Senior Community Nurse / District Nurse | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

She/he will work closely with General Practices, Social Care and other statutory and non-statutory services to meet the needs of the local population using public health information to support service development.

The main focus will be on integration and implementation of the Care Closer to Home model to ensure the service is of the highest quality, by supporting the Team Leader in implementing and monitoring the clinical and management strategy for the service

The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner within the Community Nursing Team supporting the delivery of care and supporting patients own homes/residential care homes working in collaboration with system partners and as part of the Uttlesford North Primary Care Network and the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams as part of the care closer to home model of care

• Undertake comprehensive and complex assessment of patient/family needs in conjunction with the patient, family/carer and hospitals which includes discharge planning.
• Initiates palliative care packages with multi-agency providers in collaboration with primary, secondary sectors and patient/family.
• To provide a comprehensive service to patients in a variety of community settings including patients’ own homes and residential homes.
• Is aware of current evidence based approaches to patient care and demonstrates this in practice.
• Frequently provide support to patients and their families when they are emotionally distressed as a result of terminal illness.
• Frequently required to deliver complex and distressing information to both patients/family/carers.
• Lead/contribute to the development and review of guidelines/policies.
• Lead and contribute to audit programmes and disseminate/apply findings.
• Assess the need for service aids and equipment and ensure that those provided are used appropriately and safely.
• Maintain accurate nursing records that exist contemporaneously in accordance with NMC guidelines and local policy.
• Responsible for the development and allocation of teaching programmes/practice placement for all pre and post registration nurses and others.
• To undertake Continuing Healthcare Assessments

• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Work in partnership with the patient to achieve optimum levels of self-care. Demonstrate, teach and supervise the nursing care that families can undertake safely, advising as necessary. Documenting on the care plan accordingly.

Advise the family on prevention of illness and accidents. Foster and support a self-management approach to care where appropriate.

Organise patient care with other Health Care Professionals, Statutory and/or Voluntary Agencies co-ordinating these through case conferences.

Work closely with partners in identifying health needs of the practice population, and develop services in response to those needs.

Attend relevant education and training programmes to maintain personal/professional development and meet NMC requirements.

Undertake the role of preceptorship/mentorship as required.

Engage in Nurse Prescribing following V100/V300 qualification and NMC registration and ensure safe prescribing practice within professional and Trust guidelines/policies.

Lead the team in the development of the skills necessary to deliver the core Community Services.

Participate in team, Locality and Trust initiatives as required with specific focus on the Nursing Strategy and other relevant modernisation agenda.

Reflect on practice regularly and plan personal/professional development in order to achieve growth and development. Access Clinical Supervision to enhance reflective practice.

Undertakes risk management in a variety of unpredictable and unavoidable working conditions. For example may involve taking appropriate precautions when dealing with chemotherapy drugs, bodily fluids, threatening patients and unhygienic conditions which may constitute a health risk.

Ensure that Service Aids and Equipment are used in accordance with manufacturer’s guidance and to notify all known hazards to appropriate personnel.

The post holder will ensure that in their absence team members are aware of the nominated District Nurse who will support the caseload and the team.

The post holder will delegate responsibility to the appropriate community nurse within the team to undertake and manage the workload of the teams and any Trust objectives.

Provide relevant support to other Community Teams in the absence of the senior staff members.

Report on all incidents and untoward occurrences and implement recommendations.

Manage informal complaints and implement the recommendations following formal complaints.

Meet with team members daily to plan, delegate and evaluate patient care and to review and adjust allocation of work accordingly.

Arrange in conjunction with the Team Leader, Induction Programmes for new members of staff.

Attend relevant meetings to support the team and locality.

Meet with team members on a regular basis to disseminate Trust information.

Ensure statistical returns for the whole team are completed within agreed times scale by self and team members.

Be responsible for the development of the team through individual staff professional/personal development reviews, supervision and team meetings.

Implement appropriate operational frameworks and objectives as agreed by the team and locality or the professional forum.

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Oct 2024