Twilight Staff Nurse

Band 5 nurses work closely with the people who use our services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services.

Band 5 nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

• keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
• ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
• ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process.

An opportunity for a Staff Nurse wishing to work part time hours to join our friendly Twilight Team

Our aim is to be the best we can, offering excellent person-centred, safe and Evidenced based care to those who access our services. Our Twilight District Nursing Team deliver "out of hours care" to people in their own homes and/or designated buildings. The team is made up of both staff nurses and healthcare support workers, who provide out of hours district nursing service.

You must hold a relevant Nursing Qualification with significant experience as a staff nurse. You must be a car driver and have access to a car for use at work with business insurance.

You will:

perform joint visits to provide nursing care to patients allocated by a senior staff member

take responsibility for the assessment, management and evaluation of evidence based nursing care to patients in a variety of community settings, and promote effective teamwork within the wider Health Care Team.

Part Time 4.5 hour shifts. 18.0 hours per week (4 x 4.5hrs shifts/week)

The service operates seven days a week between the hours of 16:30 -00:30

The post consist of 4.5 hour shifts. The shift starts at either 18:00 until 22:30hrs or 19:30 until 00:00hrs depending on the service needs. The contracted hours will be 18.0 hours.

Recent previous unsuccessful candidates need not apply for this vacancy.

Values

Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all Band 5 nurses to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with service users, their friends family and carers and also other staff members. As a Band 5 nurse we expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better. We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people's differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic. We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs. We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and pay for our work.

Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.

For further information about the advertised role, please refer to the job description & person specification included in the documents section of this advert.

Job responsibilities:

Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible

Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary

Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services

Being open and transparent about their own practice

Supervising the work of others

Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made

Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement

Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records

Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements

Competent and confident in all relevant clinical skills and willing to undertake such skills to meet service needs