Community Nurse

NHS Jobs; Ely; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a professional to undertake holistic assessment using clinical reasoning skills and promote patient independence where possible. You will organise and manage your own time, delegate when appropriate, and contribute to risk and health and safety assessments.

You will communicate effectively with patients, carers and colleagues, navigating communications challenges and supporting the Neighbourhood Teams under the new model of care.

Responsibilities

• Undertake holistic assessment using clinical reasoning skills.
• Promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay.
• Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately.
• Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and report any new risks.
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills.

Job description

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work. To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines. To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of clinical reasoning skills. To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate. To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting. Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately. Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks. To demonstrate the importance of gaining patient and carer consent in all interventions. To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication, e.g. hearing loss, diminished sight, depression, speech problems, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems and pain. To contribute to and work towards the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Neighbourhood Teams and the new model of care.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust