Community Sister / Charge Nurse in Plymouth

37.5 hours per week on a permanent contract. The role requires positivity and excellent communication, leadership, and caseload management abilities. You will need to demonstrate integrity and initiative, sound clinical knowledge with evidenced based practice and the ability to manage a team, approaching your work in a coordinated way. We work integrated with primary care, ASC, therapists, urgent & intermediate care services alongside our specialist services informing our ageing well MDTs, with a focus on TEP and enhanced care planning in patients' homes and as part of the Care Home Service.

If you have an interest in community nursing, preventing hospital admissions, and caring for people with complex long-term diseases, through to the last stages of their life, this role is for you. This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity. All LWS staff are expected to be able/willing to work across a 7-day service. We provide opportunities for continued learning/career progression.

Main duties of the job:

• Be responsible for the provision of planned and unplanned care to patients and their carers in a defined geographical area working as part of a twenty-four hour District Nursing Service.
• Be able to respond to urgent referrals for patients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team.
• Triage and accept appropriate referrals directly from other disciplines, patients, carers and members of the public and/or refer to other agencies where appropriate.
• Be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, planning, organising & reviewing complex packages of care including case conferences.
• Ensure privacy, dignity and human rights are respected for all patients and carers.
• Undertake comprehensive risk assessments of all situations associated with the care of patients.
• Maintain accurate records, which are confidential, up to date, legible and that all care given has to be documented.
• Monitor & maintain the health, safety and security of self and others.
• Work within challenging and unpredictable environments e.g. patients' homes.
• Act as a clinical advisor on health care issues within their area of expertise.
• Participate in an annual appraisal of their work in line with the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF).

Person Specification:

• Experience: Relevant post registered experience, proven relevant experience of leadership, experience in managing sensitive issues and overcoming obstacles in communication.
• Knowledge: Up to date knowledge of current practice within the area specified in job purpose, knowledge of national and local frameworks and strategies.
• Specific skills: Good time management, autonomous practitioner with the ability to work unsupervised, excellent interpersonal skills in leadership, coordination and management skills.
• Qualifications: 1st Level Nurse Registration (degree or diploma), NMC Registration, current Registered Nurse with relevant registered experience.
• Additional requirements: Familiar and committed to the principles and values of the NHS, ability to frequently travel independently and in a timely manner between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations.