We are looking for dynamic, passionate, and motivated nurses with experience in Community Nursing to be a Team Leader within the Camborne Community Nursing Team.
The post holder will work with the team to ensure the provision of a holistic nursing assessment and high-quality, safe, evidence-based care to patients and carers with the aim of maintaining patients in their own homes. Our patients are at the centre of all that we do, so we are looking for nurses who are calm, caring, compassionate clinicians with an interest in delivering the highest quality care and supporting our patients to lead full and independent lives whilst promoting self-management of their health conditions.
This will be an exciting and evolving job role within the Primary Care Network, exploring new multi-disciplinary ways of integrated working. Therefore, flexibility and a willingness to explore new ways of working is a must, and adaptability is required.
This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county, including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.
As an autonomous practitioner, the post holder will be responsible for the triage, assessment, and treatment of patients with complex health and social care needs. They will manage a clinical caseload within a community nursing team with guidance from the Community Nurse Team Lead, ensuring the provision of a holistic nursing assessment and high-quality, safe, evidence-based care to patients and carers with the aim of maintaining patients in their own homes. This includes physical examination, detailed history taking, diagnosis of deterioration in pre-existing conditions, and treatment planning.
The post holder will work in this adaptable and evolving role, focusing on safe, effective admission avoidance and supporting timely discharge from hospitals and other care settings. Implementing personalised care plans and collaborating with the whole community resource to facilitate ongoing care management.
To work in partnership with the team, patients, carers, and members of the multi-disciplinary team to offer support and advice and promote informed choice; maximising independence and optimising quality of life. This post holder will be required to provide clinical management, HR support, and leadership to all staff within the team.
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation, and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role, please see ‘supporting documents’.
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