Community Nurse - Newmarket Int

West Suffolk Nhs Foundation Trust; West Stow; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Nurse to join the Newmarket Integrated Neighbourhood Team. You will provide nursing services in the community, assess patients during home visits and develop individual care plans within a multidisciplinary team.

The role involves collaboration with Virtual Ward and Early Intervention Team, autonomous practice with support, and opportunities for professional development within our integrated care pathways across West Suffolk.

Qualifications

• RN qualification (Part 1 of register) or equivalent.
• NMC registration required or NQ Nurse awaiting registration.
• Mentorship qualification is desirable for the post, but not essential at interview.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan and deliver healthcare for patients in the community.
• Work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital and coordinate with the Virtual Ward team.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to provide seamless, integrated patient care.
• Ensure safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies, within budget constraints.
• Provide mentorship to students and new staff as appropriate.

Skills

Good communication

Team player

IT skills

Clinical reasoning

Education

RN Qualification

NMC registration

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Community Nurse has arisen in Newmarket Integrated Neighbourhood Team. This INT team is one of a total of six INT teams. The other INT localities are based in Bury Town, Bury Rural, Haverhill, Sudbury and Mildenhall and Brandon INT.

If you love meeting new people and working with a range of specialities the INTs are the place for you!

The INT accommodation 'Hubs' are the base for a wide range of other health professionals and agencies including Adult Social Care, social prescribers, GPs, police and mental health team members so we are able to work together in a fully integrated way to ensure the best care is delivered to the patients within our localities.

The successful applicant/s will join a friendly team of community nurses, community matrons, therapists, social prescribers, social care staff, INT coordinators and local administrators, supported fully by a locality Team Manager, and Localities Lead.

You will be providing nursing services to patients in the community and have the chance to work in an autonomous manner with the support of the wider multi-disciplinary team and across the West Suffolk Alliance. You will be assessing the patients by carrying out home visits and planning and implementing a patient's individualised care plan.

Service integration with Virtual Ward (Hospital at Home) and the Early Intervention Team will be part of the role daily, working fluidly with these other services.

Main duties of the job

Within the INT localities you have access to a range of treatment facilities and may be involved in delivering nursing care in specialist clinics, such as the leg ulcer and doppler clinics. You will be using a wide range of community nursing skills and will need to be confident in your assessment skills and in your ability to provide safe, effective treatments whilst working in a community setting. Experience of IV administration, cannulation, ECG recording, palliative care, wound management and catheter management will be an advantage.

This will be the perfect opportunity if you would like a role where you can use a wide range of nursing skills, or learn new skills specific to patient need. You are able to work independently, but also with the support of a close-knit team, who are hugely experienced and supportive. You have the privilege of working with patients in their own home environment to improve their health, alongside our service integration teams such as Virtual Ward (Hospital at Home) and our Early Intervention Team (EIT).

The role suits both newly qualified as well as experienced nurses. We can also accept applications from Return to Practices nurses (University course place dependent).

You will be able to develop your role in accordance with areas of clinical interest and to progress in your career, with expert training and education available to support this.

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• To assess, plan and deliver healthcare for patients, for example with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital and working alongside the Virtual Ward (Hospital at Home) team.
• To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non-statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
• Communication: You will be communicating with patients, their relatives, carers and colleagues and you will need to use communication techniques to motivate, negotiate or persuade internal or external stakeholders. You will use a range of verbal and non verbal communications and be able to show empathy and understanding.
• Planning and organisational skills: Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings.
• Support all team members within the integrated team, respecting them, their roles and contributions.
• Be responsible for safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies and be aware of budgetary constraints and work within these.
• Be accountable for own professional actions as determined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council code.
• Comment on draft policies.
• Be accountable for work you have delegated to others within the team, ensuring staff are competent to undertake delegated work.
• Ensure adherence to Trust policies, and procedures.
• Be aware of Trusts behaviour framework and ensure behaviours are embedded in role.
• Ensure Trusts behaviour framework is utilised when managing and supervising staff, and that behaviours are embraced and embedded within the team.
• Take part in clinical supervision as per Trust Policy.
• Demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff.
• Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration course.
• Provide Preceptorship to new staff as appropriate.
• Contribute to clinical audit as required.
• Complete risk assessments and incident forms as required.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

• RN Qualification (Part 1 of register) or equivalent.
• NMC registration required or NQ Nurse awaiting registration

Desirable

• Mentorship qualification is essential for the post, but not essential at interview.

Experience and knowledge

Essential

• Good communication skills
• Able to communicate effectively
• Highly motivated to working duties
• Able to provide high standards of care
• Ability to use own initiative
• Ability to manage stressful situations
• Ability to be focussed undertake patient care and input accurate data/patient records
• A team player
• Able to work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs

Desirable

• Leg Ulcer Management
• IV Administration /cannulation
• ENB 998/mentorship preparation or equivalent
• Previous experience working in the community

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Effective observational and reporting skills
• Good time management skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• IT and standard keyboard skills
• Able to use specialist equipment requiring a high level of dexterity
• Able to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
• Clinical reasoning skills

Desirable

• Leadership Skills

Personal qualities

Essential

• Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
• Flexible approach to working hours and duties

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.