Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 824-Bank-LIT1316
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hertfordshire Planned Care - Dacorum
- Town
- Hemel Hempstead
- Salary
- £16.45 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 09/12/2024 16:00
Employer heading
Bank B5 Community Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
Job Purpose
• To provide skilled nursing care working under the supervision of the Community Nurse Team Lead and Deputy Team Lead to patients in a variety of community settings.
• The post holder will undertake community nursing duties involving delivery of nursing services and holistic assessments of patients health needs using a person centred approach. This includes providing quality and seamless nursing care to housebound patients and being proactive in coordinating their care needs as appropriate, avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital or long term care institutions. In addition, the post holder will be involved in facilitating self- care for patients with long term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery.
Main duties of the job
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team in order to facilitate patient choice and independence
- To effectively communicate complex and sensitive patient information to colleagues within the district nursing service and to multi-disciplinary team members involved with patient care.
- To be aware of, and act in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and other professional Guidelines.
• To provide care to people with long term conditions undertaking reviews in accordance with the individual patient care plan and with support of more experienced colleagues as required.
• Undertake nutritional assessments and advice and support patients with their nutritional needs. For example PEG feeds.
• To identify and record new problems and other relevant information reporting back to the DN Team Lead as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.
Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
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stay well
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manage their own health with the right support
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avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.
We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.
Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.
Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To give skilled nursing care, based on principles of best practice and clinical evidence. This includes:
Chronic disease management, end of life care, continence promotion and wound management. Specific skills include phlebotomy, administration of medication via syringe drivers and intravenous therapy, PEG management, urinary catheterisation and tracheostomy suctioning.
• Act as a Named Nurse with the support and supervision of the DN Team Lead. To take continued responsibility for the holistic health needs assessment including care planning, evaluation and appropriate implementation of health care and ensuring continuity of care following referral from acute care, rehabilitation units, GPs and other agencies.
• Undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological and social care needs of patients using the Single Assessment Process and including the needs of carers. To provide individualised and person centred care plans that provide monitoring and promotion of self-care to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions
• Act as the patient’s advocate and to facilitate the patient’s own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care, as appropriate.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of other post-registration education and training
Essential
Essential criteria
- Recent clinical nursing experience negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence based care.
- Supporting students and other learners e.g. HCAs teaching others in the practice environment
Desirable criteria
- Participation in audit; research projects; service development
- Post registration experience in a NHS community environment
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of out of hospital care and the role of the Community Nurse
- Knowledge of reasonable response to service user needs and prioritising and dealing with those needs with a required urgency.
- Awareness of the management and use of data in the NHS setting
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of recent government legislation and changes in community care delivery
- Knowledge of the audit process
- Understanding of resource management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Shanelle Green
- Job title
- Bank Recruitment Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02039378322
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