Community nurse post in the Tewkesbury and Newent team at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, offered on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The work centres on assessing patients and carers at home, writing care plans, giving medicines and nursing care, and holding a small delegated caseload. It runs on early and late shifts across seven days, including weekends, and is offered full or part time, with a preceptorship for newly qualified nurses. Current NMC registration and a full driving licence are essential.
What the job involves
- Assess patient and carer needs through strengths-based assessment
- Develop individual care plans with patients and carers, including information, advice, signposting and education
- Regularly evaluate care plans and report clinical changes or concerns to the appropriate team member
- Provide skilled nursing interventions, support and advice to colleagues, patients and carers
- Administer and monitor medications in line with policy
- Take responsibility for a delegated caseload and contribute to prioritising workload
- Deliver evidence-based care that meets patient requirements and satisfaction
- Maintain accurate patient records on the electronic clinical recording system
- Refer patients to other disciplines and agencies better placed to meet their needs
- Collaborate with Integrated Community Team colleagues to maximise people's potential and independence
- Work to reduce unwarranted variation in clinical practice using evidence-based interventions
- When suitably experienced, act as a clinical triage nurse in the centralised Community Nursing referral centres
What’s required
Qualifications
- Willingness to undertake additional training as required
Registration & licences
- Current NMC registration
Experience
- Previous community nursing experience
- Experience of working without direct supervision
- Experience of working with student learners in practice
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent communication skills
- Courage to make clinical decisions
- Ability to work on own initiative, assess patients competently and report relevant changes to the team leader or appropriate professional
- Ability to manage, prioritise and delegate workload in the absence of the team leader
- Ability to liaise effectively within the primary health care team and with other professionals and agencies
Checks & eligibility
- Full driving licence and use of a vehicle for work
Nice to have
- Evidence of post-registration education and training
- Holistic health assessment course or equivalent
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Demonstrable skills in risk assessment and management
What’s offered
- Individualised development planning
- Funded university-accredited courses relevant to the post
- Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
- Supportive management structure
- Autonomy to manage own workload and a small caseload in partnership with line manager
- Structured clinical supervision and in-service training programmes
- Access to advanced practitioner and clinical specialist colleagues
#J-18808-Ljbffr
