Senior Staff Nurse inNottingham inNottingham PUBLISHED TUE 7 JAN 2025

Would you like to join a team that works together, where everyone counts, and is continually striving for excellence? Then come and join Nottingham CityCare Partnerships Community Nursing team where we currently have a vacancy for a forward thinking, dynamic and compassionate senior Registered Nurse. We are interested in hearing from people who feel they can make a difference with their expertise and positive outlook and would like to contribute to Nottingham CityCares vision of providing excellent care.

Successful applicants will have excellent communication skills and be responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of personalised care plans, to ensure high quality care is given as well as provide a high standard of general nursing care to all patients, ensuring that they are treated with dignity and respect while promoting a safe environment.

For further information please call Elaine Belshaw Clinical Services Manager (Mob

To have continuing responsibility for the maintenance of a high standard of care to the patients and carers on the DN caseload.

To contribute to the continuing responsibility/management of the caseload, DN team and related resources.

To contribute to strategies and policies for DN service improvement and development.

To take an active role in the delivery of Public Health agenda.

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Job Purpose

To have continuing responsibility for the maintenance of a high standard of care to the patients and carers on the DN caseload.

To contribute to the continuing responsibility/management of the caseload, DN team and related resources.

To contribute to strategies and policies for DN service improvement and development.

To take an active role in the delivery of Public Health agenda.

To deliver training and education sessions to care home staff.

Dimensions

To be aware of cost constraints.

To support the DN with a caseload that will be variable in terms of size and complexity.

To provide mentorship and leadership to clinical staff working within the speciality.

To work collaboratively and across organisational boundaries to provide evidence based.

practice and holistic care to patients in a variety of settings.

Key Responsibilities

To be responsible for the holistic assessment of the health and wellbeing needs of referred patients and carers, using analytical and interpretive techniques.

Contribute to the Health Equity Needs Assessment of the local community. (Community Health Profile).

Contribute to the Public Health agenda by raising awareness of health and wellbeing in the local community.

To have continuing responsibility supporting the District Nurse Team Leader with the planning, delivery, and evaluation of programmes of care to address the complex and changing health and wellbeing needs of individuals and communities.

Utilise enhanced skills and knowledge to provide specialist technical services and advice in relation to care e.g. palliative care, leg ulcers, continence.

Implement the provision of evidence based/best practice.

Participate in public health and health promotion activities in response to identified local need.

Contribute to the involvement of the public in the planning and evaluation of the District Nursing (DN) Service.

Actively encourage patient and carer feedback about the DN service.

Act as a role model, setting, monitoring, and evaluating the high standards and continual improvement to the DN service.

Maintain a professional image as outlined in the NMC Code of Conduct.

Promote the Clinical Governance agenda and apply risk management and reporting systems.

Participate in relevant research and audit activity.

Promote the provision of care by the team, which is consistent with evidence based/ best practice.

Identify needs and prioritises work appropriately to manage the delivery of the service.

Take responsibility for the appropriate delegation and supervision of work according to the skills and abilities of team members

To be responsible for ensuring that the standard of record keeping by self and the team meets Organisation and Professional standards.

Establish and maintain communication with individuals and groups in a wide variety of settings and situations at all levels within the organisation and the wider health and social care community.

Establish and maintain effective team working within the DN Service and Primary Health Care Team.

Motivate the team and implement change management processes.

Set team objectives to continuously improve the standard of care and develop the service.

To have continuing responsibility for performance monitoring of team members e.g. sickness and absence, competencies, complaints.

Regularly has responsibility for the management and co-ordination of the DN service at weekends and bank holidays.

Contribute to the recruitment of staff through involvement with short-listing and interviews.

To be responsible for the development of own and teams knowledge and clinical practice.

To be responsible for the performance review and development interviews of the team to identify training and development needs.

Participate in the supervision framework both as a supervisor and supervisee.

Maintain a portfolio to demonstrate continuing professional development.

Mentor and assess a variety of students including nursing and allied professionals.

To be actively involved in the continuous development of the community nursing service and policies procedures and guidelines.

Represent the DN service on multi-professional developments which support interprofessional working.

To be responsible for the promotion of best practice that ensures the health, safety and security of self, patients, and colleagues in accordance with the policies procedures and guidelines of the community nursing service.

Practise in accordance with procedures and guidelines for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and Child Protection.

Ensure that confidentiality is always protected.