District Nurse/Senior Community Nurse

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

Are you a driven and competitive registered nurse looking to advance your career in a community setting? Do you believe you have the ability to influence service change and advocate for the importance of community health care in Improving Lives and Saving Public Money? If so, this could be an excellent opportunity for you. If so, this may be an ideal role for you.

We are looking for a community specialist nurse with minimum of 2 years of clinical experience.

  • You will be assessing patients in this job on your own to determine their acuity and their progress in following their treatment plan or recovery goals.
  • Provide clinically sound interventions such as catheterisation, physical assessments, tissue viability assessment and care, phlebotomy, wound care management and EOLC.
  • Exhibit safe clinical decision-making, including evaluation and diagnostic abilities
  • As a centre of excellence, you will deliver a person-centred approach to their independence and wellbeing.
  • Part of this role will include triaging patients who are referred from different stakeholders such as GPs, London ambulance Services and acute hospitals.
  • Being part of ECP you will work closely with TVN, community therapy, End of Life care amongst others allowing you to make meaningful treatment plans for our patients.

Main duties of the job


  • Undertake physical assessments of patients
  • Provide clinically sound physical health care interventions
  • Provide support to wider MDT
  • Act up as nurse in charge when required
  • Provide supervision and line management to agreed cohort

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is 426m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job description

Job 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 and Training

Essential


  • Registered General Nurse, Adult Branch and current NMC Registration
  • Experience and evidence of teaching and assessing e.g. Preceptorship/Mentor or working towards
  • Commitment to complete Independent Nurse Prescriber course
  • Evidence of recent CPD
  • Ability to work in community setting/home visits

Desirable


  • Advanced clinical skills - ability to assess, diagnose and treat as an independent practitioner minimum level 6 study or similar
  • Independent Nurse Prescriber
  • Advanced clinical assessment skills at minimum level 6 study or similar course or commitment to complete

Experience

Essential


  • Demonstrable experience and work qualification, preferably within an Intermediate Care or community environment.
  • Experience of supervising junior staff in the team
  • Experience of quality improvement processes including audit, risk management and a good understanding of clinical governance and change management
  • Experience of and ability to communicate effectively with variety of partners and stakeholders - verbal, written and electronically
  • Ability to problem solves and prioritise
  • Experience of complaints handling

Desirable


  • Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate to the nurse role e.g. venepuncture, palliative care, IV therapy

Knowledge

Essential


  • Demonstrates an understanding of Intermediate Care
  • Aware of current professional nursing issues.
  • Demonstrates sound application of clinical knowledge
  • Be able to critically analyse research and use this to substantiate best practice
  • Knowledge and experience of equal opportunities and evidence of collaboration and co-operation with others, valuing the diversity of contributions that others give
  • Ability to influence service delivery and policy
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Time management and ability to prioritise work
  • Good decision making skills
  • Effective team working skills
  • Knowledge of government policy and how this affects service delivery.
  • Knowledge of care pathways and models of practice and their application in this field.

Personal Qualities

Essential


  • Self-motivated
  • Awareness of limitations to own competence and able to seek support
  • Assertiveness
  • Ability to adapt to change in the work environment

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Adult Community Nursing NSN

Southall

UB2 5BQ

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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