Bank Nurse Coordinator inChipping Norton inChipping Norton PUBLISHED
MON 21 OCT 2024
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Candidates must be flexible, residing within an hour of Chipping Norton, and able to work autonomously while demonstrating sound judgment. Key responsibilities include responding to service inquiries, managing patient caseloads, coordinating nursing support, and ensuring that patient needs are met respectfully and efficiently. The role offers an opportunity to work with a respected charity, enhancing skills in a challenging yet rewarding environment.
Are you looking for the opportunity to develop your skills and offer truly holistic, patient-centred end of life care within a supportive, caring Nursing team?
Lawrence Nurses has an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to fulfil the role of Bank Nurse Coordinator within our dynamic and dedicated team. This bank post is required to cover periods of absence within the busy Nurse Coordinating team.
About The Role
The Bank Nurse Coordinator plays a vital role within the Lawrence Nurses. Acting as the central point of contact for end of life patients and their families, carers and the Primary Care Team, you will be involved throughout their palliative care journey and ensure that that the patient is supported. Guided by the patients needs and wishes, the Nursing team are able offer truly holistic and tailored care thats right for the individual. No two days are the same making this an exciting and challenging role.
This role offers the opportunity to work flexibly within a highly regarded local charity alongside like-minded professionals; all of whom share a passion for delivering the highest possible standard of care to patients and their families.
Please use the application form found in the supporting documents section.
The post holder will be required to:
- Be responsible for new patient referrals and undertaking assessments for those patients that meet Lawrence Nurses
- Act as a central contact point for the service and support the patient, their family and carers throughout their episode of care
- Coordinate, allocate and support Lawrence Nurses, where necessary at the patients home, seeking advice from the Registered Nurse Manager as needed
- To provide clinical leadership and be responsible for the overall management of patient caseload.
- To work autonomously within the limits of existing knowledge and skills, demonstrating sound judgement and being able to communicate in a sensitive manner along with an ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- To offer end of life care and symptom control
- To offer 24 hour on-call assistance to support nursing staff
- To offer support to the patients families and carers between 8am and 10pm.
- To be able to respond quickly to urgent On Call contacts, which may include travel to a patients home.
- This role allows for 8 working hours to be worked with some flexibility throughout the day.
- To live within 1 hour of Chipping Norton
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Key Responsibilities
- Being On Call at the times agreed and being contactable and available 24/7 to field calls when duty Nurse Coordinator (NC).
- Responding to enquiries about our service, where necessary signposting callers to their GP or to other organisations able to help them, including our sister charities.
- Taking new referrals, obtaining information about patients likely needs and making the decision about whether or not they meet LHNT criteria. If needed, consulting the Registered Nurse Manager (RNM) or Clinical Trustees.
- Completing a risk assessment before an assessment visit.
- Undertaking assessments of new patients whose referral meets our criteria, deciding what nursing support to put in place and deploying individual nurses with as much notice as practicable to undertake shifts.
- Ensuring that green folder Lawrence Nurses notes are within a patients home as soon as practicable and always before a nurse visits.
- Liaising with the Community Nurses (CNs) and others such as the Community Matrons to ensure that all the necessary equipment, medication and documentation are in place.
- Carrying out patient risk assessments.
- Managing the whole patient caseload, including active, pending and RIP patients.
- Supporting the patient, their family and carers by being available to talk when needed and obtaining feedback about how we can meet their ongoing care needs and seeking guidance from RNM where issues arise.
- Supporting Lawrence Nurses, where necessary at patients home, seeking advice from the RNM as needed, and giving a thorough handover to the deployed nurse and obtaining handover information at the end of nurses shifts
- Keeping the RNM, other NCs and Clinical Directors briefed about significant issues, seeking guidance as needed and ensuring that this is relayed to all nurses involved.
- Completing all follow up actions after RIP of patient.
- Handling initially any negative feedback or complaints following the procedures set out in the Lawrence Nurses Complaints Policy and of any allegations of abuse as set out in Oxfordshire Safeguarding guidelines.
- Completing documentation before end of duty period and briefing of next duty NC.
- Keeping the activity tracker up to date and completing any audits deemed appropriate.
- Being aware of boundaries and referring to specialist palliative care if they are involved in a patients care.
- Being the first port of call for nurses working as lone workers and ensuring their safety where possible.
- Being a lifelong learner and adhering to the NMC code.
This job description is not exhaustive. It merely acts as a guide and may be amended to meet the changing requirements of the Charity at any time after discussion with the post holder.
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