Band 5 Community Staff Nurse - Clinic - East Locality
Clinic-based position supporting nurse lead clinics across Locality - applicants must have an active NMC PIN number as essential to role.
Driving not essential. Flexible working hours can be discussed. Monday to Friday - no weekends or bank holidays.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the East Locality in the role of Clinic Nurse. The successful candidate will work as a Clinic nurse as part of the community nursing teams supporting non housebound patients that require clinical interventions that are deemed complex and therefore do not meet practice nurse criteria. You will need to be able to travel to the clinic sites. You will provide a holistic approach to individuals, that includes, assessment, planning and implementation of care along with review. The successful candidate will act as an autonomous practitioner providing a comprehensive clinical assessment service to patients resulting in a safe and appropriate clinical decision.
The successful candidate should have experience of wound care, with a particular interest in leg ulcer assessment, treatment and follow up care including compression therapy and lymphoedema care as well as catherisations. Prescribing or a willingness to complete nurse prescribing essential. In identifying appropriate patients for clinics you will also support with triaging of referrals.
*This post is not suitable for newly qualified nurses, you must be experienced and competent in complex wound care and catheterisations*
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the integrated Multidisciplinary team under the supervision of the Clinical Team Manager. He / She will be accountable for the delivery of high quality care to patients within health centers. Working with other members of the IMT to provide care to and promote health/well being and independence for patients on the team caseload, working closely with other partners/stakeholders including GP's, Tissue Viability and vascular clinics. You will support IMT triaging to ensure patients receive the right care at the right time in the right place.
About us
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
Training and development will be provided to support successful candidates in achieving competence in these areas.
IMT clinics currently operate between the hours of 8 am to 6pm over 5 days per week and the working pattern for the successful candidate would only be Monday to Friday at present, however with any further development of clinics for non housebound patients this may be expanded in the future. This post requires the successful candidates to be able to travel between sites so a full driving license and car is preferable however not essential. Clinics are run at various sites in Central Locality so the successful candidate may not be attached to 1 team base.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
* Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)
* Mentor and assessor qualification or equivalent
* Evidence of continued professional development relevant to role
Experience
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting
Skills/Knowledge
* Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical practice.
* Excellent communication, analytical skills and a problem solving approach.
* IT literate
* Awareness of the complex needs of a multicultural, socially diverse population.
* Effective time management
Personal Qualities
* As per person spec
Other Job Requirements
* As per person spec
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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