Community Nurse

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a registered nurse with NHS community experience to join the Urgent Community Response Frailty Hospital at Home team across Buckinghamshire. You will deliver hospital-level urgent and same-day care in patients’ homes, with holistic assessment and timely interventions in a multidisciplinary setting.

Respond to referrals, maintain high nursing standards under Trust policies and NMC guidelines, and contribute to a positive, patient-centred service

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with NHS community experience.

Responsibilities

• Respond to clinically appropriate 0-2 hour and 2-24 hour community referrals with holistic assessment and hospital-level care in the patient’s home.
• Assess physical and psycho-social needs and provide interventions tailored to meet the needs of the individual based on best available evidence.
• To improve health outcomes using profession based skills and knowledge.

Job description

Are you a registered nurse with NHS community experience? Do you thrive in a busy, dynamic and rapidly revolving service? This role is for you.

The Urgent Community Response Frailty Hospital at Home (UCR FH@H) team delivers hospital-level urgent and same-day responses to people in their usual place of residence following a sudden deterioration in their health or condition. This could be a one-off visit or a short episode of care, delivered through multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other community services. The timely responses and high level of holistic assessment and effective clinical interventions reduce the need for unnecessary hospital conveyances or admissions and enable patients to remain at home where they recover best.

The post holder will work across Buckinghamshire.

The post holder will work with a range of professionals to ensure treatment and care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.

The post holder will be expected to carry out all relevant fundamentals forms of care with or without direct supervision maintaining a high standard of nursing care within the framework of Trust policies and in accordance with guidelines as laid down by the NMC.

The post holder will participate in maintaining a positive working environment incorporating patients’ feedback to maintain and improve patient care, and act as an effective role model promoting excellence through practice.

Key Areas:

• The post holder will respond to clinically appropriate 0-2 hour and 2-24 hour community response referrals, alongside planned follow up visits across the breadth of the service, providing holistic assessment and delivering hospital level treatments and care in the patient’s usual place of residence.
• Assess physical and psycho-social needs and provide interventions tailored to meet the needs of the individual based on best available evidence
• To improve health outcomes using profession based skills and knowledge

Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"?

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you’ll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.