Community Sister

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Overview

We are currently seeking a Community Sister to join the Spennymoor, Ferryhill and Sedgefield Community Nursing Team. The successful applicant will work across the Sedgefield locality and the surrounding areas from an office base in Spennymoor. The team cover 8am until 9pm 7 days a week on a duty roster. The post holder will be a caseload holder to ensure the provision of clinical management to District Nursing and Intermediate Care Services. The role involves providing holistic nursing care to adult patients in their own home or residential care setting. Successful applicants will be required to hold a first level nursing registration with the NMC, additional training specific to the role can be provided.

Main duties

To support coordination and delivery of high quality nursing care that, where possible, meets identified patient need, supports the aims and objectives of the integrated health and social care team, and remains within the boundaries of available resource. Predominantly complex clinical care and caseload management with some coordination and supervisory responsibilities for health care staff between Bands 2 to Band 5. The Community Nursing Team provide both planned and reactive care including Urgent Community Response.

About Us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager. You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks. We provide hospital services from two acute sites – Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients\\\’ homes. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented. Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st Level Registration with the NMC (Adult) Professional knowledge of community nursing acquired through degree or equivalent level of demonstrable professional knowledge/experience
• Supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses which indicate a clear passion for nursing in the community

Desirable

• Physical skills course or equivalent
• Non-Medical Prescribing
• Management and leadership course
• Knowledge of issues in community nursing
• Knowledge of Urgent Community response

Experience

Essential

• Experience working as a Nurse in a community setting/team

Desirable

• Experience of managing a team and staff
• Experience of audit/research
• Experience of clinical supervision
• Evidence of recent on-going nursing development

Special Requirements

Essential

• Ability to work hours flexibly when service needs require
• Able to travel across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post

Statutory Registration

Essential

• Registered Nurse (adult or Child) on part 1 of the NMC register
• Valid UK NMC PIN

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Communicates complex sensitive, confidential information concerning patients/clients displaying empathy, persuasion and reassurance (Some may have special needs; patients/clients may be hostile, antagonistic)
• Demonstrates skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients/clients
• Plans provision of care for patients/clients
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates clinical care of patients/clients
• Provides specialist advice to patients/clients/carers
• Develops and implements specialist programmes of care
• Imparts unwelcome news, care of terminally ill/safeguarding issues
• Follows policies, makes comments on proposals for change
• Implements policies and proposes changes to working practices or procedures in own work area
• Supervises work of others; clinical supervision of staff, students; provides training to others
• Works within codes of practice and professional guidelines
• Leads an area or team; manages a caseload in the community
• Occasional participation in R&D activity
• Physical Skills
• Driving, immunisations/restraint of patients/clients using approved techniques; dexterity and accuracy required for, e.g. intravenous injections, syringe pumps and infusion, insertion of catheters and removal of sutures.

Other information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and requires a Disclosure to be made. Certificate of Sponsorship applies for skilled worker sponsorship where applicable. UK Registration with current professional requirements is necessary. This job posting contains standard recruitment notes and is intended to reflect typical responsibilities and qualifications for a Community Nurse role within this trust.