Senior Community Nurse Lead - Home Visits & Clinics

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a post holder to lead and deliver highly specialist care within the Community Care Team. The role collaborates with partner organisations to assess, plan and deliver personalised patient care and to evaluate outcomes within the team’s remit.

The successful candidate will oversee caseload management, accept referrals from professionals and self-referrals, and organise community-based care programmes for patients with diverse needs.

Qualifications

• Ongoing responsibility for the management of a defined caseload.
• Accept referrals from health and social care professionals and voluntary organisations and self referrals within a defined population.
• Responsibility for the organisation and management and development of the Community care team.
• Assessment, implementation evaluation and reassessment of care to all patients referred to the team.
• Plans programmes of care for patients with diverse and complex health needs.

Responsibilities

• Primarily visits patients in their own homes or another place of residence (e.g., residential care home).
• Responsible and accountable for delivery and organisation of clinics to meet the changing needs of the service (e.g., dressing and phlebotomy clinics).

Job description

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a post holder to lead and deliver highly specialist care within the Community Care Team. The role collaborates with partner organisations to assess, plan and deliver personalised patient care and to evaluate outcomes within the team’s remit.

The successful candidate will oversee caseload management, accept referrals from professionals and self-referrals, and organise community-based care programmes for patients with diverse needs.