East Coast Community Healthcare CIC

Community Staff Nurse

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for full or part time Nurse to join South Waveney Primary Care Home team delivering high quality nursing care. The Team provides care at home to patients registered with GP surgeries in South Waveney. The PCH team works closely with GP's and other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide an excellent standard of person centered nursing care to adult patients in their own homes, residential care or clinic settings, supporting patients to self-manage whenever possible. The service uses SystmOne as a clinical IT system to support mobile working.

The successful candidate will be accountable for the effective management of a caseload, ensuring the delivery of high standards of evidence-based nursing care. Candidates will also demonstrate excellent organisational and communication skills .

District Nursing is a challenging, varied and extremely rewarding occupation. The service has to be dynamic and flexible to meet the needs of patients. East Coast Community Healthcare is committed to the development of integrated multi professional working to meet the changing health needs of the local population. Knowledge of local and national initiatives and evidence of lifelong learning and personal development are essential.

If you are motivated, adaptable, forward thinking and you see yourself leading within community healthcare, then this could be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

The post offered includes full or part time options and sits in a multidisciplinary team providing community services 7 days per week between 07:00- 20:30 hours.

Applicants will be a registered nurse; Applications from newly qualified nurses will also be welcomed.

The role contains variety every day with a mixture of face-to-face clinical practice.

You will be given the opportunity to participate in appraisals and supporting junior members of the team.

Our band 5's also participate in a preceptoship if newly qualified or new to the community which aims to build confidence and competence in this transition. We also have clinical educators embedded within the teams who provide clinical support as well as a supervisor for all staff who will provide 1:1's and competency sign off.

The main duties of the role are: -

To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide planned and unplanned nursing care.

To provide clinical case management for a delegated caseload of patients living in the community who require nursing care.

To work autonomously at a level appropriate to clinical competence and within scope of professional practice.

Contribute to the continuous evaluation of the service to ensure it is fit for purpose.

About us

ECCH is a well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.

We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

Our aim is to ensure patients are able to remain in their own homes whenever possible. Community Nurses are part of the beating heart of our health and care services - we look forward to you working with us!

We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

Date posted

27 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

B9849-007-25

Job locations

Beccles Hospital

St. Marys Road

Beccles

Suffolk

NR34 9NQ

ECCH Rayner Green Resource Centre

Bungay Road

Halesworth

Suffolk

IP19 8HP

Sole Bay Health Centre

Teal Close

Reydon

Southwold

Suffolk

IP18 6GY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Contribute to, support, and promote ECCHs, strategic direction, values, and culture in relation to community health services.

Discuss all treatment options with sensitivity, knowledge, and expertise. To act as a patient advocate when appropriate, respecting patient confidentiality with privacy and respect for diverse cultural backgrounds and requirements.

Act as a resource for other health and social care professionals on matters relating to community nursing.

Participate in clinical supervision within Primary Care Home as required.

Participate and maintain a learning environment and maximise opportunities for education and development in the clinical area.

Develop excellent internal and external Network to promote Primary Care Home.

Contribute to the clinical governance agenda through participation in clinical risk assessment and clinical audit.

Contribute to an environment conducive to effective working, respecting, and supporting staff to deliver high quality clinical services.

Contribute to change and innovation within Primary Care Home.

Work as part of the multidisciplinary Primary Care Home to deliver planned and unplanned services.

Work in collaboration with colleagues to contribute to the development of care pathways for patients requiring a range of healthcare needs.

Work in partnership with senior members of the Primary Care Home to review the delegated caseload and ensure the care provided is of high quality.

Work with patients towards self-care and independence utilising health coaching techniques

Work collaboratively with residential care home colleagues to promote high standards of care.

Contribute to the review of current policies/ protocols/guidelines and the development of clinical pathways and outcomes for people requiring proactive and reactive services.

Plan and organise a range of complex clinical activities in a wide range of community settings to ensure best practice is delivered to patients in your delegated area of responsibility.

Take responsibility for own personal and professional development; maintain competence, knowledge, and skills commensurate with role.

Be wholly accountable for practice taking every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve knowledge and professional competence and, ensure all aspects of professional behaviour as required within professional code are always followed.

Maintain legible, accurate and contemporaneous patient records in accordance with ECCH Policy and Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for record keeping

Take responsibility to ensure compliance with Health and Safety Policy, Fire and Environmental Waste Regulations.

Be responsible for understanding, following, and implementing ECCH policies and procedures.

Ensure own compliance with ECCH risk management systems, proactively identifying risk, reporting, and managing risk within area of responsibility.

Take responsibility for the cost-effective management and safe use of expensive clinical equipment,

Contribute to the effective use of resources.

Contribute to the evaluation of training programmes to support patients and carers gain the necessary knowledge and skills to maintain independence.

All roles within East Coast Community Healthcare CIC (ECCH) require staff to demonstrate our Values and Signature Behaviours in the care they provide to patients, service users, stakeholders and colleagues. All members of staff should consider these behaviours, detailed below, an essential part of their job role.

Our Values outline the core behaviours that we can all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word CARE. These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.

Underpinning our Values are our Signature Behaviours which highlight by taking the right actions we continue to build a strong culture. Our four Signature Behaviours are: Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.