Community Nurse - Gloucester

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Nurse to join the Integrated Community Team (ICT). The role involves delivering skilled nursing care to patients and residents in their homes or clinic settings, and supporting the Community Nursing Team in the absence of the Team Leader.

You will assess patients and carers using strength-based approaches, develop care plans with patients and carers, and provide education and advice to promote independence and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Assess patient and carers needs through strength based assessment.
• Develop individual care plans in partnership with patients and carers.
• Provide skilled nursing care interventions, support and advice to colleagues, patients and carers.

Responsibilities

• Work as a member of the Community Nursing Team within an Integrated Community Team (ICT).
• Deliver high standard of skilled nursing care to patients in their homes or clinic settings.
• Manage the Community Nursing Team in absence of the team Leader.
• Administer and monitor medications per policies and procedures.
• Maintain accurate patient documentation on the electronic clinical recording system.

Skills

Assessment

Care planning

Medication administration

Patient advocacy

Tools

Electronic clinical recording system

Job description

To work as a member of the Community Nursing Team within an Integrated Community team (ICT) delivering care to patients/ residents within an Integrated Care Team population.

To provide a high standard of skilled nursing care to people in their own homes or clinic settings.

To manage the Community Nursing Team and Nursing Caseload in the absence of the team Leader - District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse (for annual leave, study leave & sickness).

Assess patient and carers needs through strength based assessment.

Develop individual care plans in partnership with patients and carers. This will include information, advice, sign-posting and education.

Provide skilled nursing care interventions, support and advice to colleagues, patients and carers.

Collaborate with colleagues in the Integrated Community Teams and other aligned services to enable people within their communities, maximising their potential and promoting their independence.

Administer and monitor medications consistent with policies and procedures.

Assist in providing consistently high standards of evidence based care that meets the patient’s requirements and satisfaction.

Maintain accurate patient documentation on the electronic clinical recording system.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

About

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lara Harper Job title: Community Nurse Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07974075351

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