Job Purpose To provide community nursing care to a wide variety of patients in residential homes across Nottingham City. To work within the wider integrated care homes service providing holistic care to patients. This nursing care includes acute and chronic wound management, medication administration, catheter care, palliative care, long term conditions/ self-care. To provide holistic and individualised care to patients and carers as delegated by the Team Leader or deputy, working autonomously and as part of a team. To regularly take responsibility for care and workload management in the absence of the Team Leader or deputy with named support from another team. Dimensions To provide nursing care across a diverse population for patients who are living within a care home and are registered with a Nottingham City GP. To participate actively in the services training strategy, including mandatory training and other identified necessary for this role. To work across the Nottingham City Integrated Care Homes and Community Nursing Teams. To supervise and support student nurses on placements with the community nursing teams. To supervise unregistered nurses who have a delegated caseload. Key Responsibilities Contribute to the public health agenda by raising awareness of health and well-being needs to individuals. Plan, deliver and evaluate programmes of care to address peoples health and well-being needs. Implement the provision of evidence-based/ best practice. Actively encourages patient and carer feedback about the service. Maintain a high standard of care to patients and carers. Contribute to the continual improvement of the service. Maintain a professional image as outlined in NMC code of conduct. Contribute to the Clinical Governance agenda and applies risk management systems. Participate in relevant research and audit activity. Regularly takes responsibility for the appropriate delegation of nursing care to team members. Develops effective working relationships with care home managers and care home staff. Promote and maintain good practice in record keeping by self and the team to ensure NCCP and Professional standards are met. Establish and maintain communication with individuals and groups in a wide variety of settings and situations in the Integrated Care Homes service and wider CityCare services. Liaise and interact with other agencies and disciplines. To be responsible for the communication and effective feedback to the team leader or deputy. Support effective team working both in the team and within the care homes. To be responsible for the development of own knowledge and clinical practice and recognises ones own limitations. Act as a mentor to a variety of nursing students. Participate in the development of other team members. Participate in the supervision framework as a supervisee and supervisor. Maintain a portfolio to demonstrate continuing professional development. Contribute to the implementation of service developments. Participate in the Personal Development process and take responsibility for reaching agreed development objectives. Attend mandatory training. Utilise enhanced knowledge and skills to promote continuous service improvements. Promote and maintain best practice that ensures the health safety and security of self, patients and colleagues in accordance with the policies procedures and guidelines of NCCP. Ensure that confidentiality is protected at all times. Practice in accordance with procedures and guidelines for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and Child Protection. In the absence of District Nurse Team Leader or deputy takes responsibility for the needs of patients and carers on the community nursing caseload and ensures that appropriate delegation and supervision of work is carried out in accordance to the skills and abilities of team member.