Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
About
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.
CLCH is both the largest community healthcare organisation in London and the first in the capital to be awarded NHS Trust status. As such, CLCH is at the forefront of changing the way healthcare services are provided to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients. Over 3,000 community health professionals and staff provide community and in-patient services to over 900,000 local people.
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.
Key details
Location
Site: Soho district nurses office
Address: Soho Square
Town: Various
Postcode: W1D 3HZ
Major / Minor Region: London
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Bank
Hours: Flexible working - various
Salary
Salary: £18.80
Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
Salary period: Hourly
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Specialty
Main area: Nursing
Job overview
Job Purpose - Monday - Friday 08:30-16:45
* To participate in the implementation and monitoring of the Trust’s clinical and operational guidelines and policies.
* Be aware of, and act in accordance with, the Trust’s Organisational and Clinical Guidelines and Policies.
* To be aware of, and act in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and other professional Guidelines.
* To ensure the safe handling of body fluids and contaminated sharps.
* Be alert to the needs of vulnerable adults including risk assessment and taking appropriate action when required.
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* To develop and utilise specialist nursing skills such as leg ulcer assessment and management, syringe driver set up, intravenous drug administration, continence assessment, and palliative care.
* Support patients and their carers with managing their medicines and undertaking medicines management reviews as directed.
* To provide care to people with long term conditions undertaking reviews in accordance with the individual patient care plan and with support of more experienced colleagues as required.
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:
* stay well
* manage their own health with the right support
* avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.
We support our patients at every stage of their lives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Essential criteria
* Recent clinical nursing experience negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary team
* Working with people with complex health needs
* Supporting students and other learners e.g. HCAs teaching others in the practice environment
* Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence based care.
* Previous experience in the Nursing process, care planning and fluent in record keeping
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.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website: Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)
"We work Flexibly"
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.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse (RN)
* NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of other post-registration education and training
Experience
Essential criteria
* Recent clinical nursing experience negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary team
* Working with people with complex health needs
* Supporting students and other learners e.g. HCAs teaching others in the practice environment
* Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence based care.
* Previous experience in the Nursing process, care planning and fluent in record keeping
Desirable criteria
* Experience of training other students
* Participation in audit; research projects; service development
* Post registration experience in a NHS community environment
Documents
* JD (, 536.3)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Shanelle Green
Job title: Bank recruitment business partner
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0203 937 8322
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