Bank B6 Community Nurse - Deputy Team Leader inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 19 DEC 2023

  • To support patients and their carers with managing their medicines and undertaking medicines management reviews as directed.
  • To supervise and co-ordinate the team on a day-to-day basis and to manage the team in the absence of the team manager.
  • To actively participate in the teaching and support of junior staff and act as a preceptor for new staff in the locality.

  • To actively participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis in line with Trust guideline

To provide skilled nursing care working as part of Central London Community nursing service to patients in a variety of community settings between the hours of and 2100 hours, including weekends.

To actively monitor, maintain and develop the service provided.

To take responsibility for managing the caseload and the team in the absence of the DN team lead.

To deliver a case managed approach for patients with long term care needs.

To actively participate in service development activities.

  • To act as an autonomous Named Nurse taking continued responsibility for first assessments and ongoing assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of care given to individuals, groups of patients and their families.
  • To undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological, and social care needs of patients using assessment forms provided including the needs of carers
  • Actively work with the Community Matrons, team leads, GPs and others to identify patients with Long Term Conditions requiring proactive case management.

  • To provide specialist nursing skills such as leg ulcer assessment and management, syringe driver set up, intravenous drug administration, continence assessment and palliative care.

  • To act as the patient's advocate and to facilitate the patient's own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care, as appropriate.

  • To support patients and their carers with managing their medicines and undertaking medicines management reviews as directed.
  • To supervise and co-ordinate the team on a day-to-day basis and to manage the team in the absence of the team manager.
  • To actively participate in the teaching and support of junior staff and act as a preceptor for new staff in the locality.

  • To actively participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis in line with Trust guideline

To provide skilled nursing care working as part of Central London Community nursing service to patients in a variety of community settings between the hours of and 2100 hours, including weekends.

To actively monitor, maintain and develop the service provided.

To take responsibility for managing the caseload and the team in the absence of the DN team lead.

To deliver a case managed approach for patients with long term care needs.

To actively participate in service development activities.

  • To act as an autonomous Named Nurse taking continued responsibility for first assessments and ongoing assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of care given to individuals, groups of patients and their families.
  • To undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological, and social care needs of patients using assessment forms provided including the needs of carers
  • Actively work with the Community Matrons, team leads, GPs and others to identify patients with Long Term Conditions requiring proactive case management.

  • To provide specialist nursing skills such as leg ulcer assessment and management, syringe driver set up, intravenous drug administration, continence assessment and palliative care.

  • To act as the patient's advocate and to facilitate the patient's own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care, as appropriate.



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