Job summary
Community Staff Nurse, Band 5
Greenwich and Bexley Twilight District Nursing Services
Permanent: Part Time - From15 to 25 hours weekly
We are currently looking for dynamic nurses to join the Greenwich and Bexley Twilight District Nursing service in the both Royal Borough of Greenwich and Bexley Borough. The service is provided by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, which also provides a wide range of services. The Twilight Service operates between 17:00 hrs - 22:00 hrs or between 18:00 hrs - 23:00 hours.
As a Community Staff Nurse within the Twilight Service, you will deliver a high standard of nursing care to patients in their own homes. This care includes monitoring of blood glucose, administration of insulin, cannulation, administration of IV antibiotics via infusion, wound care, catheterisation and also delivering sensitive compassionate care at end of life.
Oxleas NHS Trust operates a probationary period, further details are available on request.
Main duties of the job
As a Community Staff Nurse within Bexley and Greenwich Twilight District Nursing Team, you will ensure the delivery of high quality care in patients own homes whilst ensuring standards are consistently high. You will do this by being competent and having the knowledge to deliver comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
You will be responsible for carrying out full and thorough clinical and risk assessment for the people in your care, carrying out holistic assessments, being sensitive to the needs of patients, and escalating risk to senior staff where necessary.
As an Oxleas Community Staff Nurse, you will also be supported to develop advanced clinical assessment skills including independent prescribing.
We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses with a drive to build on their pre-registration experience and knowledge, to ensure that the care that they deliver is highly skilled and patient-focused.
Due to the requirement to be able to travel across the Borough in a timely manner, a full driver's licence is essential as well as access to a car for work purposes.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You will do this by being competent and having the knowledge todeliver comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
- You will be responsible for carrying out full and thorough clinical and risk assessment for the people in your care, seeing them holistically, being sensitive to their needs and escalating that risk to senior staff where necessary.
- You will develop and implement individualised care plans that will deliver high quality care that is evaluated and continually improved.
- You will be responsible for carrying out full and thorough physical health assessments and regular monitoring of the people in your care, ensuring that their fundamental care needs are assessed and attended to including nutrition, hydration, comfort and hygiene and producing excellent quality documentation which follows the trust record keeping standards.
- You will use courage to challenge and report poor practice at the time and raise your concerns to a senior member of the team and will carry out all your nursing duties to an excellent standard paying high regard to privacy and dignity and maintaining the people in your cares rights.
- We will expect you to be actively involved in regular clinical supervision and reflective practice and by undertaking the supervision of junior staff. You will collaborate with your line manager in the annual personal development process, setting goals for your continual development and undertaking training and learning opportunities that are identified in the plan.
- You will be committed to carrying out evidence based best practice and to act as a role model for junior staff, leading by example and understanding your own values and judgements and how this can affect your relationship with the people in your care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You will do this by being competent and having the knowledge todeliver comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
- You will be responsible for carrying out full and thorough clinical and risk assessment for the people in your care, seeing them holistically, being sensitive to their needs and escalating that risk to senior staff where necessary.
- You will develop and implement individualised care plans that will deliver high quality care that is evaluated and continually improved.
- You will be responsible for carrying out full and thorough physical health assessments and regular monitoring of the people in your care, ensuring that their fundamental care needs are assessed and attended to including nutrition, hydration, comfort and hygiene and producing excellent quality documentation which follows the trust record keeping standards.
- You will use courage to challenge and report poor practice at the time and raise your concerns to a senior member of the team and will carry out all your nursing duties to an excellent standard paying high regard to privacy and dignity and maintaining the people in your cares rights.
- We will expect you to be actively involved in regular clinical supervision and reflective practice and by undertaking the supervision of junior staff. You will collaborate with your line manager in the annual personal development process, setting goals for your continual development and undertaking training and learning opportunities that are identified in the plan.
- You will be committed to carrying out evidence based best practice and to act as a role model for junior staff, leading by example and understanding your own values and judgements and how this can affect your relationship with the people in your care.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise own work load
Desirable
- Relevant clinical skills
- Catheterisation, end of life management, immunisation, infection control
Experience
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable
- Experience working in the community
Training and Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Active registration knowledge of a range of healthcare procedures and practices consistent with a qualified nurse and relevant to the health
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise own work load
Desirable
- Relevant clinical skills
- Catheterisation, end of life management, immunisation, infection control
Experience
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable
- Experience working in the community
Training and Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Active registration knowledge of a range of healthcare procedures and practices consistent with a qualified nurse and relevant to the health
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
