Job summary
We're looking for a passionate and dedicated Clinical Nurse to join us in a permanent, full-time role within our integrated community team. In this role, you'll work across Urgent Care, Intermediate Care, and occasionally support the Rehab Unit at Jack Sears when needed.
This is a fast-paced and rewarding position, where you'll play a key role in avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting timely discharges, and providing short-term nursing care to patients under intermediate care.
You'll be based primarily at Union House, Torquay, but your work will take you across the whole of Torbay, visiting patients in the community. Because of this, a full driving licence and access to a car are essential.
In this role, you'll also take on some supervisory and delegation responsibilities, supporting and guiding non-registered colleagues as part of the wider team.
You'll plan and implement safe, effective care -- whether that means arranging immediate support at home, or coordinating a place of safety bed in consultation with the IC/Duty Team.
If you're ready to make a real difference to patients' lives while working in a dynamic, supportive environment -- we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake holistic, comprehensive assessments including both risk assessment on behalf of the team, and nursing assessments involving a thorough examination if the patient's medical, social, and emotional state, in order to determine the most appropriate plan of intervention
- To provide ongoing assessment of nursing needs of patients and carers in the community. When planning a programme of care, consideration is given to the delegation of suitably qualified staff to facilitate the level of care agreed.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner in the planning and implementation of nursing treatment programmes.
- To advise and instruct carers and patients on health and well-being issues, and self-care strategies
- To carry out specialist and shared complex nursing assessments, to include continuing and palliative care.
- To develop a focused, patient centred, goal orientated plan of treatment and/or rehabilitation to avoid unnecessary admission or to facilitate early discharge
About us
Torquay Health and Well-Being Team are a large but supportive team who enjoys mentoring team members and students and is passionate about delivering quality care to the housebound patients. We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality.
We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. The team is flexible and promotes a health work/home life balance.
Care to join us?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Qualified Registered Nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Diverse post registration experience
Desirable
- BSC (hons) in Community Health Nursing (District) or equivalent
- Nurse prescribing (or willingness to undertake training) Team management skills
- Comprehensive understanding of Health Care services Undergone training in frailty and long-term condition management
- Knowledge and understanding in frailty and long-term condition management
- Nursing Mentor
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- A broad range of clinical skills including complex and specialist skills.
- To communicate complex information
- Maintain timely and accurate written records
- Prioritise workload, demonstrating appropriate delegation
- Holistic client assessment using specialist knowledge across a wide range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
- Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
- Ability to manage a caseload
- Mentorship Module
- Experience of clinical leadership
- I.T. knowledge/experience
- Awareness of budget management skills
- Good understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Awareness of local and government agendas
- Experience working in acute care (secondary Care and community care
Specific Skills
Essential
- Assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care of the unwell adult
- Knowledge of principles of Research and Audit.
- Negotiating skills
- Health and Safety/Risk Assessments
- Current driving licence and access to transport
- Acute care nursing skills
- Ability to assess, prioritise and co-ordinate care for people with complex needs
- Teaching and presentation skills
Desirable
- Cannulation and IV administration
- Palliative Care Nursing Skills
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Qualified Registered Nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Diverse post registration experience
Desirable
- BSC (hons) in Community Health Nursing (District) or equivalent
- Nurse prescribing (or willingness to undertake training) Team management skills
- Comprehensive understanding of Health Care services Undergone training in frailty and long-term condition management
- Knowledge and understanding in frailty and long-term condition management
- Nursing Mentor
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- A broad range of clinical skills including complex and specialist skills.
- To communicate complex information
- Maintain timely and accurate written records
- Prioritise workload, demonstrating appropriate delegation
- Holistic client assessment using specialist knowledge across a wide range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
- Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
- Ability to manage a caseload
- Mentorship Module
- Experience of clinical leadership
- I.T. knowledge/experience
- Awareness of budget management skills
- Good understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Awareness of local and government agendas
- Experience working in acute care (secondary Care and community care
Specific Skills
Essential
- Assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care of the unwell adult
- Knowledge of principles of Research and Audit.
- Negotiating skills
- Health and Safety/Risk Assessments
- Current driving licence and access to transport
- Acute care nursing skills
- Ability to assess, prioritise and co-ordinate care for people with complex needs
- Teaching and presentation skills
Desirable
- Cannulation and IV administration
- Palliative Care Nursing Skills
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
