Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the District Nursing Service in Northumberland (Tweedmouth Clinic) for a full-time Community Staff Nurse.
We are looking for an enthusiastic staff nurse to join our district nursing team in Berwick. This is a fantastic opportunity to become a team member in an exciting service committed to providing patient-centered care to patients in their own homes, residential care settings, and in clinics. We are keen to provide our staff with development opportunities to enhance their skills, knowledge, and career progression within the District Nursing Service while providing high-quality and safe service in line with the Trust Values.
Main duties of the job
Community staff nurses work autonomously and as part of a team, reporting directly to their line manager, the community nursing team lead, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for a diverse group of patients with a wide range of conditions and health needs.
* The development and delivery of programmes of health and social care.
* The delivery of care and support to patients with a terminal illness and their families, including the provision of emotional and bereavement support.
* The performance of skilled nursing care including aspects of assessment, wound management, palliative care, and catheterization.
* The performance of diagnostic tests such as Ankle Brachial Pressure Index using Doppler and the interpretation of the results to decide further courses of action.
* Performance of procedures which require fine dexterity and skill such as venepuncture, drug administration by injection, and the removal of sutures. Interpretation of results and the communication of these to patients, e.g., blood glucose estimation. Explaining aspects of care to patients and carers, allowing the opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns.
* Maintenance and promotion of high standards of professional practice including the sharing of approaches and experience with others.
* Maintain a duty of care to patients, carers, and colleagues through the exercise of personal and professional accountability.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High-quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job responsibilities
* Community Staff Nurses are integral members of the district nursing team providing clinical care to a range of patients with acute and chronic health problems. The post includes the performance of a range of clinical procedures and assessments within a primary health care and community setting.
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which engages, enables, and empowers others, uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement, and facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
* State Registration on Part 1 of the 3 part NMC register.
* Additional clinical qualifications or equivalent derived through experience at diploma/degree level if experienced.
* Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching, and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Experience and knowledge
* Experience of working without direct supervision in a health care environment.
* Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
* Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques, and methods.
Other requirements
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
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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