Community Staff Nurse

Job responsibilities

1. Job summary

a) To deliver multi-professional high quality care in the community, working with patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independencethroughout the continuum of care.b) To participate in a team of colleagues supporting evidence based care,facilitating staff learning and development.

2. Communication and working relationships

a) Working in partnership, the post-holder communicates effectively with patients and their carers, the multi-disciplinary team and other key stakeholders on a range of complex health care matters, issues, ideas and situations.b) Acts as an information resource for patients, multi-disciplinary colleagues and other stakeholders. Responsible for signposting and referring individuals, families, carers and communities to the most appropriate agencies/services to support their needs.c) The post-holder may experience challenge in gaining concordance with the patient, families, or carers for any treatment plan. They may also experience resistance from other colleagues to an agreed action, or treatment option. Strong negotiating and influencing skills may be required.

3. Key responsibilities

a) Holistically assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care whilst workingin an integrated manner with the multi-disciplinary team.b) Empower patients to work as partners in their care respecting individualchoice and difference and encouraging self-care where able. Supportingpatients in a programme of self-care/enablement.

4. Main tasks

a) Holistic assessment and care planning.b) Individualised care and the promotion of self-care.c) Safe and effective review and referral to the appropriate member of themultidisciplinary team.d) Effective delegation and prioritisation of workload.e) Professional development as required to maintain area of practice, and asnegotiated in supervision.f) An awareness of health, safety and security risks.g) Engagement in service provision and change.

Registration

Essential

• Registered nursing Part 1(Current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council)

Desirable

• 1 year post reg
• Experience of community nursing

Knowledge

Essential

• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Demonstrates competancy in a range of Clinical Skills
• Demonstrates the application of research based practice
• Knowledge of current local policies
• Understanding of the role
• Promote independance and choice in undertaking patient care
• IT literate or willing to achieve within an agreed period
• Knoweldge of clinical goverance, clinical audit and clinical supervision and professional codes of conduct
• Act within within own scope of practice
• Demonstrates an ability to reflect and learnng from situations
• Demonstrates a commitment to life-long learning and development

Desirable

• Experience using computerised patient notes systems
• Motivational interviewing skills

Organisation

Essential

• Ability to organise workload, to delegate appropriately, take initiative and make decisions
• Car driver and access to a car for work purposes

Desirable

• Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team

Numeracy

Essential

• Competant numeracy skills

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate a wide range of clinical skills e.g. Wound care, palliative care including syringe drivers, catheterisation, medicines management and administration and IV administration or willingness to develop skills through training
• Ability to recognise deterioating patient

NMC

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of NMC guidlines

Community Experience

Essential

• Demonstrates a commitment to working in the community setting

Care

Essential

• Ability to assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge/understanding of boundaries of role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).