Senior Community Nurse

Job summary

Are you interested in developing your current nursing role? Would you like the chance to expand your knowledge and leadership skills?

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated applicant to become part of our friendly and professional team, with this exciting opportunity to come and work in a busy, dynamic environment alongside experienced healthcare practitioners who work autonomously providing nursing care to patients within their own homes.

Applicants must be highly clinically skilled. The position involves providing leadership support to the team on a day to day basis and to support the Integrated Community Lead as required.

Hythe & waterside ICT is part of HIOWH NHS Foundation Trust and work as an Integrated Community Care Team including, Community Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy. Our aim is to provide high quality, safe services which improve the health, wellbeing and independence of the people we care for.

If you are committed to providing high quality patient care, and enjoy working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, please contact us

For further details please call Anna Poole - anna.poole12@nhs.net

Only open to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service, Isle of Wight NHS FT or Hampshire Hospitals FT.

Main duties of the job

Support the Clinical Manager in day-to-day management of the active

community nursing caseload identified by community, primary and secondary

care colleagues, with the expectation that on average 75% of time will be

engaged in direct and in-direct clinical care.

Maintain clinical skills and expertise focusing clinical time on the holistic

assessment and review of complex cases to inform the development of a

comprehensive care plan and, wherever possible using available clinical time

to create opportunities to supervise, teach and assess junior staff in practice,

developing their competency in identifying subtle changes in condition and

knowing when to escalate within the team or to refer to specialist review.

Day to day ensure that the allocation of work is appropriate to staffing levels,

skills and competence of available staff and facilitate the prioritising of referrals

into the service ensuring that urgent referrals are responded to within an

appropriate timescale and feedback is provided if appropriate to the referring

health professional.

Undertake generic health and social care assessments using a holistic

assessment process and undertake specific comprehensive nursing

assessments for patients by using investigative and analytical skills for those

with acute/complex/ chronic or palliative care needs e.g. patients with multiple

pathology and complex social care needs.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unit 42, New Forest Enterprise Centre

Unit 42, New Forest Enterprise Centre, Rushington Business Park, Chapel Lane

Totton

Hampshire

SO40 9LA

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unit 42, New Forest Enterprise Centre

Unit 42, New Forest Enterprise Centre, Rushington Business Park, Chapel Lane

Totton

Hampshire

SO40 9LA

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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