This Band 5 post sits in the Tameside & Glossop District Nursing Service, covering the five neighbourhoods of Tameside, with a team base allocated on appointment. The work centres on assessing patients' care needs and running and reviewing care programmes within a multidisciplinary community team, including covering the caseload when the senior lead is absent. What sets it apart is the range of working patterns on offer, the possibility of working across localities as service needs require, and supervising learners and unregistered staff. Applicants need NMC registration or to be within two months of it, and newly qualified nurses join a preceptorship programme.
What the job involves
- Assess patient care needs and develop, implement and evaluate care programmes for a named client group and across all client groups in the community
- Work within a multidisciplinary community team
- Coordinate the caseload in the absence of the team or senior lead, keeping communication effective
- Act in line with locally agreed standards of care and ensure clinical procedures are correctly carried out
- Provide support to junior staff within the team
- Supervise and assess pre- and post-registration learners and unregistered staff, acting as named supervisor
- Teach learners and unregistered staff
- Work across localities where service need requires
What’s required
Qualifications
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Registration & licences
- NMC registration, or pending registration within two months
Experience
- Relevant pre- or post-registration community experience, described as an advantage
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of government legislation and policies relevant to the role
- Applying current research findings to clinical practice where appropriate
- Delegating appropriately and supervising junior staff and student nurses as directed by the District Nursing Sister or Charge Nurse
Other
- Ability to travel to various locations between Tameside and Glossop
Nice to have
- IT skills
What’s offered
- Flexible working
- 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Sick pay
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Free eye tests and health checks
- Gym discount
- Bicycle loan and salary sacrifice car schemes
- Support with stress, bereavement, relationships and finance
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