Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-HERTS-6712519
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Harpenden Memorial Hospital
- Town
- Harpenden
- Salary
- £31,469 - £38,308 Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Nurse
Band 5
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Nurse to join our Community Adult Planned Care team based in Harpenden Memorial Hospital. The team consists of Community Nurses, District Nurses, Community Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Health Care Assistants. The Community Nursing team covers 8am-6pm, 7 days a week. Our aim is to be the best we can, offering safe, patient-centred and evidence based care to those accessing our service.
The successful candidate will be enrolled into our 12 week induction programme, for newly qualified RNs this will be on top off your CLCH preceptorship programme. The 12 week induction will include working with the wider MDT, to enhance your skills and knowledge. You will have regular input from the Professional Development Nurses and your Team Leader to support you in gaining your competencies on the Community Nursing Pathway. As a service we offer a range of different opportunities to develop your skills. Once you have completed the Community Nursing Pathway we can support you to apply for the Deputy Team Leader pathway.
We offer flexible shifts and the successful candidate will be required to work a minimum of 1 in 4 weekend.
Main duties of the job
To provide skilled nursing care working under the supervision of the Community Nurse Team Lead and Deputy Team Lead to patients in a variety of community settings.
The post holder will undertake community nursing duties involving delivery of nursing services and holistic assessments of patients health needs using a person centred approach. This includes providing quality and seamless nursing care to housebound patients and being proactive in coordinating their care needs as appropriate, avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital or long term care institutions. In addition, the post holder will be involved in facilitating self- care for patients with long term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery.
To give skilled nursing care, based on principles of best practice and clinical evidence. This includes:
Chronic disease management, end of life care, continence promotion and wound management. Specific skills include phlebotomy, administration of medication via syringe drivers and intravenous therapy, PEG management, urinary catheterisation and tracheostomy suctioning.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Education /Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of other post-registration education and training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent clinical nursing experience negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary team.
- Working with people with complex health needs
- Supporting students and other learners e.g. HCAs teaching others in the practice environment
- Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence-based care.
- Previous experience in the Nursing process, care planning and fluent in record keeping.
- Experience of providing holistic care that involves the multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of training other students.
- Participation in audit; research projects; service development
- Post registration experience in a NHS community environment
Skils and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of out of hospital care and the role of the Community Nurse
- Knowledge of reasonable response to service user needs and prioritising and dealing with those needs with a required urgency.
- Knowledge of risks involved in working in the community.
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice.
- Knowledge of management of long-term condition e.g. Diabetes and an understanding of the concept of self- management.
- Knowledge of infection control
- Knowledge of general wound care
- Literacy and numeracy skills
Other
Desirable criteria
- Car Driver - Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Fraser
- Job title
- Locality Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07778451872
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