Job summary
Are you looking for your next challenge? Would you like to be part of a dynamic service? Do you have a passion for innovation? Then look no further than Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. We are rated - Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among the top employers in London. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion, encompassing several London Boroughs and the outer counties. We are extending our Urgent Community Response Service over Winter months and have opportunities within the team and are looking for an Urgent Community Response Band 6 Nurse. The post holder will be a member of a multidisciplinary team.
You will be expected to provide a Urgent Community Response service to patients who are experiencing a health crisis with the aim to support them in their own homes across Wandsworth borough rather than being admitted to hospital. You may be required at times travel across both Wandsworth and Merton to fulfil the service.
Main duties of the job
The role will work to establish, coordinate, and deliver direct clinical care that is diverse, evidence based and innovative. Within this role you will develop your clinical skills and develop professionally to continue to support primary and secondary care to prevent hospital admissions by facilitating integrated care of patients in their home environment.
The role will involve some lone working and responsibility for ensuring high quality clinical provision within the Urgent Community Response Service from 8am-8pm shift patterns across 7 days per week. You will be provided with a Skyguard and there is a robust lone working policy which is followed by all CLCH teams.
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours. We offer a range of benefits that include accommodation loans, season travel tickets, childcare assistance, cycle to work schemes and much more, subject to availability. To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: www.clch.nhs.uk/staffbenefitsAt CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Appropriate Registration (NMC)
- Evidence of post-registration education and training
- Advanced Clinical Assessment and Examination qualification
Desirable
- Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in community setting
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
- Experience of teaching of junior staff / students, peers in-service training setting
- Experience of negotiating and communicating within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of teaching, patient and public involvement and health promotion in practice
- Experience of providing acute care response to frail and elderly patients in acute or community setting
- Experience with relevant clinical competencies including urethral and suprapubic catheterisation, palliative and end of life care support, syringe-driver set up and symptom control.
- Experience of working in the NHS
Desirable
- Participation in research, service development or audit projects
- Previous experience in urgent community response or community nursing
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills
- Able to demonstrate use of own initiative and ability to work alone in ever changing circumstances.
- Negotiating skills with ability to work independently without direct supervision and across organisational boundaries.
- Able to effectively and sensitively communicate highly complex information both verbally and in writing, with a range of people some of whom may have barriers to communication and understanding.
- Ability to demonstrate and show evidence of effective clinical skills and delegation of clinical caseload to other members of staff within service.
Desirable
- Can critically analyse and apply relevant research to practice
Other
Essential
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
- Ability to drive to multiple locations within borough of Wandsworth (on occasions within the borough of Merton) and work shifts covering 8am-8pm, 7 days a week including weekends and Bank Holidays.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Appropriate Registration (NMC)
- Evidence of post-registration education and training
- Advanced Clinical Assessment and Examination qualification
Desirable
- Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in community setting
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
- Experience of teaching of junior staff / students, peers in-service training setting
- Experience of negotiating and communicating within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of teaching, patient and public involvement and health promotion in practice
- Experience of providing acute care response to frail and elderly patients in acute or community setting
- Experience with relevant clinical competencies including urethral and suprapubic catheterisation, palliative and end of life care support, syringe-driver set up and symptom control.
- Experience of working in the NHS
Desirable
- Participation in research, service development or audit projects
- Previous experience in urgent community response or community nursing
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills
- Able to demonstrate use of own initiative and ability to work alone in ever changing circumstances.
- Negotiating skills with ability to work independently without direct supervision and across organisational boundaries.
- Able to effectively and sensitively communicate highly complex information both verbally and in writing, with a range of people some of whom may have barriers to communication and understanding.
- Ability to demonstrate and show evidence of effective clinical skills and delegation of clinical caseload to other members of staff within service.
Desirable
- Can critically analyse and apply relevant research to practice
Other
Essential
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
- Ability to drive to multiple locations within borough of Wandsworth (on occasions within the borough of Merton) and work shifts covering 8am-8pm, 7 days a week including weekends and Bank Holidays.
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).
