Peripatetic Community Nurse

Job summary

Have you got a passion for Community Nursing?

East Suffolk Community Team are recruiting for a part-time peripatetic community nurse. We are seeking a caring and motivated nurse to join our professional and dynamic teams.

It is expected that you will work across the multiple Ipswich nursing teams. You will be committed to flexible team working, delivering high quality patient care.

You will receive daily allocation of their visits, depending on where the service demand is greatest.

This is an opportunity to work within an Integrated Health and Social Care Team consisting of Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists , Generic Workers, Social Workers and IWP's undertaking holistic assessments and treatments for patients within their own homes. You will be using a wide range of nursing skills and will need to be confident in their assessment skills and in their ability to provide safe, effective treatments whilst working in a community setting.

Experience of palliative care, wound management, venepuncture and catheter management will be an advantage. You should be flexible, motivated and able to work within a changing environment.

You will undertake a comprehensive induction to introduce you to the role. We offer a variety of training in order to up skill and maintain clinical skills. You will be offered a tailored induction depending on their experience.

Main duties of the job

• To work flexibly across all of the Ipswich nursing teams.
• Triage, assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of patient care, and develop care plans which may need to be delivered from a range of options
• Ensure informed consent is obtained and documented prior to initiating interventions
• Following a holistic assessment, devise an individualised, evidence-based plan of care for each patient, modifying it as required
• Assess patients' holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and carers
• Use tactful and persuasive skills to gain the patient's co-operation in their care management plan
• Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated
• Maintain skills with regards to latest technology
• Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework
• Ensure own workload is planned and prioritised according to patient needs
• Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis
• Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, advanced sensory skills, manual and mobilising skills
• Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions & adhere to infection control policies

About us

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Constantine House,

5 Constantine Road

Ipswich

IP1 2DH

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Constantine House,

5 Constantine Road

Ipswich

IP1 2DH

Employer's website

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

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