Community Nurse – Home Visits & Path to Band 6 + Tech Tools

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

Career development pathway Band 3 to 8

Work iPhone and iPad provided

Job summary

Procare Community Services is seeking a registered nurse to join its adult community nursing team. You will visit adults at home, assess and treat a caseload with tasks including wound care, catheterisation and end of life care, working under a District Nurse.

You'll work seven days a week, 8am to 8pm, with a planned review for a Band 6 senior post once competencies are met. Visa sponsorship is not offered.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with NMC registration and current practising status.
• Experience in community/outpatient care and home visits preferred.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage a caseload.

Responsibilities

• Visit adult patients in their own homes who have a nursing need, including long-term, complex and end of life care.
• Assess, implement and evaluate person-centred care for a caseload of patients.
• Carry out venepuncture.
• Provide wound care.
• Carry out catheterisation.
• Manage syringe drivers.
• Provide end of life care and symptom control.
• Prioritise visits according to patient clinical need.
• Organise own workload.
• Record care on the EMIS electronic patient record.
• Work as part of a local team with the acute hospital, social care, mental health teams, GPs and practice nurses.
• Work under the direction of a District Nurse.

Skills

Wound care

Catheterisation

Venepuncture

End of life care

Care planning

Time management

EMIS record keeping

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

NMC registration current

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Procare Community Services is seeking a registered nurse to join its adult community nursing team. You will visit adults at home, assess and treat a caseload with tasks including wound care, catheterisation and end of life care, working under a District Nurse.

You'll work seven days a week, 8am to 8pm, with a planned review for a Band 6 senior post once competencies are met. Visa sponsorship is not offered.