Senior Community Nurse inWalton-on-thames inWalton-on-thames PUBLISHED MON 21 OCT 2024

We are currently recruiting for a dedicated and motivated Band 6 Senior Community Nurse to join our community nursing team covering the borough of Woking.

The Community Team visit patients in their own home as well as care homes. There are excellent opportunities for training and development of both your clinical and leadership skills. The team has experienced Clinical Leads who will ensure that you have the necessary support for your personal development. The community nursing service works over a 7-day week 8.00am to 8.00pm offering a variable shift pattern, and includes weekend and bank holiday working.

Individuals will be expected to deliver and maintain a high standard of clinical and professional Nursing Care and to assist in the delivery of all aspects of individualised patient care.

If you want:

• To help lead and shape a dynamic team
• Part or Full time work
• A flexible working culture
• To join a forward thinking, innovative organisation which puts its patients first
• To contribute to the provision of high-quality care within a local community

then we want to hear from you!

UK Visa and Immigration Sponsorship: Please note that we do not offer UKVI sponsorship for these posts, and so all applicants require a current right to work in the UK.

Please see the attached job description and personal specification for more details and requirements for the role.

About us

Responsible for the delivery of care and for managing service provision in accordance with national and local priorities, organisation policies, procedures and guidelines and in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Principal duties to include:

• Responsibility for a defined caseload of patients
• Is the named District Nurse for designated GP practices and attends all GSF and MDT meetings
• Undertakes full nursing assessments of patients, including those with multiple pathology and complex health and social needs
• Responsible for agreeing the patients care plan, liaising with others and adapting the care and treatment delivered according to need and patient choice
• Responsible for the monitoring of medication regimes, assessing effects and advising patients on the safe storage and disposal of drugs
• Responsible for the correct use of aids and equipment supplied for patients and carers and for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained including equipment loaned to patients
• Recognises own limitations in the provision of clinical care and urgency of patients needs, referring to other health care professionals accordingly and is accountable for his/her own actions often without direct supervision
• Maintains accurate and legible patient records in line with professional and organisational requirements this includes contemporary paper records and electronic patient record system
• Accountable for making autonomous clinical decisions in planning and prioritising patient care for District Nurse caseload including referrals to other agencies and the admission / discharge from the service
• Responsible for recognising the needs of the service, identifying risk and making rapid autonomous decisions, escalating to the Team Lead and Clinical Lead as required
• Triaging within the District Nurse Referral Centre and promoting and embedding technology within the work place
• Operational line manager for District Nursing team (Band 5 RNs / Band 4 APs / Band 3 HCAs)
• Effectively communicates with others involved in patient care at all times including weekends / out of hours, through the use of mobile phone, emails and fax to enable a timely response to patients needs.
• Maintains strong working relationships and communicates effectively with GPs, practice nurses, social services, acute / community hospital colleagues, borough council staff and the local voluntary sector
• Responsible for completing all own mandatory training and for ensuring this is completed for all team members
• Participates in own annual appraisal and undertakes continuing professional development, clinical supervision and peer review for self in order to maintain and develop knowledge and skills.
• Supervising and appraising team members through annual appraisals, mid-year reviews and peer reviews within team
• Responsible for receiving and facilitating clinical supervision and undertaking peer reviews within the team
• Responsible for teaching, supervising and mentoring other members of the team and pre-registration students
• Undertakes formal student assessments and participates in the maintenance of an effective learning environment
• Participates in clinical audit and the implementation of changes to ways of working / clinical practice as a result of findings, recommendations and action plans
• Actively participates in and contributes to meetings and working groups that inform the organisation and the nursing service / profession
• Actively involved in the development and implementation of community nursing service developments and initiatives and acts as a role model for all 6Cs
• Acts as a link nurse for defined area e.g. tissue viability, end of life, diabetes
• Responsible for the ordering and stock management of dressings and other equipment

This job description is not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake such other duties from time to time as are consistent with the responsibility of the grade.

This job description is subject to review and development from time to time in liaison with the post holder. As an employee of Central Surrey Health Ltd you will be required to adhere to all the organisations policies and procedures.