Community Staff Nurse in Gorleston-on-Sea

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC is an exciting social enterprise providing a range of NHS community health and social care services across the Suffolk / Norfolk border area. Are you a registered nurse passionate about the delivery of effective person centred care? Are you committed to delivering care closer to home? Do you relish the opportunity to provide nursing care to people in their own homes? Have you considered community nursing?

You should be motivated to deliver high quality evidence based skilled nursing care within the community setting and you will have good communication skills and be able to work autonomously. The Gorleston PCH are looking for an enthusiastic nurse to join their busy team, which covers Gorleston and the surrounding area.

Community nursing offers a different experience to traditional ward based nursing; it does provide the opportunity to deliver a wide range of nursing interventions to people in their own home and within residential care. As a community nurse you will develop confidence and become expert in clinical skills including wound care and have the opportunity to deliver end of life care for people in their preferred place.

The community nursing service is commissioned to provide a 24/7 service. The core hours are between 08.00 -16.30 hours, early and late shift patterns are also part of the working week. Applicants will be required to participate in working other shifts as part of the role including weekend and bank holiday working on a rotational basis.

We welcome applications from experienced staff wishing for a change in direction and from new registrants who we offer a supportive environment to complete a robust Preceptorship programme.

The team describes working in the community: "You get to know your patients really well and give continuity of care because of caseload management." "Able to manage own time which gives you longer with the patients and their family"

ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders. We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

• Contribute to, support, and promote ECCH's strategic direction, values, and culture in relation to community health services.
• Discuss all treatment options with sensitivity, knowledge, and expertise. Act as a patient advocate when appropriate, respecting patient confidentiality with privacy and respect for diverse cultural backgrounds and requirements.
• Act as a resource for other health and social care professionals on matters relating to community nursing.
• Participate in clinical supervision within Primary Care Home as required.
• Participate and maintain a learning environment and maximise opportunities for education and development in the clinical area.
• Develop excellent internal and external Network to promote Primary Care Home.
• Contribute to the clinical governance agenda through participation in clinical risk assessment and clinical audit.
• Contribute to an environment conducive to effective working, respecting, and supporting staff to deliver high quality clinical services.
• Contribute to change and innovation within Primary Care Home.
• Work as part of the multidisciplinary Primary Care Home to deliver planned and unplanned services.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues to contribute to the development of care pathways for patients requiring a range of healthcare needs.
• Work in partnership with senior members of the Primary Care Home to review the delegated caseload and ensure the care provided is of high quality.
• Work with patients towards self-care and independence utilising health coaching techniques.
• Work collaboratively with residential care home colleagues to promote high standards of care.
• Contribute to the review of current policies/protocols/guidelines and the development of clinical pathways and outcomes for people requiring proactive and reactive services.
• Plan and organise a range of complex clinical activities in a wide range of community settings to ensure best practice is delivered to patients in your delegated area of responsibility.
• Take responsibility for own personal and professional development; maintain competence, knowledge, and skills commensurate with role.
• Be wholly accountable for practice taking every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve knowledge and professional competence and ensure all aspects of professional behaviour as required within professional code are always followed.
• Maintain legible, accurate and contemporaneous patient records in accordance with ECCH Policy and Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for record keeping.
• Take responsibility to ensure compliance with Health and Safety Policy, Fire and Environmental Waste Regulations.
• Be responsible for understanding, following, and implementing ECCH policies and procedures.
• Ensure own compliance with ECCH risk management systems, proactively identifying risk, reporting, and managing risk within area of responsibility.
• Take responsibility for the cost-effective management and safe use of expensive clinical equipment.
• Contribute to the effective use of resources.
• Contribute to the evaluation of training programmes to support patients and carers gain the necessary knowledge and skills to maintain independence.

• Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)
• BSc in Nursing Practice or equivalent.
• Evidence of working towards a nursing degree.

• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Ability to demonstrate clinical knowledge and competence within scope of clinical practice.
• Previous experience of working in health care.
• Recent clinical experience in community nursing.
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Effective organisation and time management skills.
• Willingness and ability to work across different sites and travel to alternative sites and across the community as required.
• Be able to support Trainee Nursing Associates.
• Act as a role model to all students.
• Able to demonstrate personal resilience, emotions and stress.

• Health coaching training.
• 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.