Job summary
- Main area
- District Nursing
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 23.75 hours per week (to cover night shifts 22:00 - 08:00 - Week 1 = 2nights a week and Week 2 =3 nights a week)
- Job ref
- 412-COMM-7100021
- Employer
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leighton Hospital
- Town
- Crewe
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 pa, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community HCA, Nights, District Nursing OOH Service
Band 3
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced Band 3 HCA to cover 4 night shifts per week within the District Nursing Out Of Hours Service.
The role includes caring for patients who are approaching the end of life. It involves working on a one to one basis ie spending a full shift with one patient, in their own home.
You will be working without close supervision, and will therefore need to use your own initiative, whilst following the patient's care plan. You must also be passionate about making a difference to people’s lives, helping them to live as well as possible and to die with dignity.
As well as being able to work independently, you will possess good time management and organizational skills and be expected to be innovative and flexible to work in other areas - if required - to meet service need.
To join our dedicated, caring team, you will need excellent communication skills and emotional strength. We will expect you to have a talent for forging strong empathetic relationships with a variety of people, whilst providing palliative care. We will of course provide excellent on-going training and support.
Experience of caring for people at the end of life is essential.
Main duties of the job
Your role will include delivering a range of nursing interventions to patients in their own homes. These may include monitoring symptoms, undertaking simple dressing and continence care, and keeping detailed records. You will also help patients to meet their hygiene and dietary needs.
You will be adaptable, reliable and approachable, and will be expected to support your peers, the team leader and the organisation in promoting the Trusts Values and Behaviors.
Please note whilst your main base will be at Crewe you will be required to work across the footprint of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.
Travel is an essential part of this role; please demonstrate on your application form how you would meet this requirement.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).
The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Function as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team
2. Maintain clear concise and legible documentation adhering to prescribed standards and protocols
3. Use IT systems for relevant tasks e.g. accessing patient records & results, data collections and inputting data
4. Obtain consent in accordance with Trust Consent Policy
5. To report accidents/incidents on clinical incident reporting system of patients or self which occur whilst on
duty.
6. To maintain a patient orientated approach towards care delivery, promoting a rehabilitative and self-care
approach
7. Undertake phlebotomy duties as delegated and overseen by the registered nurse, working within the
policies and procedures of the Trust.
8. Undertake clinical tasks as delegated by the Community Nurse team and within sphere of competency.
9. Assist Community Nursing Team in management of patients with Long Term Conditions and in End of Life.
10. Recognise the need for referral and liaise with other health care and multi-agency workers as necessary
11. Participate in the induction and orientation programmes for all grades of staff who require community
experience as arranged by the Team Leader.
12. To learn and maintain an up to date knowledge of the blood tests performed and select the appropriate
sample tubes for the analysis requested and ensure that they are correctly labelled at the time of sampling.
13. Maintain the phlebotomy stocks, keeping them clean and in good order.
14. Follow Trust policy for any needle stick incidents and ensure reported accurately on Ulysses system.
To dispose of all syringes, needles, etc. in accordance with health and safety procedures
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in health care or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to undertake NVQ level 3 or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Following training is able to work without direct supervision, and is able to recognise own limitations
- Demonstrates the ability to follow guidelines and procedures within agreed boundaries
- Experience of working in a healthcare environment
Desirable criteria
- Working within a community setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to adopt a flexible approach and prioritise workload
- Able to establish and maintain good relationships with patients, colleagues and the wider multi-disciplinary team
- IT literate
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susan Greatbanks
- Job title
- District Nurse Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01270 278 442
- Additional information
Phone number available between 17:00-08:00 7 days a week
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
- Telephone
- [email protected]
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