Community Nurse

NHS; Hatching Green; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in West Herts is seeking a Registered Nurse to deliver skilled nursing care within community settings. The role involves conducting holistic assessments, advocating for patients, and ensuring continuity of care. Successful candidates will join a supportive team offering training and flexible working options. Salary ranges from £32,602 to £39,686 per year.

Benefits

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Recent clinical nursing experience with complex health needs.
• Experience in care planning and record keeping.
• Fluent in providing holistic care involving multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled nursing care in community settings.
• Conduct holistic health needs assessments.
• Facilitate patient self-care and independence.
• Document patient care accurately.

Skills

Chronic disease management

Patient advocacy

Holistic health assessment

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse (RN)

NMC Registration

Job description

Are you a nurse looking for a supportive team and the opportunity to develop new skills? This is an exciting time to join the community nursing service in West Herts. We are developing new community pathways which will support the delivery of more care in people's homes, and to enable us to do this we have a range of new learning and development opportunities available through the CLCH Academy.

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.

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

• 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 patient's advocate and to facilitate the patient's own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care, as appropriate.
• To identify and record new problems and other relevant information reporting back to the DN Team Lead as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive and contemporaneous records in accordance with Trust and NMC guidelines.

About us

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job responsibilities

**Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• NMC Registration
• Evidence of other post-registration education and training

Experience

• Recent clinical nursing experience negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary team
• Working with people with complex health needs
• Supporting students and other learners e.g. HCAs teaching others in the practice environment
• Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence based care.
• Previous experience in the Nursing process, care planning and fluent in record keeping
• Experience of providing holistic care that involves the multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of training other students.
• Post registration experience in a NHS community environment

Skills adn Knowledge

• Knowledge of out of hospital care and the role of the Community Nurse
• Ability to listen effectively and ability to give constructive feedback to clients and colleagues.
• Knowledge of how Equal Opportunities can be implemented in practice
• Awareness of the management and use of data in the NHS setting
• Knowledge of risks involved in working in the community.
• Knowledge of management of long term condition e.g. Diabetes and an understanding of the concept of self- management.
• Knowledge of infection control
• Knowledge of general wound care
• Literacy and numeracy skills
• Knowledge of recent government legislation and changes in community care delivery

Other

• Car Driver, 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)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£32,602 to £39,686 a yearp.a inc HCA (pro rata)