To provide skilled nursing care working under the supervision of the Community Nurse Team Lead and Deputy Team Lead to patients in a variety of community settings.The post holder will undertake community nursing duties involving delivery of nursing services and holistic assessments of patients health needs using a person centred approach. This includes providing quality and seamless nursing care to housebound patients and being proactive in co-ordinating their care needs as appropriate, avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital or long-term care institutions. In addition, the post holder will be involved in facilitating self- care for patients with long term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery.The post holder will be responsible for:? Clinical? Communication? Managerial? Quality and Performance? Educational? Professional

Must have a knowledgeable expertise and experience in Catheter care, compression bandage, IV therapy, Injection/Insulin/Tinzaparin, comprehensive assessment, pleural drain, wound care, post op wound care and chronic leg ulcer management.

Main duties of the job

Act as a Named Nurse with the support and supervision of the DN Team Lead. To take continued responsibility for the holistic health needs assessment including care planning, evaluation and appropriate implementation of health care and ensuring continuity of care following referral from acute care, rehabilitation units, GPs and other agencies.

Undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological, and social care needs of patients using the Single Assessment Process and including the needs of carers. To provide individualised and person-centred care plans that provide monitoring and promotion of self-care to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions

Act as the patient's advocate and to facilitate the patient's own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care, as appropriate.

To identify and record new problems and other relevant information reporting back to the DN Team Lead as appropriate.

About us

We providecommunity health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.

Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:

• stay well
  
• manage their own health with the right support
  
• avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.

We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.

Our vision:deliver great care closer to home.

Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence

Job description

Job responsibilities

To develop and utilise specialist nursing skills such as leg ulcer assessment and management, syringe driver set up, intravenous drug administration, continence assessment, and palliative care.

Support patients and their carers with managing their medicines and undertaking medicines management reviews as directed.

To provide care to people with long term conditions undertaking reviews in accordance with the individual patient care plan and with support of more experienced colleagues as required.

Undertake nutritional assessments and advice and support patients with their nutritional needs. For example PEG feeds.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• NMC Registration

Desirable

• Evidence of other post-registration education and training

Experience

Essential

• Working with people with complex health needs
• Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence-based care
• Previous experience in the Nursing process, care planning and fluent in record keeping
• Experience of providing holistic care that involves the multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience of training other students
• Participation in audit research projects service development
• Post registration experience in a NHS community environment

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of PREP
• Ability to listen effectively and ability to give constructive
• Knowledge of how Equal Opportunities can be implemented in practice
• Knowledge of risks involved in working in the community
• Knowledge of infection control
• Promotion of continence

Desirable

• Knowledge of recent government legislation and changes in community care delivery
• Understanding of resource management
• Knowledge of the audit process

Key Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work in a team and be a proactive member and able to engage in change process in the team.
• Ability to organise and participate in weekly work allocation and be able to prioritise and delegate effectively.
• Ability to assess a situation and act promptly
• Ability to implement learning in practice and inform others
• Car Driver
• Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing such as computerised documentation and data entry

Desirable

• Ability to critically analyse and evaluate research relevant to practice.

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Central London Community Healthcare

Oak Lane Clinic

London

N2 8LT

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