Community Staff Nurse

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Blyth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community staff nurse to join the District Nursing Service in South East & Central. The role involves caring for patients in their homes, clinics and residential settings with a strong emphasis on patient-centred care and ongoing professional development.

You will work autonomously within a supportive team, delivering high-quality nursing care and contributing to the trust’s values.

Qualifications

• Autonomous practice within community settings.
• Ability to work as part of a district nursing team.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for a diverse group of patients in their homes, residential settings and clinics.
• Deliver programmes of health and social care and provide emotional and bereavement support.
• Perform skilled nursing tasks including wound care, palliative care and catheterisation.
• Carry out procedures such as venepuncture and blood glucose testing and interpret results.
• Communicate care plans clearly to patients and carers and escalate concerns to the line manager when needed.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community staff nurse to join the District Nursing Service in South East & Central.

We are looking for an enthusiastic staff nurse to join our district nursing team, this is a fantastic opportunity to become a team member in an exciting service committed to providing patient centred care to patients in their own homes, residential care settings and in clinics. We are keen to provide our staff with development opportunities to enhance their skills, knowledge and career progression within the District Nursing Service, while providing high quality and safe service in line with the Trust Values.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Community staff nurses work autonomously and as part of a team, reporting directly to their line manager, the community nursing team lead, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for a diverse group of patients with a wide range of conditions and health needs.

The development and delivery of programmes of health and social care.

The delivery of care and support to patients with a terminal illness and their families including the provision of emotional and bereavement support.

The performance of skilled nursing care including aspects of assessment, wound management, palliative care and catheterisation.

The performance of diagnostic tests such as Ankle Brachial Pressure Index using Doppler and the interpretation of the results to decide further courses of action.

Performance of procedures which require fine dexterity and skill such as venepuncture, drug administration by injection and the removal of sutures.

Interpretation of results and the communication of these to patients e.g. blood glucose estimation. Explaining aspects of care to patients and carers allowing the opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns.

Maintenance and promotion of high standards of professional practice including the sharing of approaches and experience with others.

Maintain a duty of care to patients, carers and colleagues through the exercise of personal and professional accountability.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lyndsey Wilkinson Job title: Clinical Neighbourhood Matron Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07500552961