An exciting opportunity to join a wonderful, dynamic and patient focused team providing high quality services to the local community.

Whether it be supporting a team member with new skills or attending to a patient and advising their family, your role as a Senior Community Nurse/ District Nurse provides you with the opportunity to deliver a high standard of care to patients in their homes alongside developing your leadership skills supporting your team.

Could you be our new Senior Community Nurse/ District Nurse looking for a new challenge? As a Registered Nurse with a graduate qualification in a health-related subject and post-registration community experience, or the Specialist Practitioner Qualification in District Nursing you will lead a community nursing team within a multi professional environment.

Would consider someone looking to develop their skills in to a senior community nursing role.

Main duties of the job

• To Practice as a senior member of the community nursing team, working within the Integrated Community Teams (ICTs)
• To provide a case management approach to care for an identified number of patients working closely with GPs, the ICTs and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies.
• To provide advice, information and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to enjoy maximum independence, health and wellbeing.
• To creatively manage the holistic and clinical needs of patients with acute, sub-acute and long-term conditions,
• To enable patients living long term physical health challenges to live well within their communities, with a focus on not only their physical health needs but also their wider holistic needs, e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, psychological needs, social needs and spiritual needs

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Lead Multidisciplinary Team meetings as appropriate and other meeting as required. This will include attendance at GP supported clinical meetings such as Gold Standards Framework or Case Management reviews

Communicate and liaise with the Multidisciplinary ICT, other colleagues within Gloucestershire Care Services (GCS) and Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as well as other referring acute and community hospitals

Discuss patient's conditions with them / carers and families as appropriate and relay information accurately and contemporaneously back to colleagues both within the ICT and other organisations detailed above.

• Has responsibility for the expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidence based nursing care to meet complex health care needs to individuals and their carers within the defined caseload across the community setting

To support any adult who requires care at home through a diverse range of pathways which support wellness and promote independence where the patients care can only or is best delivered within the home environment

Assess, review and minimise clinical risk and avoid crisis where possible or take appropriate measures or escalation to ensure risk is both known, explored and understood by the relevant staff

Embraces an open approach to clinical care which upholds evidence based care and underpins the quality and governance expectations of the organisation

Will participate in, identify areas for and support others to work with audit plans and acquisition of data required for any audits hosted by the organisation

Will work with and support the wider ICT with the delivery of Public Health initiatives including the management of long term conditions and to collaborate with other statutory, voluntary and private care providers in setting up and monitoring care packages.

Will maintain and promote accurate record keeping and documentation following national, professional and local protocols and policies via both paper and electronic platforms and across organisational structures

To demonstrate, teach and supervise individuals and their carers/family members in providing care that they can safely undertake themselves, advising and giving support as necessary (e.g. teaching a newly diagnosed diabetic or their carer/family how to administer Insulin).

To provide health promotion and education to patients, carers and families giving advice on promotion of wellness (e.g. Flu Vaccination programmes) and prevention of accidental injury (e.g. Falls Prevention).

• To assess patients needs for aids / equipment or assistive technology which may promote their quality of life, safety or independent functioning and to undertake acquisition / ordering of relevant equipment.

To work within a case management approach and provide a spectrum of clinical care in addition to the wider holistic assessment and needs identification processes.

To undertake extended clinical skills competently such as venepuncture, cannulation, intravenous drug administration, syringe driver management and vacuum assisted closure and to support colleagues to develop competency with such skills

• Respond appropriately to feedback from patients and carers about the service, using the open approach of the organisation and within Duty of Candour expectations

• Work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker taking responsibility for the assessment of care and health education needs

• Work across shift patterns to deliver care across core hours of service which includes weekends, evening & bank holidays.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Adult / RGN)
• Current NMC registration
• For the DN role, the Specialist Practitioner qualification in Community/ District Nursing is essential at diploma or degree level If the DN SPQ is not held, the post holder must hold a degree in a health-related subject or be working towards this with over 50% of level 3 or 6 credit already obtained
• Facilitating learning and assessment in practice (FLAP), ENB 998 or equivalent mentoring and assessing qualification.
• Driving licence valid in the UK and use of own vehicle

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Experience of working without direct supervision
• Consolidated experience of community nursing practice
• Experience of managing long term conditions and case management of complex patients
• Evidence of post-registration education & training.

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Ability to work on own initiative, assess patients competently and link with colleagues in the wider MDT to tailor plans of care
• Ability to effectively manage the workload, prioritise and delegate to manage capacity and demand
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures

Desirable

• Up to date clinical knowledge including risk assessment
• Knowledge of health coaching techniques to engage patient participation and outcome

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cinderford Health Centre

Dockham Rd

Cinderford

GL14 2AN

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327-24-643