Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: [email protected]
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8am - 20:30pm)
- Job ref
- 824-ONW-6759056-A
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sudbury Primary Care
- Town
- Wembley
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/11/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Rapid Response Nurse
Band 6
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
CLCH are now looking for a Band 6 Rapid Response Nurse to join them at Sudbury Primary Care based in Wembley.
Duties will include
- To deliver high quality, skilled nursing care to patients at home and provide rapid response, rehabilitative and post-acute care in a variety of community settings including weekends and bank holidays. The service operates through agreed shift patterns spanning 8am - 10pm 7 days a week
- To utilize specialist skills and knowledge to holistically assess needs and provide short term programmed of nursing care for vulnerable adults based on evidence based practice
- To focus on service priorities of admissions avoidance and timely supported discharge
- To take responsibility for managing the caseload and the team, with the support of the Team Leader
- To supplement locality based planned care team and other health services when acute or concentrated nursing care is required
- To actively participate in service development activities
Main duties of the job
- To provide skilled, effective and evidence based nursing care to patients in a variety of community settings.
- To assess referrals made to service, prioritise and respond according to priority, as appropriate both in terms of level and urgency. To respond within agreed timescales as appropriate.
- To use enhanced skills and knowledge to assess physical and psycho social needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with patients, carers and the wider Multidisciplinary Team as needed.
- To make risk assessments, establishing the safety or otherwise of patients' ability to stay at home, or return home safely from another care setting, providing and arranging necessary nursing and supportive packages.
- Provide autonomous clinical care to a range of patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed and/ or complex health needs and long term conditions.
- To provide evidenced based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on 'best practice', in order to improve health outcomes and promote choice, e.g. Intravenous therapy, anticoagulation monitoring, palliative care interventions and catheter and bowel management
- Work within Clinical Guidelines, Policies, Procedures utilising expert judgment to work outside these frameworks where necessary.
- Deliver agreed clinical quality and performance standards within the Rapid Response team.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Evidence of recent and continuing post-registration professional education and training
- Qualification in teaching or practice-based learning.
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications in Community and/ or Accident and Emergency Nursing.
- Physical Clinical Assessment Skills Course or willingness to undertake the course.
- Nurse prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of recent substantial post-registration nursing experience
- Extensive range of clinical skills and experience including IV therapy,
- Vene-puncture, cannulation, rehabilitation
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working with people with complex health needs
Desirable criteria
- Experience of implementing evidence-based care in practice
- Experience of supervising junior staff and co-ordinating daily activities on a regular basis
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package and email
- Has high level of competence in a range of clinical skills
- Principles of care for patients with long term conditions, relevant NSFs and other national standards
- NMC Code of Professional Conduct and application to practice
- Personal Development Planning
Desirable criteria
- The audit processes
- Clinical supervision – purpose and application
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to meet the required IT Skills for the post. Car Driver owner with UK licence
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- CHRISTOPHER THINAGAR
- Job title
- Team Leader - Unplanned Care Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07540221442
- Additional information
(Preferred contact): 02081023456 (option 3 and option 1)
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