Job summary
Employer heading
Community Nursing Sister
Band 6
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
30 hours per week
The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a defined caseload exercising a high level of clinical judgement, discretion and decision making. The post holder is responsible for the caseload management and leadership of a team of community nurses. You will play a key role in demonstrating innovative practice, service improvement and maintaining the continued development of team members and learners in the clinical environment.
Main duties of the job
Prescribe and be responsible for the provision of nursing care by his/her nursing team within the patient’s own home, clinic or other appropriate setting during the day.
Ensure the delivery of prescribed care through effective case management and effective delegation and organisation of work to the nursing team on the current shift.
Ensure that a holistic, systematic approach to care is undertaken by the nursing team and regularly reassess the patients on the caseload.
Undertake holistic patient assessment and reassessment; develop appropriate individual care plans for patients. Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients.
To practice as a Community Nurse Prescriber, maintaining competence in line with NMP policy and prescribing within own sphere of competence if appropriate.
Promote effective evidence based clinical practice, appraise standards of current practice, identify poor professional practice and take action to address it.
To provide care in a manner that at all times reflects The Code (2015) professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives. NMC (2015)
To undertake caseload audit in relation to capacity and demand of the service.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be responsible for the provision of nursing care by his/her nursing team within the patients own home; clinic or other appropriate setting; ensuring patients receive the highest quality of care.
To use a recognised model of care as a base for assessment.
To ensure the delivery of prescribed care through effective case management and effective delegation; to ensure consistency and continuity in the quality of care.
To ensure that comprehensive risk assessment and management strategies are incorporated into all patient assessment and care
To ensure that wherever possible engagement with patients/families/carers takes place to ensure user participation in the planning implementation and evaluation of services
To advise and encourage patients and families to develop strategies and manage their own health; to include the teaching of basic nursing care
To maintain accurate and up to date nursing records, patient confidentiality and statistical records as required by the service.
To work with other professionals to where appropriate to maintain patients within their usual place of residence.
Responsible for prioritising own work load and that of staff within the team on the shift.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of current health economy pressures and local government initiatives and strategies
- Detailed theoretical and clinical knowledge related to service and speciality.
- Has knowledge of a broad range of medical conditions and treatments within sphere of responsibility.
- Demonstrates awareness of own limitations.
- Competencies within the scope of professional practice to meet service needs
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 1st Level Registration
- Substantial Community Experience
- Nursing Degree/Diploma level or equivalent experience
- Teaching/Mentorship Experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Responsibility for a defined area that includes assessment, planning and implementation of care
- Ability to demonstrate evidence of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to demonstrate strong leadership and management skills.
- Ability to demonstrate evidence of change management.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to demonstrate efficient IT skills
- Ability to demonstrate good organisational skills and offer flexibility within the workplace.
- Ability to demonstrate quality and an understanding of how it can be measured
- Ability to demonstrate problem solving and analytical skills.
Work related circumstances
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between sites
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
- Andrea Harris
- Job title
- District Nursing Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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