Senior Nurse for Unscheduled Care

The Methodist Church in Britain; East Kilbride; Presencial; GBP 34 000 - 45 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Preceptorship programme

Training and development

Work iPad and iPhone provided

Agenda for Change terms and conditions

NHS Pension

Professional development, leadership,

Resumo da oferta

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Band 6 Registered Nurse to join the Urgent Community Response team within Adult Community Nursing, covering local areas in the community. You will deliver urgent and planned nursing care at patients' homes, triage referrals and coordinate with GPs and other services to prevent hospital admissions.

Applicants must be NMC registered, with Band 6 community experience and able to work across a 8am–8pm seven days a week schedule.

Qualificações

• NMC registered nurse with current registration.
• Band 6 experience in community nursing.
• Practice Supervisor/Assessor qualification to be completed within 1 year of starting.

Responsabilidades

• Deliver urgent, unplanned and planned nursing care at patients' homes.
• Prioritise visits based on clinical need and manage caseload.
• Coordinate with GPs, community services and acute services to avoid admissions.
• Manage medicines, wound care and catheter care.
• Provide palliative and end-of-life care.
• Keep accurate records on EMIS and supervise junior staff.
• Contribute to service improvement and audits.

Conhecimentos

Prioritisation

Wound care

Catheter care

Palliative care

Record keeping

Formação académica

NMC registered nurse

Practice Supervisor/Assessor training

Ferramentas

EMIS

Descrição da oferta de emprego

This Band 6 post sits in the Urgent Community Response team within the Adult Community Nursing Service, covering Guildford and Waverley. The work centres on urgent, unplanned and planned nursing care for adults in their own homes, aimed at avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions. It involves complex needs, long-term conditions and end of life care, delivered within a multidisciplinary team on shifts from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week. Applicants need current NMC registration and Band 6 community experience.

What the job involves

• Deliver urgent, unplanned and planned nursing care to adults in their own homes, including holistic assessments, physical examinations and clinical interventions
• Respond to urgent and unplanned referrals, prioritising visits by clinical need and supporting the UCR two-hour standard
• Manage medicines, complex wound care and catheter care
• Provide palliative and end of life care
• Coordinate care with GPs, community services and acute services to promote independence and avoid admission
• Keep accurate patient records on EMIS
• Plan and deliver evidence-based care for patients with complex health needs and long-term conditions
• Support the wider community nursing caseload alongside the UCR service
• Supervise junior staff and students
• Contribute to service improvement and clinical audit
• Act as a clinical role model within the community nursing team

What’s required

Qualifications

• Practice Supervisor and Assessor qualification, to be completed within one year of starting

Registration & licences

• Registered Level 1 nurse with current NMC registration

Experience

• Band 6 experience in a community setting
• Experience prioritising and allocating assessments by patient clinical need and individual competencies

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to prioritise visits and organise workload without direct supervision
• Broad community nursing clinical skills, including compression bandaging, Dopplers, venepuncture, male and suprapubic catheterisation, syringe drivers and palliative symptom management

Checks & eligibility

• Full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use if required for the post

What’s offered

• Preceptorship programme
• Ongoing training and development
• Work iPad and iPhone provided
• Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• NHS Pension
• Professional development, leadership experience and career progression