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Community Sister/Charge Nurse

Employer
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Swindon
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 pro rata per annum
Closing date
19 Sep 2024
Community Sister/Charge Nurse - Band 6

Are you an experience Community or District nurse? Are you a motivated, adaptable and keen to embrace a new challenge? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you today!

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our community nursing team for experienced community or district nurses to join the team and work across our unique Integrated Acute, and Community Care service to help us make a difference to our patients . We have a flexible approach to working and offer a variety of flexible working opportunities that can be considered to fit around your family and lifestyle.

Main duties of the job

To provide effective caseload management and care to those patients over the age of 18 requiring nursing care in their own homes and other community settings working autonomously and independently. The post holder will provide holistic care, assessment of the new patient , clinical advice, treatment and support to those people who require additional support to remain in their own homes, particularly during the later stages of life, as well as providing care to those people who request urgent intervention to address clinical issues such as wound care and catheter management. The post holder will be required to work with the multidisciplinary team, gaining support and advice in the management of care. This post is subject to lone working so experience of working alone is desirable.

About us

Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Find out more about our

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Job description

Job responsibilities

We provide a range of care and treatment to predominantly housebound patients who often have complex care needs or long term conditions that require treatment and support in wound care, catheter maintenance, palliative care, supporting people to die at home, insulin and diabetes care and a whole range of other health conditions.

The post holder will be responsible for effective caseload management and high quality care to those patients over the age of 18 requiring bespoke nursing care in their own homes and other community settings, often working autonomously and independently. You will provide holistic care, initial assessment of new patients, and will offer expert clinical advice, treatment and support to those people who require additional support to remain in their own homes, particularly during the later stages of life.

You will work collaboratively across the multidisciplinary team which includes Community Matrons, Virtual ward,Tissue Viability Nursing, Continence Specialist, Urgent community response team comprising, Paramedics, IV specialist team , therapists and our Phlebotomy Service to ensure a seamless patient care journey.

We are committed your training and professional development , offering unique training opportunities in end of life care and other relevant post graduate courses, working towards advanced clinical practice.

Interested?Watch and listen to our Community Team by clicking here : Community Recruitment Video FINAL - YouTube.You'll be joining a great team in a great place, where your commitment will be genuinely valued, your skills respected, and your ambition rewarded .

For more information or to arrange an informal discussion to learn more about our opportunities and the service we provide then please contact Heather Atkins 07919424949 or Lucy Smith 07900168103 We look forward to hearing from you.

Great People. Great Place. Great Western Hospitals

Please see attached Job Description for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RN (Adult)
  • Evidence of continuing professional development relevant for Band 6 post/ ? willingness to work towards, for example ? Specialist Practitioner Qualification ? PACR or equivalent ' ? 'Long term conditions' ? Frailty


Desirable

  • Specialist Practitioner Qualification
  • Clinically relevant Post Grad modules


Experience

Essential

  • Systematic approach to assessment, planning and evaluation of needs led care.
  • Able to carry out activities of a fully functional community nurse including end of life care, competent in the use of Mckinley syringe drivers, the administration of medications to support people in the last stages of life, catheter management skills including male and supra pubic catheter management ,wound care management and administration of iv antibiotics
  • Use of an electronic patient record system (SystmOne)
  • Previous community nurse experience and lone working advantageous
  • Experience in supporting junior staff and students through supervision and opportunity to achieve learning outcomes


Desirable

  • Life experiences that have enhanced professional development.
  • Experience in leading practice developments
  • Experience in caseload management


Skills

Essential

  • Good IT skills.
  • Good written and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent organisational skills.
  • Present their application and supporting information in a clear reflective manner


Desirable

  • To be able to communicate with a wide range of colleagues in different disciplines and agencies
  • Ability to make decisions and judgments within a community setting


Employer details

Employer name

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Orbital Offices

North Swindon District Centre

Swindon

SN25 4AN

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