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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for level 1 (adult) registered nurse to become part of rapid response a 24 hours, 7 days a week team, where we offer nursing interventions to patients living in their own homes. We work in an integrated way with health and care providers to ensure that care is joined up and that whenever we can, we strive to care for acutely unwell  patients at home, helping them to maintain independence and ensuring that high quality care is delivered in an efficient and holistic manner.

We are working hard to continually improve our outcomes for patients and our experience for staff in delivering care.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

We would love to hear from you if you can –

• Demonstrate your passion and ability to assess, plan, provide and evaluate evidence based nursing care for patients experiencing a wide range of conditions.
• Support our patients and work with people in an asset-based way that really enables them to live their optimum life, being self-caring and independent with their health needs where possible.
• Work collaboratively, efficiently and creatively with multi professional colleagues and partners with a focus on helping patients to avoid hospital admissions and where they do need a hospital stay facilitating timely and well supported discharge back home.
• Referrals received from professional clinicians, e.g. ambulance services, GP's, Hospital staff.
• Providing IV antibiotics, line care,  wound care, IM/SC injections,  Peg Feeds, Venepuncture, Cannulation, Palliative care , as well as all general nursing skills. 
• Future development to work towards physical assessment qualification. 

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping  your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; 

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.