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 - Monday to Friday
The post holder will work autonomously and in collaboration with other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies and the Planned Care locality teams to deliver excellent standards of patient care for patients requiring support in unplanned care.
The post holder will be required to:
• Deliver high quality, skilled clinical care to patients at home and provide rapid response, rehabilitative and post-acute care in a variety of community settings including weekends and bank holidays. The service operates through pre-rostered shift patterns spanning 8am - 10pm, 7 days a week.
• Utilise specialist skills and knowledge to holistically assess needs and provide short term programmes of nursing care for vulnerable adults based on evidence-based practice.
• Work, as required, on a flexible basis to cover all roles required within the team including in-reach support at Watford General Hospital.
• Work within and across professional and organisational boundaries, liaising with GPs and other professionals to deliver individualised and expert clinical care to a high standard to clients.
• Take responsibility for managing the caseload and the team, with the support of the Senior Nurses.
• Support the Locality Manager/Clinical Lead and colleagues in delivering high quality care that delivers best value and meets the requirements of commissioners.
Main duties of the job
• Provide skilled, effective and evidence-based clinical care to patients in a variety of community settings.
• Use enhanced skills and knowledge to assess physical and psycho-social needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with patients, carers and the wider Multidisciplinary Team as needed.
• Make risk assessments, establishing the safety of patients' ability to stay at home or return home safely from another care setting, providing and arranging necessary nursing and supportive packages.
• Provide autonomous clinical care to a range of patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed and/or complex health needs and long-term conditions.
• Support appropriate and timely case-finding of patients suitable for the service including working to support in-reach to local acute trusts as needed.
• Provide evidence-based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on 'best practice' to improve health outcomes and promote choice, e.g. Intravenous therapy, anticoagulation monitoring, palliative care interventions and catheter and bowel management.
Working for our organisation
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.
* Access NHS benefits - such as NHS pension contributions and discounts.
* Access Trust benefits - get support with your career development and mental health.
* Become part of an integrated team - feel more valued and supported in your work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Both verbal and written communication skills, and experience of team working will be essential to the role. Strong interpersonal skills will also be essential. You must be an NMC registered, UK based nurse to apply for this role, as it is 'zero-hours' it does not attract visa sponsorship. You must also have at least 6 months acute experience.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse with current NMC registration OR Paramedic with HCPC registration.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working in Primary Care/ Accident & Emergency.
* Experience of supervising junior staff and coordinating daily activities on a regular basis.
* Physical Clinical Assessment Skills Course or willingness to undertake the course.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of supervising junior staff and coordinating daily activities on a regular basis.
* Extensive range of clinical skills and experience including, e.g. IV therapy, venepuncture, cannulation, rehabilitation.
* Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of implementing evidence-based care in practice.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Has high level of competence in a range of clinical skills.
* Able to work without direct supervision, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others.
* Basic IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package and email.
Desirable criteria
* Principles of care for patients with long-term conditions, relevant NSFs and other national standards.
* NMC/HCPC Codes of Professional Conduct and application to practice.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
* Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
* Race Equality Network
* Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)
"We work Flexibly"
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
* JD (PDF, 776.3KB)
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