Specialist Neighbourhood Nurse

Job summary

Are you:

• An innovative, motivated, positive, and proactive Neighbourhood Nurse, looking for a new challenge?
• Do you thrive in a fast-paced organisation with a growing team with great spirit?
• Are you comfortable making autonomous decisions and can demonstrate leadership and motivational skills as well as providing expert care?

If you answered yes to these questions, then we really want to hear from you.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Specialist Neighbourhood Nurse to join our dynamic and working closely with the Neighbourhood team and practice teams. Youll be involved in the smooth day to day running of housebound and care home patients engaging in assisting both practices to achieve its vision and objectives.

Main duties of the job

Neighbourhood Nurses working in primary and community care bring a wide range of clinical skills, a strong generalist knowledge base, and the ability to deliver high-quality, person-centred care in patients homes and community settings. At times, this care will be supported by specialist professionals in both primary and secondary care, with effective use of diagnostic, screening and referral pathways. The post holder will work collaboratively with colleagues within the Neighbourhood team and across wider services to ensure coordinated and seamless care.

The SSN Specialist Neighbourhood Nurse will be expected to demonstrate:

• The ability to make professional autonomous decisions within their level of competence and accountability.
• The ability to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care for patients with a range of undifferentiated, complex and long-term conditions in the community.
• Competence in screening for risk factors and identifying early signs of deterioration or illness.
• Strong clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills to support safe decision-making and escalation where required.
• The ability to develop, in partnership with patients and carers, individualized care plans with an emphasis on health promotion, self-management and prevention

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous, and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of an organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered

Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care, and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate, and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders, and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

About the Practice/Department

As a SpecialistNeighbourhood Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals in their own homes and community settings. You will support patients with long-term conditions, frailty, wound care, end-of-life care and complex health needs, helping to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and promote independence.

Employer details

Employer name

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

Lakeside Healthcare

Ryhall Road

Stamford

Lincolnshire

PE9 1YA

Employer's website

https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

Lakeside Healthcare

Ryhall Road

Stamford

Lincolnshire

PE9 1YA

Employer's website

https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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