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team and benefit from being part of the wider specialist palliative care services in Mid Notts.
Please note that 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.
About Us
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire.
Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community, from acute settings and across low, medium, and high secure environments, including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands, and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and well-being are our priority, and as such, we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service, and Health and Well-being Team.
We offer several employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
For further details / informal visits, contact:
Name: Alison Lee
Job title: Care Home Team Leader
Email address: Alison.Lee@nottshc.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07342 059352
Alternatively, contact James Huguenin, Head of Service for Specialist Nursing - 07775 687863
