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Job summary

Main area
Integrated & Community Care Division
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
249-5957402-2
Employer
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
North Swindon District Centre
Town
Swindon
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/05/2024 23:59

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Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 5

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital. 

Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.

We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.

If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Job overview

*previous applicants need not apply*

We are looking to recruit a Band 5 nurse to join our community service within our Integrated Care and Community division providing clinical support within our Urgent Community Response team (UCR) and our NHS@Home teams.

Our services aim to support people within their home environment, providing an urgent community response to an acute or chronic exacerbation of their medical condition with the aim of delivering care in the home environment. You will be working within a multidisciplinary team comprising of advanced practice clinicians, District Nurses, specialist services such as continence, end of life, tissue viability, occupational and physiotherapy teams and our community IV therapy team. 

 

Main duties of the job

Maintaining care for patients in the home environment is what we aspire to achieve, avoiding inappropriate transfer to hospital and promoting and facilitating effective discharge from hospital back into the home environment. With the appropriate level of clinical skill, training and support you will develop and embed the skills and confidence to work autonomously with patients in their own home, with support from the wider experienced team. This role would be suitable for an experienced nurse  who is looking to develop or expand their current skills within the community setting.  We are fully supportive of professional development to enable you to enhance your skill and knowledge.

We provide a service between the hours of 8am and 22.00pm across 7 days, working closely with our community nursing day and night service.

Working for our organisation

Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. 


Service - We will put our patients first.
Teamwork - We will work together.
Ambition - We will aspire to provide the best service.
Respect - We will act with integrity

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Deliver care within operational and clinical protocols that support safe high quality practice including assessment, developing care plans, and maintaining associated records. 
2. Contribute to the leadership, management and organisation of the service team as required, ensuring a standard of care that is evidence based and clinically effective. 
3. Deliver high quality nursing care appropriate to the band and experience, working alongside the clinical teams across community services. 
4. To accept delegated tasks from the senior clinicians on duty and escalate concerns appropriately to senior colleagues.
5. To support in the clinical management and assessment of patients who are supported by the remote home monitoring system Doccla.
6. The post holder will work in an enabling model, empowering the service user and family carers to identify their strengths. This will include assessment, developing care plans, setting treatment objectives, and 
maintaining associated records. 
7. To ensure that documentation is completed in a timely way according to the NMC professional standards. 
8. Ensure that all service users have an up-to-date evidence-based care plan that meets their needs. 
9. Promote use of a person-centred approach and ensure that autonomy and choice are embedded into the philosophy of clinical care, utilising the use of remote technology when appropriate to provide ongoing monitoring of patient condition.
10. Ensure a multidisciplinary approach is maintained and valued. 
11. Actively explore opportunities to enhance health promotion interventions. 
12. Ensure evidence-based practice is used as the foundation for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care. 
13. The post holder will be aware of and work within all legislative requirements (Community Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights Act, Disability Discrimination Act etc.). 
14. Ensure good practice is maintained by challenging practice that requires change or development or that does not meet required standards. 
15. To maintain registration on the NMC 
16. Ensure personalised care is delivered ensuring that dignity and respect is maintained at all times. 
17. Strive to improve clinical practice based on research, professional development and both individual and group reflection. 
18. To participate in teaching and assessing pre and post registration students. 
19. Ensure that care is delivered within Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Equality and Diversity protocols. 
20. Act in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Registration and other governing bodies. To maintain own professional development in relation to the requirements of the N.M.C and be responsible for continuing professional development and reflective practice. 
21. To seek clinical supervision for personal development. 
22. To contribute to team development as appropriate. 
23. To ensure informed consent is gained when relevant in line with Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust policy. 
24. Ensure that any concerns and complaints are dealt with promptly and brought to the attention of the senior team. This will involve liaising with PALS and complaints personnel. 
25. To actively be involved in the implementation and progressive use of information technology within the service ensuring compliance with Data Protection Act. 
26. Adhere to local safeguarding protocols and procedures seeking to safeguard vulnerable adults/ children from significant harm - emotional, physical, sexual, or financial. 
27. To contribute to the development of clinical practice using informed research and further education as appropriate, enhancing professional knowledge. 
28. Required to have suitable transport available which is fit for purpose. 
29. This job involves substantial access to vulnerable adults and or children and as such an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring service check (DBS) is required. 
30. To fulfil the needs of service delivery to patients/service users and in line with current working, to be available seven days a week, to work within a flexible rota for days and evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RN (Adult) first or second level registration or Registered Paramedic and currently registered with the NMC
  • Evidence of continuing professional development relevant for Band 5 post
  • Extended skills such as Intravenous therapy, catheterisation, phlebotomy.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Systematic approaches to assessment, planning and evaluation of needs led care.
  • Broad range of clinical experience transferable to the community setting
  • Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
  • Life experiences that have enhanced professional development
  • Relevant community experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good written and oral communication skills.
  • Knowledge of legislation affecting professional practice.
  • Good IT skills.
  • Present their application and supporting information in a clear reflective manner.
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of current changes in the NHS.
  • Up to date professional knowledge in their current area of practice.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDisability confident leaderInvestors in People: Goldhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kickstart-scheme-employer-resources/kickstart-scheme-brand-guidelinesStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Janet Cottrell
Job title
Matron for UCR and NHS@Home
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01793 646436
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