Senior Community Nurse - CHSCS Cranbrook+Loxford
Band 6
Main area Nursing Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 395-RR027-25-A
Site Redbridge Town Ilford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pa (plus HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 01/05/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Senior Community Nurse or District Nurse to join our Integrated Teams in Redbridge. This applicant is required to have a District Nurse certificate or 2 years experience working as a community Nurse.
The expectation of this post holder will be to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust’s Values in their day to day work. These are:
1. We are kind
2. We are respectful
3. We work together with our communities
The successful candidates will be a Registered Nurse (RN12-NMC) responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.
The successful candidates will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will supervise pre-registration students. They will have a commitment to collaborative working actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.
Main duties of the job
The post holders will lead and manage a Community Nursing Team, geographically aligned to GP practices and be responsible for the management of a caseload ensuring the provision of a high standard of nursing care to patients and their families in the community. He/she will work as part of the integrated primary/community health care team, working within and across professional and organisational boundaries. Liaising with GPs, other professionals and statutory and voluntary agencies he/she will deliver individualised care to patients. The Senior Community Nurse works without direct supervision and provides leadership to the community nursing team.
Applications are welcome from nurses currently undertaking the Band 6 Development Program or willing to undertake the program.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualification
* Current NMC Registration Registered Nurse (RN)
* Evidence of professional up-dating
* Agreement to undertake the following modules (band 5/6 Development programme),
* Academic ability to study at degree level
* Relevant post registration course and experience e.g. Palliative Care, Diabetes and Tissue Viability
Experience
* Has experience of team working that will assist the individual to manage an effective team
* Interagency and collaborative working
* Evidence of teaching and assessing individuals
* Providing complex packages of care
* 2 years community Experience
* 3 years post registration experience
* Ability to manage staff conflict and difficult situations
* Experience of ensuring practice is based on sound evidence and clinical audit
Knowledge
* An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
* Awareness of the content and application in practice of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
* A good range of clinical skills, including assessment
* Understand the importance of chronic disease management and rehabilitation in the community
Skills
* Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
* Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
* Good organisation skills and ability to prioritise and work in a self-directed way
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
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