Job summary

Newton Abbot Community Nurses are looking for motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 community nurses to join the team. We are a large but supportive team who enjoys mentoring team members and students and is passionate about delivering quality care to the housebound patients. We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality and our nursing team covers both Community and Intermediate care visits providing a breadth of nursing experience.

We deliver high quality care to the housebound patients in our locality (that incorporates Bovey Tracey and Chudleigh area) and work as part of multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with primary care and secondary care. We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. The team is flexible and promotes a healthy work/home life balance.

We are looking for a Band 5 nurse who is compassionate, enjoys a challenge and is skilled in the delivery of holistic nursing care. We have an established training and induction plan for all new team members and experience in the community is therefore not essential.

You will be expected to work flexibly between the hours of 7am and 7pm, 7 days a week, (mostly 7.5 hours shifts) including weekends and bank holidays, across Community nursing and Intermediate Care (nursing) to meet the needs of the Service.

Main duties of the job

• To value everyone as an individual and actively support their right to have their voice heard in decisions about how their needs are met
• To value differences and individuality, showing respect to all
• To respond with humanity and kindness to every person, by listening attentively and respecting others in conversations
• To respect every person's preferred wishes whilst providing nursing care within their own home
• To provide the highest quality of care by listening to and acting on feedback
• By taking personal responsibility you will play your part in sustainably improving services by implementing change positively and contributing to MDT discussions in a constructive and flexible way
• To work in partnership to achieve the best possible outcomes for our people
• Helping and supporting your colleagues so that you work well together to achieve common goals and objectives
• To act as a role model, valuing everyone's opinion and experiences
• To seek out, recognise and value the contributions of others and the role they play in a patient's life
• To strive to provide excellent, innovative services that helps our people to be able to live their lives to the full
• Taking every opportunity to encourage and support individuals to improve their own health and wellbeing

About us

Newton Abbot Community Nurse team is currently based across two locations, Sherbourne House in Newton Abbot and Riverside Surgery in Bovey Tracey. We cover a large geographical patch covering the practice population of nine GP surgeries.

A busy but friendly and supportive team we are committed to staff development through education and training helping staff realise their potential in topics of interest to them and encouraging career pathways in Community Nursing.

We pride ourselves on delivering high standards of care and building relationships within the communities we are part of. We are actively working to a more integrated approach to care delivery and work closely with our Intermediate Care, Social care and voluntary care sector colleagues to achieve this.

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Please note: Priority will be given to applicants with recognised 'Priority' or 'At Risk' status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.

Job summary

You will work as part of the Desktop Operations Team to support and manage the desktop environment and provide a high-quality service to the healthcare community and GP surgeries.

The successful candidate will need to take responsibility for all aspects of supervising the EUD Specialists and EUD Technicians and ensure all workstreams are complete in the required timescales and SLA's.

Main duties of the job

• To take responsibility for all aspects of End User Devices service delivery, ensuring SLA performance and target timescales are met.

• Manage a team of EUD Specialists and EUD technicians, encouraging development and support them to deliver a performant service.

• Ensure delivery of robust and reliable IT services which meet the health community's clinical needs, and comply with defined service levels

• Assist in the development of Desktop Operations strategy and policy, and deliver technical improvements to infrastructure with input into concept/design/business case/implementation and ongoing support.

• Assist in the delivery of community-wide IT projects by provision of knowledge, expertise and technical resource and develop ongoing support arrangements when projects become business as usual

About us

Why Work With Us

This is an exciting time to join the Trust as we have just implemented a Devon-wide EPR aimed at improving patient care across the Trust.

Our Desktop Operations is made up of individuals who have a flexible and professional approach.The team is very friendly and has years of knowledge and experience we are willing to share. You will contribute towards the achievement of our goal of making a positive impact on the lives of patients and staff, through the provision of a robust and functional digital infrastructure. You will be working within a supportive, innovative and modern environment where ideas are shared and valued.

The work of the IT team directly impacts the productivity and success of the entire organisation. Knowing that their efforts are crucial to the smooth operation of healthcare gives team members a strong sense of purpose and accomplishment

Job summary

As part of the wider Healthcare of Older People (HOP) team, the post-holder will be based in The Harbour service at Newton Abbot Hospital, providing senior clinical decision-making and clinical leadership to enable people living with frailty to receive timely assessment, treatment and care closer to home. The role incorporates frailty coordination and telephone triage, Harbour @ Home (frailty virtual ward), same day emergency care (SDEC) with direct access to community hospital beds at Newton Abbot Hospital.This post includes contributing to evening and weekend rotas.

Main duties of the job

o Be part of the frailty coordination function, providing clinical telephone triage to referrers including SWASFT, Primary Care, community teams, acute hospital wards, the Emergency Department and Acute Medical Unit (AMU), identifying the most appropriate way to meet the patient's acute needs.o Hold clinical responsibility and accountability for agreed patients while they are under the care of The Harbouro Provide senior clinical decision-making and leadership to the multidisciplinary Harbour team and deputise for the GP Lead in their absence.o Work across acute care, The Harbour and existing community services, particularly Urgent Community Response (UCR), accessing same-day interventions where appropriate.o Work with intermediate care, Primary Care and the wider community multidisciplinary team.o Deliver high-quality specialist assessment and intervention for older people living with frailty, using the principles of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA).o Use point-of-care testing, digital monitoring and other appropriate clinical support to facilitate care deliveryo Where appropriate, contribute to the training and supervision of other Harbour clinicians including trainee and qualified advanced clinical practitioners and resident doctorso Contribute to service development, quality improvement, data evaluation and teaching.

About us

Why Work With Us

The Harbour is Torbay and South Devon's innovative frailty model located at Newton Abbot Hospital, supporting the NHS vision of moving care from acute hospitals into community settings and aligning with our organisational strategy to deliver more integrated, person-centred care closer to home.

It provides a single point of access for older people living with frailty, with patients triaged through adedicated frailty clinical coordination service and directed to the most appropriate support.

Wherever possible, care will be provided at home or within community settings through services such as the Harbour at Home Virtual Ward, Harbour SDEC, Urgent Community Response and intermediate care, ensuring patients receive the right care in the right place, supported byintegrated health, social care and voluntary sector partners.

For patients requiring rapid assessment, diagnostics or specialist review, a Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and ambulatory care service will provide an alternative to attending Torbay Hospital.

Where hospital admission is required, inpatient beds will be available at Newton Abbot, with teams working proactively to support timely discharge and recovery closer to home.

Job summary

We are recruiting for our Acute Medical Unit. We would like to extend this exciting offer and invite you to join our existing dynamic expert nursing team.

This challenging fast pace unit sees a combination of directly referred medically expected patients and those referred from our emergency department. The aim is to provide the same day emergency care inclusive of rapid diagnostic and direct medical review with the aim of facilitating discharge that day or transferred to a short stay unit.

We are looking for a flexible team player with excellent communication and commitment who can work a mixture of shifts across a 7 day Rota. If you have any questions regarding this position please contact Hayley Chamberlain

Our busy unit is looking for an experienced, motivated and forward thinking nurse who is keen to embrace the challenge acute assessment nursing brings.

You will need proven ability at staff nurse level in acute medicine and up to date knowledge, excellent communication skills and team working abilities.

The ideal candidate would possess good time management skills and enjoy working within a busy environment as the unit has a high demand of admissions and discharges.

Main duties of the job

To participate in the assessment of care needs of the clients and the development, implementation and evaluation of care, promoting high standards, demonstrating a compassionate nature and patient dignity.

To participate as a skilled member of the multi-disciplinary team

To work as part of the Urgent Care team, promoting good interdepartmental relationships.

To ensure high standards of care are given in relation to agreed standards, policies and procedures of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.

To assist in ensuring new nursing procedures, research and initiatives are evaluated, and where appropriate incorporated into clinical practice.

Store and administer prescribed drugs safely in line with legal and Trust requirements.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient's problems producing a written plan of care as required.

Report, document and evaluate accidents and unit incidents via Datix reporting, informing manager and updating health and safety register as appropriate.

About us

AMU is a medical unit that has a high demand of admissions and discharges. We have medical referrals from GP's, Paramedic crews, speciality teams and A&E. Working on the unit is both exciting and challenging and we work closely with all MDT

The unit admits patients under medicine via GP referrals, Paramedic referrals, different specialty referrals and Medical referrals from A&E.

Why work with us?

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the dynamic Infection Prevention & Control Service team at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust on a full time substantive contract.

The Infection Prevention & Control Nursing Service is seeking to appoint a Band 6 Infection Prevention & Control Nurse to join our experienced and friendly team. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate who wishes to expand their knowledge, experience and learn new skills within a dynamic team.

The successful candidate will be expected to have a sound knowledge of clinical nursing, excellent clinical skills and experience working in the field of infection prevention & control. You will need to be able to empower staff and facilitate effective infection prevention & control practice within the organisation.

You will be required to work across the Trusts acute and community hospital sites, so a full driving licence and daily access to a car will be required.

Main duties of the job

To provide advice and guidance on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) issues for Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT), domiciliary care, Registered Nursing and Care Homes and GP practices within Torbay and South Devon footprint.

To visit clinical areas, departments and community facilities to audit and evaluate IPC measures providing evidence-based advice and support.

To apply knowledge of microbiology, immunology and epidemiology to promote health, in clinical and non-clinical environments.

To promote the provision of a safe environment for wellbeing of staff and patients to support the IPC education and training programme for all grades of staff.

To use core audit skills to enable the IPC and other health professionals to improve quality of care.

About us

Why Work With Us

Why join us?

Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focussed on quality. We focus on solutions and people's strengths. We encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement. If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team Torbay and South Devon.

Please note: Priority will be given to applicants with recognised 'Priority' or 'At Risk' status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.