To provide skilled nursing care working as part of the Primary Health Care Team to patients in a variety of community settings between the hours of 08:00 and 20.30, including weekends.

To actively monitor, maintain and develop the service provided.

To take responsibility for managing the caseload and the team, with the support of the Team Leader.

To deliver a proactive case managed approach for patients with long term care needs.

To actively participate in service development activities.

Main duties of the job

To provide skilled, effective and evidence based nursing care to patients in a variety of community settings.

To act as an autonomous Named Nurse taking continued responsibility for first assessments and on-going assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of care given to individuals, groups of patients and their families.

To undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological and social care needs of patients using the Single Assessment Process and to include the needs of carers.

To utilise a case managed approach in the co-ordination of care that aims to prevent and reduce hospital admissions.

Actively work with the Operational manager, team leads, community nurses, GPs and others to identify patients with Long Term Conditions requiring proactive case management.

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 be alert to the needs of vulnerable adults including routinely undertaking pressure ulcer and falls risk assessments, considering safeguarding and mental capacity and taking appropriate action when required.

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

To 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 the support of more specialist colleagues as required.

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

To have an innovative approach to practice in response to changing service needs and priorities.

To manage the caseload with the support of the District Nurse Team Lead.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
• Evidence of recent and continuing post-registration professional education and training equivalent to post-graduate diploma level

Desirable

• Mentor training
• Has undertaken formal training in staff and team management Nurse prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with people with complex health needs
• Experience of supervising junior staff and co-ordinating a team on a day to day, regular basis
• Experience of implementing evidence-based care in practice
• Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans

Desirable

• Community nursing and/or primary care post-registration nursing experience

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Has high level of competence in a range of clinical skills
• Ability to work in a team
• Able to work without direct supervision, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
• Able to delegate work effectively and safely
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Able to identify own and others learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meeting those needs

Other

Essential

• Able to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations

Desirable

• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Central London Community Healthcare

Oak Lane Clinic

London

N2 8LT

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