Community Staff Nurse

NHS; Lowestoft; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Lowestoft Primary Care Home team as a Registered Nurse, providing critical nursing care to patients in their homes and community settings. This role offers an opportunity to form lasting therapeutic relationships, with support for professional development and flexibility in working arrangements. You will be part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team, focusing on person-centered care and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Support for flexible working arrangements

Employee benefits and staff ownership options

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult) required.
• Must have BSc in Nursing Practice or equivalent.
• Health coaching training is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centered care to patients in diverse settings.
• Complete holistic assessments and participate in nursing interventions.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support patient care.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Effective organisation

Time management

Health coaching

Education

BSc in Nursing Practice or equivalent

Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council

Evidence of working towards a nursing degree

Job description

Welcome to Lowestoft Primary Care Home (PCH) team.

Are you a Registered Nurse (Adult) or 3rd year student due to qualify? Do you want to progress your nursing career with a supportive and encouraging team, providing nursing care to patients in their own homes, clinic or residential homes?

Do you like the idea of forming longer term therapeutic relationships with patients and their families?

The PCH is a multidisciplinary team delivering health care to people in the coastal town of Lowestoft. The combined skills of the team mean they are able to respond to the changing needs of patients and support those who may previously been admitted to hospital to remain at home. You will become an active member within this team of clinicians. We would be very happy to provide preceptorship to a newly qualified Registered Nurse

The PCH team provides community services 7 days per week 07:00- 20:30 hours

The core shift is 08:30- 16:30 other shifts included in the rota 07:00- 15:00 and 12:00 -20:00. Weekend and bank holiday working on a rotational basis. The post is offered at 37.5 hours per week. Worked in a 7.5 hour shifts over 5 working days. We are able to support flexible working arrangements and other shift patterns would be considered.

Following the announcement of a 3.6% Agenda for Change pay award, this role will be eligible for a salary increase effective in August 2025 pay. Details of the new pay structure can be found on the NHS Employers website.

Main duties of the job

As a community nurse you will be providing an excellent standard of person centered care to adults in their own homes, residential care or clinic settings This will include a mixture of nursing and reablement interventions to support patients to maintain their health or recover from ill health where possible. You will be supported by Senior nurses to gain the clinical skills required to deliver care in the community and you will eventually hold your own caseload of patients.

You will complete holistic assessments for patients referred to the service. Participate in delivery of nursing interventions which could include, but not restricted to:

Holistic assessments including environmental, moving and handling assessments, pressure area risk, nutritional needs.

Urinary catheterisation

Administration of medication via injection

Wound care and specialist leg ulcer assessment and care

Palliation and end of life care

Support patient self care using health coaching

For further information or an informal visit please email the Lead Nurse [e-mail]

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About us

ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.

We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

Lowestoft Primary Care Home is a multidisciplinary clinical team of health and social care professionals working in partnership partnership with Primary Care, Social Services, social care providers, other specialist community health teams and voluntary sector providers to ensure patients are able to remain in their own homes whenever possible.

Job responsibilities

• Contributeto, support, and promote ECCHs, strategic direction, values, and culture inrelation to community health services.
• Discussall treatment options with sensitivity, knowledge, and expertise. To act as apatient advocate when appropriate, respecting patient confidentiality withprivacy and respect for diverse cultural backgrounds and requirements
• Actas a resource for other health and social care professionals on mattersrelating to community nursing.
• Participatein clinical supervision within Primary Care Home as required.
• Participateand maintain a learning environment and maximise opportunities for educationand development in the clinical area.
• Develop excellent internal and externalNetwork to promote Primary Care Home.
• Contributeto the clinical governance agenda through participation in clinical riskassessment and clinical audit.
• Contributeto an environment conducive to effective working, respecting, and supportingstaff to deliver high quality clinical services.
• Contributeto change and innovation within Primary Care Home.
• Workas part of the multidisciplinary Primary Care Home to deliver planned andunplanned services.
• Workin collaboration with colleagues to contribute to the development of carepathways for patients requiring a range of healthcare needs.
• Workin partnership with senior members of the Primary Care Home to review thedelegated caseload and ensure the care provided is of high quality.
• Workwith patients towards self-care and independence utilising health coachingtechniques
• Workcollaboratively with residential care home colleagues to promote high standardsof care.
• Contributeto the review of current policies/ protocols/guidelines and the development ofclinical pathways and outcomes for people requiring proactive and reactiveservices.
• Planand organise a range of complex clinical activities in a wide range ofcommunity settings to ensure best practice is delivered to patients in yourdelegated area of responsibility.
• Takeresponsibility for own personal and professional development; maintaincompetence, knowledge, and skills commensurate with role.
• Bewholly accountable for practice taking every reasonable opportunity to sustainand improve knowledge and professional competence and, ensure all aspects ofprofessional behaviour as required within professional code are always followed.
• Maintainlegible, accurate and contemporaneous patient records in accordance with ECCHPolicy and Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for record keeping
• Takeresponsibility to ensure compliance with Health and Safety Policy, Fire andEnvironmental Waste Regulations.
• Beresponsible for understanding, following, and implementing ECCH policies andprocedures.
• Ensureown compliance with ECCH risk management systems, proactively identifying risk,reporting, and managing risk within area of responsibility.
• Takeresponsibility for the cost-effective management and safe use of expensiveclinical equipment,
• Contributeto the effective use of resources.
• Contributeto the evaluation of training programmes to support patients and carers gainthe necessary knowledge and skills to maintain independence.
• All roles within East Coast CommunityHealthcare CIC (ECCH) require staff to demonstrate our ABCD Commitments andSignature Behaviours in the care they provide to patients, service users,stakeholders and colleagues. All members of staff should consider thesebehaviours, which are detailed in the pages below, an essential part of theirjob role.
• Our Values outline the core behaviours that wecan all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word CARE. These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.
• Underpinningour Values are our Signature Behaviours which highlight by taking the rightactions we continue to build a strong culture.Our four Signature Behaviours are: Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - MyAccountability, My Responsibility | Respect - RespectOur Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)
• BSc in Nursing Practice or equivalent.
• Evidence of working towards a nursing degree

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Effective organisation and time management skills.
• Health coaching training

Personal Attributes

• Ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours:
• (Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together).
• Willingness and ability to work across different sites and travel to alternative sites and across the community as required.
• Be able to support Trainee Nursing Associates
• Act as a role model to all students
• Able to demonstrate personal resilience, emotions and stress

Experience

• Evidence of continued professional development
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Ability to demonstrate clinical knowledge and competence within scope of clinical practice.
• Previous experience of working in health care.
• Recent clinical experience in community nursing.
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.