Community Home Nurse: Complex Care & Wound Specialist

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust; Amersham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is inviting applications for a Community Staff Nurse within the Amersham Adult Community Healthcare Team. The role involves delivering nursing interventions to patients in their home environment, with a requirement to hold a valid car and access to a vehicle for work.

Our team provides a 7am to 9pm service seven days a week, offering opportunities to develop skills in IV therapy, catheter care, palliative and end-of-life support, leg ulcer management, wound

Responsibilities

• Assess the physical and psycho–social needs of patients and deliver therapeutic interventions based on best available evidence in order to improve health outcomes.
• To manage own case load, delivering and evaluating service delivery to patients with a variety of medical conditions and those delegated by case managers.
• To plan interventions with the Case Manager and other team members using the common assessment process.
• To take part in the referral management process to ensure patients are treated by the most appropriate member of the team/service.
• To contribute to the development of protocols and procedures developed for clinical pathways
• Assist in the development of case management protocols and guidelines within their own area of professional practice

Job description

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is inviting applications for a Community Staff Nurse within the Amersham Adult Community Healthcare Team. The role involves delivering nursing interventions to patients in their home environment, with a requirement to hold a valid car and access to a vehicle for work.

Our team provides a 7am to 9pm service seven days a week, offering opportunities to develop skills in IV therapy, catheter care, palliative and end-of-life support, leg ulcer management, wound