Job Purpose

o 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.

o 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 coordinating 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.

Main duties of the job

• Establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team in order to facilitate patient choice and independence
• To effectively communicate complex and sensitive patient information to colleagues within the district nursing service and to multi-disciplinary team members involved with patient care.
• To be aware of, and act in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and other professional Guidelines.

o 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.

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

o 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 give skilled nursing care, based on principles of best practice and clinical evidence. This includes:

Chronic disease management, end of life care, continence promotion and wound management. Specific skills include phlebotomy, administration of medication via syringe drivers and intravenous therapy, PEG management, urinary catheterisation and tracheostomy suctioning.

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 patients advocate and to facilitate the patients own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care, as appropriate.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• NMC Registration

Desirable

• Evidence of other post-registration education and training

Essential

Essential

• Recent clinical nursing experience negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence based care.
• Supporting students and other learners e.g. HCAs teaching others in the practice environment

Desirable

• Participation in audit research projects service development
• Post registration experience in a NHS community environment

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of out of hospital care and the role of the Community Nurse
• Knowledge of reasonable response to service user needs and prioritising and dealing with those needs with a required urgency.
• Awareness of the management and use of data in the NHS setting

Desirable

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

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Hertfordshire Planned Care - Dacorum

Hemel One ,Boundary Way

Hemel Hempstead

HP2 7YU

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