Community Registered Nurse Intermediate Care

The Methodist Church in Britain; Torquay; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Mentoring within a supportive team

Healthy work-life balance

Descripción de la vacante

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced community nurse to join the intermediate care team in Torquay. You will care for housebound patients recently discharged from hospital or whose health has declined, working with GPs and social care to restore function and independence.

Applicants must be a registered adult nurse with NMC. Prescribing and palliative care training are desirable, and you will work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality,

Formación

• Level 1 adult nursing qualification.
• NMC registration as an adult nurse.
• Proven experience across a range of clinical skills.
• Experience communicating complex information to patients, carers and health and social care staff.
• Relevant team working experience.

Responsabilidades

• Support housebound patients recently discharged from hospital or with a decline in medical status within the intermediate care team.
• Deliver high quality individualised care to housebound patients.
• Work in a multidisciplinary team and in partnership with primary and secondary care.
• Promote patient comfort, well-being and rehabilitation.
• Communicate with GPs, hospital, community, out-of-hours, third sector services and care homes.
• Generate prescriptions and order pressure relieving equipment using IT systems.
• Meet other objectives agreed at the Achievement Review.

Conocimientos

Prescriptions

IT systems

Time management

Prioritisation

Clinical judgement

Mental Capacity Act

Safeguarding

Holistic assessment

Resource management

Research and audit

Educación

Adult Nursing

Descripción del empleo

A community nursing post in the intermediate care team of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, working alongside band 6 nurses and allied health professionals. The work supports housebound patients recently discharged from hospital, or whose health has declined, to regain function and independence. The role involves close liaison with GPs, out-of-hours services and social care, with priority given to applicants holding NHS at-risk or priority status. Applicants need NMC registration as an adult nurse; prescribing and palliative care courses are desirable.

What the job involves

• Support patients recently discharged from hospital or with a decline in medical status within the intermediate care team
• Deliver high quality individualised care to housebound patients
• Work in a multidisciplinary team and in partnership with primary and secondary care
• Promote patient comfort, well-being and rehabilitation
• Achieve agreed standards of care
• Communicate and liaise with GPs, hospital, community, out-of-hours, third sector services and care homes
• Provide complex and sensitive information using empathy, reassurance, motivational and negotiation skills
• Undertake best interest decisions where consent or understanding is limited
• Generate prescriptions and order pressure relieving equipment using IT systems
• Contribute as a valued team member
• Meet other objectives agreed at the Achievement Review

Qualifications

• Level 1 adult nursing qualification

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as an adult nurse

Experience

• Proven experience across a range of clinical skills, including complex and specialist skills
• Proven experience communicating complex information to patients, carers and health and social care staff
• Relevant team working experience

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to generate prescriptions and order pressure relieving equipment using IT systems
• Relevant IT knowledge or experience
• Good time management and ability to prioritise and delegate within a caseload
• Ability to make sound clinical judgements in complex or crisis situations
• Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act and of safeguarding adults and children
• Holistic client assessment using an identified model of care

Other

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Patient-centred approach, motivated and able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Specialist knowledge across work procedures, underpinned by theory
• Awareness of resource management
• Knowledge of research and audit principles

Nice to have

• Mentorship course
• Tissue viability or leg ulcer course
• Community Nurse Prescriber V150 course, or willingness to undertake it
• Diabetes course
• Palliative care course or skills
• Experience of continuing healthcare assessments
• Experience of COPD or heart failure care
• Previous experience in an integrated health and social care setting

What’s offered

• Team that promotes a healthy work-home life balance
• Mentoring within a supportive team