Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Community Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 448-LCA-6255120
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Units 2-3, The Poynt
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/05/2024
Employer heading
Integrated District Nursing Sister – Luton Community
Band 6
Driven by our Trust values: Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect; the Trust's vision is to provide high quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our cultural diversity, long term conditions and disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ staff networks are a key part of this commitment, creating positive change and helping build an inclusive culture across the Trust.
Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed - our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Options for flexible working are considered for all roles within CCS, including job share opportunities, compressed hours, annualised hours, tailored working patterns and more. If you are interested in flexible working, please talk to the recruiting manager for this vacancy.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Integrated District Nursing Service.
Due to service redesign, we are looking for Integrated District Nursing Sisters looking for a new challenge.
Keen to work with motivated caring staff.
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge?
If you are an experienced, dynamic enthusiastic Nurse and are able to utilise sound clinical decision making to provide evidence based treatment and care planning in response to clinical assessment, we would like to hear from you.
In Luton we are looking for a dynamic, motivated Band 6 Nurse to caseload manage within an integrated team with a strong ethos of quality care provision.
This role will give you the opportunity to assist with the development of Integrated Community Nursing within Luton.
(Please note that should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert earlier than advertised.)
Main duties of the job
To support the provision of Community Nursing care within the Integrated Community Nursing Team, providing scheduled and unscheduled care to the house bound population of Luton.
To manage a defined caseload of patients.
To prevent avoidable hospital admissions by providing a holistic assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care packages to meet the individual needs of the patient in accordance with Trust guidelines.
To provide clinical leadership within the Community Nursing Service.
To organise and coordinate the overall care to meet clients’ care needs, which may be complex involving other professionals and agencies in an integrated and coordinated way.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Management and leadership responsibility for a team of Nurses.
To contribute to the development and implementation of policies as required.
To be accountable and responsible for the management of work priorities for self and team members.
To take a lead in the setting of standards of care amongst the team and to teach, deploy, co-ordinate and supervise the team, recognising their knowledge/skills and development potential.
To assess and implement care interventions to meet identified health needs of individuals, families and communities.
Maintain associated records.
To provide clinical supervision and mentorship to pre and post-registration nursing students.
To assess and identify any complications surrounding patient care and to act accordingly to enable the patient to remain at home where appropriate.
To assess and prioritise unscheduled requests for nursing intervention and allocation to an appropriately skilled clinician as required.
To work in partnership with other agencies to deliver strategic national and local health priorities.
To refer patients to other services / agencies as appropriate.
To escalate risk appropriately.
To ensure that patients are treated with care and compassion at all times.
If you have a non-medical prescribing qualification, you will be expected to practice as a prescriber as part of this role.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent e.g. Community Specialist practitioner /PgDip
- Independent Nurse Prescribing or willingness to undertake
- Evidence of CPD
- MSPP or equivalent
- RGN /ECP / Paramedic (HCPC) with current registration
Desirable criteria
- Post Graduate study in relevant area
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience including community experience
- Understanding of staff and resource management
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary Primary Health Care Team.
- Awareness of implications of DOH directives
- Ability to work within a skill mixed team, working within quality standards.
- Able to demonstrate a knowledge of clinical / governance and audit
- Demonstrate an understanding of research and its impact on clinical practice.
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Children/Vulnerable Adults and procedure for reporting
- Evidence of involvement in project development work or health promotion group work
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a high ethnic population
- DN/ Community experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of effective communication skills at a senior level to both internal and external agencies
- Ability to lead a team and to work as an autonomous practitioner.
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work across organisational boundaries
- Systematic approach to work and ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
- Evidence of I.T literacy
- Relevant Clinical competencies in patient assessment / Diagnosis, palliative care, Intravenous therapy administration, Syringe Driver usage .or willingness to learn.
- Evidence of managing complex discharges involving a multi-agency approach
- Teaching and presentation skill
- Experience of managing patients with Acute/Chronic long term conditions.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kim Milligan
- Job title
- Operational Support Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07790 847903
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