Main area: Intermediate Care and Community Nursing
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Shifts to cover services from 7.00 am - 7.00 pm. Includes weekend working.)
Job ref: 388-6801203-NMC
Employer: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kings Ash House
Town: Paignton
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/01/2025 23:59
Community/IC Clinical Nurse NHS AfC: Band 6 Job Overview This post will involve working across both the Intermediate Care Team and Community Nursing Team. It is a newly developing post to increase integration across the services.
You will be joining a truly multi-disciplinary team which aims to prevent hospital admissions, facilitate safe and effective discharges home, and support patients in their own homes.
Our Health and Wellbeing Team is an integrated professional team which includes Social Care, Community Occupational Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Intermediate Care, Community Nursing, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Support Workers, and local voluntary sector services. The team is proactive and has a forward-thinking core that promotes a positive and ‘can do’ attitude.
Main Duties of the Job
To provide initial and ongoing assessment of nursing needs of patients and carers in the community, considering physical, social, emotional, and cultural factors.
To work as an autonomous practitioner in planning and implementing nursing treatment programmes.
To advise and instruct carers and patients on health and wellbeing issues and self-care strategies.
To carry out specialist and shared complex nursing assessments, including continuing health care, medication review, prescribing, and palliative care.
To utilise a broad range of specialised nursing skills and knowledge, ensuring assessment and competence is maintained and recorded as a nurse prescriber.
To monitor and evaluate care programmes for patients and carers, promoting effective co-ordination and continuity of patient care.
To formulate and undertake the nursing care of patients as agreed with the patients themselves and their carers, within the home environment.
The care to be carried out is evidence-based, using judgement and analysis to compare treatment options.
Working for Our Organisation The nursing team is based at Sherborne House. The Community Nurse team is also based at Kings Ash House. We cover a large geographical patch covering the practice population of nine GP surgeries.
A busy but friendly and supportive team, we are committed to staff development through education and training, helping staff realise their potential in topics of interest to them and encouraging career pathways in Community Nursing.
We pride ourselves on delivering high standards of care and building relationships within the communities we are part of.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
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Person Specification Qualifications and Training
Qualified Registered Nurse Level 1
BSc (Hons) in Community Health Nursing (District) or equivalent or working towards
Independent/supplementary prescriber or committed to undertaking this course within 3 years of commencement to post
Mentorship qualification/skills and/or experience, or committed to undertaking appropriate mentorship course.
Previous Community experience or experience of lone working
Knowledge and Experience
Able to provide detailed advice to other specialists and non-specialists
Evidence of continual professional development
Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
Proven relevant IT knowledge and experience
Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams to influence high-quality care programmes for patients with complex health needs
Evidence of working at a senior level in community nursing, admission avoidance, unplanned care, or primary care experience
Specific Skills
Holistic client assessment skills using an identified model of care
Evidence a range of clinical skills and undertake training where required to meet gaps in knowledge/competencies
Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations
Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
Ability to organise own work within a team setting
Self-motivated and able to use own initiative
Willingness to be challenged
Prepared to work flexibly
Sensitive and empathetic
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and oral
Liaise with and develop effective partnerships with a wide range of individuals and organisations
Strong and effective decision-making capabilities
Ability to identify own strengths and limitations
Demonstrate a positive commitment to uphold diversity and equality policies
Willing to work throughout the Trust according to service need
Ability to travel and carry equipment adhering to the transporting equipment and passengers policy
Health and Safety issues
You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, and we are proud of our investment in our staff.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a ‘Staff Carers’ policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply promptly
Please read the job description and tailor your application to reflect the role
Correspondence will be via
Trac , text, and email. Please check your email and
Trac
account regularly.
Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band
If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion
It is your responsibility to assist us in the timely receipt of appropriate references
The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity, and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient, or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010.
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Shifts to cover services from 7.00 am - 7.00 pm. Includes weekend working.)
Job ref: 388-6801203-NMC
Employer: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kings Ash House
Town: Paignton
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/01/2025 23:59
Community/IC Clinical Nurse NHS AfC: Band 6 Job Overview This post will involve working across both the Intermediate Care Team and Community Nursing Team. It is a newly developing post to increase integration across the services.
You will be joining a truly multi-disciplinary team which aims to prevent hospital admissions, facilitate safe and effective discharges home, and support patients in their own homes.
Our Health and Wellbeing Team is an integrated professional team which includes Social Care, Community Occupational Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Intermediate Care, Community Nursing, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Support Workers, and local voluntary sector services. The team is proactive and has a forward-thinking core that promotes a positive and ‘can do’ attitude.
Main Duties of the Job
To provide initial and ongoing assessment of nursing needs of patients and carers in the community, considering physical, social, emotional, and cultural factors.
To work as an autonomous practitioner in planning and implementing nursing treatment programmes.
To advise and instruct carers and patients on health and wellbeing issues and self-care strategies.
To carry out specialist and shared complex nursing assessments, including continuing health care, medication review, prescribing, and palliative care.
To utilise a broad range of specialised nursing skills and knowledge, ensuring assessment and competence is maintained and recorded as a nurse prescriber.
To monitor and evaluate care programmes for patients and carers, promoting effective co-ordination and continuity of patient care.
To formulate and undertake the nursing care of patients as agreed with the patients themselves and their carers, within the home environment.
The care to be carried out is evidence-based, using judgement and analysis to compare treatment options.
Working for Our Organisation The nursing team is based at Sherborne House. The Community Nurse team is also based at Kings Ash House. We cover a large geographical patch covering the practice population of nine GP surgeries.
A busy but friendly and supportive team, we are committed to staff development through education and training, helping staff realise their potential in topics of interest to them and encouraging career pathways in Community Nursing.
We pride ourselves on delivering high standards of care and building relationships within the communities we are part of.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
#caretojoinus
Person Specification Qualifications and Training
Qualified Registered Nurse Level 1
BSc (Hons) in Community Health Nursing (District) or equivalent or working towards
Independent/supplementary prescriber or committed to undertaking this course within 3 years of commencement to post
Mentorship qualification/skills and/or experience, or committed to undertaking appropriate mentorship course.
Previous Community experience or experience of lone working
Knowledge and Experience
Able to provide detailed advice to other specialists and non-specialists
Evidence of continual professional development
Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
Proven relevant IT knowledge and experience
Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams to influence high-quality care programmes for patients with complex health needs
Evidence of working at a senior level in community nursing, admission avoidance, unplanned care, or primary care experience
Specific Skills
Holistic client assessment skills using an identified model of care
Evidence a range of clinical skills and undertake training where required to meet gaps in knowledge/competencies
Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations
Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
Ability to organise own work within a team setting
Self-motivated and able to use own initiative
Willingness to be challenged
Prepared to work flexibly
Sensitive and empathetic
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and oral
Liaise with and develop effective partnerships with a wide range of individuals and organisations
Strong and effective decision-making capabilities
Ability to identify own strengths and limitations
Demonstrate a positive commitment to uphold diversity and equality policies
Willing to work throughout the Trust according to service need
Ability to travel and carry equipment adhering to the transporting equipment and passengers policy
Health and Safety issues
You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, and we are proud of our investment in our staff.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a ‘Staff Carers’ policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply promptly
Please read the job description and tailor your application to reflect the role
Correspondence will be via
Trac , text, and email. Please check your email and
Trac
account regularly.
Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band
If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion
It is your responsibility to assist us in the timely receipt of appropriate references
The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity, and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient, or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010.
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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