An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Senior Community Nurses to work full-time. One for our Redditch Neighbourhood team and one in with our Bromsgrove base.
We are looking for someone who is passionate, innovative and keen to support us to deliver high quality care, and to continue our development of integrated care in the community. We are seeking someone who is excited by change and is keen to deliver nursing care in the community. We have a team of creative healthcare professionals who are focused on compassionate care. We work closely with our GPs and work hard at developing relationships with other primary care services, drawing on the skills of our MDT colleagues to manage complex patients and ensure our services are as responsive and patient centred as possible.
We are a supportive team who are committed to developing services to provide individual care for our patients. We offer dedicated time for training and clinical supervision, with a supportive L&D Department to help guide.
We will provide you with resources to develop and progress, as well as flexibility, professional development and a wide range of wellbeing and support. If you would like to discuss this role informally, get in touch with the Recruiting Manager found on the top right-hand side of the advert.
Main duties of the job
The role will require:
1. Working flexibly to provide the service delivery need across the local area (the service operates from 7:30am 6:30pm, Monday to Sunday including bank holidays).
2. An enthusiastic, motivated and innovative thinker to become part of a primary care facing community.
3. The ability to work autonomously and manage your own caseload and work within a multi-disciplinary team.
4. Experience of working in a fast-paced and varied environment.
Your typical working day will include home visits for adults over 18 years needing a range of nursing interventions. These include caring for people reaching the end of their life, managing their pain relief and other symptoms in a sensitive and compassionate manner, all types of wound care - post-operative wounds, leg ulcers, pressure ulcers and complex dressing regimes - you will become expert in tissue viability. Other skills required will be in IV therapy and other injectable drug administration and holistic assessment of a person's needs, taking into account their environment and social circumstances.
Back at your base, you will be involved in team meetings, goal/care planning and evaluation and handover meetings. You will also support the teaching and learning of nurse students pre and post registration. Your input is a valuable part of the team's work.
You will oversee patients and assist in decision making regarding their care.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive, offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. It's why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours.
* Flexible and agile working opportunities.
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
* Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage).
* Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes.
* Health and wellbeing opportunities.
If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
* Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on a day-to-day basis.
* Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
* Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide.
* Work as an autonomous practitioner with the integrated care team providing rapid and planned expert professional assessment and treatment interventions to patients in their own homes or other community settings to enable patients to maximise their independence, health and wellbeing and remain in their own homes for as long as possible. This will be achieved through a combination of hands-on expert clinical skills and knowledge to treat, educate and support patients on a designated caseload and by working with patients and their carers to assess, plan and implement appropriate packages of care.
* Demonstrate expert clinical knowledge, health promotion and holistic assessment skills and will work with the patient and their carers to assess, plan, implement and evaluate their ongoing care and support needs in their own home or temporary/usual place of residence.
* Support the Operational and Clinical Team leaders in the delivery of best nursing practice, be involved in triage, allocation of work and leadership of other staff, manage team resources and deputise in their absence.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
* Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
* Role modelling good behaviour that supports teamwork.
* Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
* High level of clinical skills.
* Time management and organisation skills.
* Ability to work independently and set own priorities.
* Teaching skills.
Desirable
* Advanced assessment skills.
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse (RN1).
* Graduate Nursing Qualification at Academic Level 6 or working towards.
* Preceptorship training.
* Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development.
* I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
* District Nursing Specialist Practitioner Qualification.
* Prescribing Qualification or willingness to undertake.
* Post-graduate modules in Leadership.
* Practice Educator.
Knowledge
Essential
* High level of clinical knowledge and skill.
* Clinical Governance.
* Good knowledge of community services and care pathways.
* Health Improvement.
* Good working knowledge of positive risk taking and effective risk management strategies.
Desirable
* Understanding of National and local health and social care strategies.
* Working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Care Act.
* Understanding of an Integrated Care System and the Neighbourhood Teams role within the wider system.
Additional Criteria
Essential
* Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
Experience
Essential
* Significant post-registration experience in a clinical setting able to demonstrate transferability of experience to community setting.
* Experience of management of caseloads or wards and organisation of staff.
* Clinical audit/service improvement and development work.
* Experience of active participation in interdisciplinary team working.
Desirable
* Transcribing medication training.
* Clinical audit/service improvement and development work.
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Orchard Place
Orchard Street
Redditch
B98 7DP
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