Job summary
Employer heading
Community Nurse
Band 5
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
Are you ready for a new challenge?
Could you make a difference?
Are you:
A Registered General Nurse
Committed to giving the highest standard of patient care
Compassionate towards patients and their families
An excellent communicator with the ability to work in a team
Motivated toward personal development
A full UK driving license holder with access to a car
An exciting opportunity has come up for the Adult Community Nursing Service. We are currently looking for a Band 5 Community Nurses to work across the Hounslow areas based at the Heart of Hounslow Health Centre. The service operates from 0700 until 1900 seven days a week, working alternate weekends, comprising of three shifts 0700-1500 (early) and 0830 -1630 (day) and 1100-1900 (late).
Collaboratively working with our integrated rapid response teams, community matrons and social service colleagues are essential to ensure seamless care to our patient group.
Get your career in the right direction, with the right organisation and at the right time – please come to West London Trust and be part of this organisation.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality, skilled nursing care and to assist the Community Nursing Team Manager in the on-going planning, implementation, and evaluation of the holistic needs of the patient/client, family, and/or carer.
Deliver high quality nursing care to housebound patients with complex needs to enable them to remain in their own homes. Working closely with specialist nurses, allied health and social care professionals to meet the needs of the patients without unnecessary attendance in A&E or be admitted to hospital.
This will involve working independently but as part of the Community Nursing Team covering a particular geographical area. This will include first assessments and reviews, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of individual programmes of care. Candidate will be expected to be flexible to support corporate approach to patient care as and when required.
Working for our organisation
To provide high quality, skilled nursing care and to assist the Community Nursing Team Manager in the on-going planning, implementation, and evaluation of the holistic needs of the patient/client, family, and/or carer.
Deliver high quality nursing care to housebound patients with complex needs to enable them to remain in their own homes. Working closely with specialist nurses, allied health and social care professionals to meet the needs of the patients without unnecessary attendance in A&E or be admitted to hospital.
This will involve working independently but as part of the Community Nursing Team covering a particular geographical area. This will include first assessments and reviews, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of individual programmes of care. Candidate will be expected to be flexible to support corporate approach to patient care as and when required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 1 Registered Nurse- with valid registration with the NMC - RN1 ,RNA
Desirable criteria
- Experience or recognised qualification in areas such as: Health Promotion, Diabetes, Care of the older person, Continence, Palliative care, Medical/Surgical Nursing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience of Nursing at Level 5, or evidence of a back to nursing programme
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the community setting
- Post registration experience in a relevant setting, e.g. palliative care, care of the older person, orthopaedics, community services
- Supervision of junior staff
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to undertake a shift system
- Good communication skills effective with clients and colleagues
- Able to work without direct supervision
- Use a problem solving approach
- Demonstrates high standard of Infection prevention and control
- Clinical skills – Administration of medications including injections, catheterisation, wound dressingsClinical skills – Administration of medications including injections, catheterisation, wound dressings
- Confidence and ability to establish rapport with team, clients and other agencies
- Computer Literacy and keyboard skills
- Practice with the NMC Code of Professional Practice
- Access to a motor vehicle for use at work and UK driving licence or competent cyclist
Desirable criteria
- Teaching Skills
- Mentorship certificate
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to explain the concepts of Essence of Care
- Able to explain the concepts of Team Working
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of professional standards including confidentiality and clinical governance
- Understanding of Adult Safeguarding
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Demonstrates evidence -based clinical knowledge
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of health and safety and personal safety issues
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of National Service Framework for Older People & other NSF’s
- Awareness of child safeguarding
Personal
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively with a multidisciplinary Team
- Positive attitude
- Reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant
- Honest and adaptable
- Team player
- Enthusiastic
- Continual professional development
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
- Georgina Reekie
- Job title
- Assistant Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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