Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 824-BANK-LIT1298
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North West London
- Town
- Various
- Salary
- £18.02 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 27/11/2024 14:00
Employer heading
Bank Nurse Band 5 - Edgware Community Hospital
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
| Bank Nurse Band 5 - Edgware Community Hospital |
Are you a specialist community nurse or a registered nurse with community experience?
This is an exciting time to join our bank, with a new friendly and supportive team. We can offer you regular yet flexible working patterns, that allow you to make a real difference to services and patients and become an integral part of a cohesive team. As the largest community NHS trust in London we can support you to develop your experience, working as part of multi-skilled teams across a huge range of different locations and care settings.
Why join?
· Earn more per hour - bank rates are higher than agency and include holiday pay. We also cover your expenses and provide free uniforms
· See the best shifts first – bank staff get priority over all agency workers
· Book the shifts you want on your phone – build your own rota on our bank booking system
· Get 24x7 support from our friendly Staff Bank team – a local team dedicated to helping you
Main duties of the job
JOB PURPOSE
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing nursing and rehabilitation for rehabilitation beds.
To undertake nursing assessments without supervision and to determine patient need/risk and plan, implement and evaluate their care.
In the absence of senior colleagues take charge of the unit, manage the admission of patients, provide care and discharge planning whilst contributing to the effective working of the Rehabilitation Unit.
To work in partnership with multi-disciplinary members of the team, other professionals and agencies, to meet the health and rehabilitation needs of patients within the Rehabilitation Unit.
To maintain standards of clinical nursing care using an evidence-based approach within the Unit, incorporating principles and values of clinical governance.
Ensure effective communication is maintained at all times, whilst providing support, supervision and clinical expertise to all members of the team.
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
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES CLINICAL DUTIES
To provide skilled, effective and evidence based to patients with a variety of presentations.
To identify, prioritise and implement programmes of care that meets the needs of the clients/patients using an appropriate nursing model.
To identify and record all new problems and concerns and report back to the team lead.
To undertake activities that promote health, reduce risk and disease prevention.
To provide care and attention to the needs of vulnerable adults including risk assessments and taking appropriate action as required.
Take a pro-active approach towards discharge planning according to local policy.
To develop and utilise a range of nursing skills such as continence assessment, ECG recordings and venepuncture, IV drug administration, wound assessment and management.
To undertake nutritional assessments and advice and support patients with their nutritional needs. For example PEG feeds.
Your
Person specification
Qaulifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
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.
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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