Community/IC Nurse Team Practitioner

1 week ago

Newton Abbot, United Kingdom Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

This post will involve working across both the Intermediate care Team and Community nursing team. It is a newly developing post to increase integration across the services.

You will be joining a truly multi-disciplinary team which aims to prevent hospital admissions, facilitate safe and effective discharges home and support patients in their own homes.

Our Health and Wellbeing Team is an integrated professional team which includes Social Care, Community Occupational Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Intermediate Care, Community Nursing, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Support Workers and the local voluntary sector services. The team are proactive and have a forward-thinking core that promote a positive and 'can do' attitude.

Main duties of the job

To provide initial and ongoing assessment of nursing needs of patients and carers in the community. When planning a programme of care, physical, social and emotional and cultural factors are taken into consideration and suitably qualified staff used to facilitate the level of care agreed. To work as an autonomous practitioner in the planning and implementation of nursing treatment programmes. To advise and instruct carers and patients on health and wellbeing issues, and self-care strategies To carry out specialist and shared complex nursing assessments, to include continuing health care, medication review , prescribing and palliative care. To utilise a broad range of specialised nursing skills and knowledge aligning practice to the organisations Medicines Policy for Registered professionals and the NMC Standards for Medicines management (2007) ensuring assessment and competence is maintained and recorded as a nurse prescriber. To monitor and evaluate care programmes for patients and carers, promoting effective co-ordination and continuity of patient care. To formulate and undertake the nursing care of patients as agreed with the patients themselves and their carers, following a patient contract, within the home environment. The care to be carried out is evidence based. Judgement and analysis is used to compare treatment options.

About us

The Newton Abbot Intermediate Care Team and Community nursing team are based at Sherborne house. The Community Nurse team is also based at Tower House Surgery in Chudleigh. We cover a large geographical patch covering the practice population of nine GP surgeries.

A busy but friendly and supportive team we are committed to staff development through education and training helping staff realise their potential in topics of interest to them and encouraging career pathways in Community Nursing.

We pride ourselves on delivering high standards of care and building relationships within the communities we are part of.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

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Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential

oQualified Registered Nurse Level 1 Bsc (hons) in Community Health Nursing (District) or equivalent or working towards

Desirable

oIndependent / supplementary prescriber or committed to undertaking this course within 3 years of commencement to post oMentorship qualification / skills and/or experience, or committed to undertaking appropriate mentorship course. oPrevious Community experience or experience of lone working

Knowledge and experience

Essential

oAble to provide detailed advice to other specialists and non-specialists oEvidence of continual professional Development oAble to work as an autonomous practitioner oProven relevant knowledge and experience

Desirable

oExperience of working within multidisciplinary teams to influence high quality care programmes for patients with complex health needs oEvidence of working at a senior level in community nursing, admission avoidance, unplanned care or primary care experience

Specific skills

Essential

Holistic client assessment skills using an identified model of care Evidence a range of clinical skills and undertake training where required to meet gaps in knowledge/competencies to meet service needs or identified as necessary by Team leads. Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations Able to work as an autonomous practitioner Ability to organise own work within a team setting Self-motivated and able to use own initiative Willingness to be challenged Prepared to work flexibly Sensitive and empathetic. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and oral Liaise with and develop effective partnerships with a wide range of individuals and organisations in the statutory, voluntary and private sectors, in relation to patients with complex and/or health conditions Strong and effective decision making capabilities Ability to identify own strengths and limitations The post holder must demonstrate a positive commitment to uphold diversity and equality policies approved by the Trust To be willing to work throughout the Trust according to service need oAbility to travel and carry equipment adhering to the transporting equipment and passengers policy.

Desirable

Health and Safety issues Risk assessments

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