Community Staff Nurse (Carlisle Healthcare) Band 5

The successful candidates will work with our evolving community team based in North Carlisle Medical Centre, supporting the local community.

In the community we care for clients with a wide range of complex health conditions. We provide a range of treatments to housebound clients and some practice based clients who require support in wound care, catheter maintenance, compression therapy, insulin administration and care patients with a wide range of other complex long term health conditions. We also undertake palliative care and supporting people to die at home., To provide holistic care to clients in the community, we aim to provide good clinical care to clients and are responsible for assessing, implementing and evaluating care plans.

Good communication skills are essential as you will liaise with nursing and other colleagues in other teams within the ICC to create good working relationships, you will work collaboratively across the multidisciplinary team which include tissue viability nursing, vascular service, continence specialist nurses, and colleagues in general practice

To adopt an holistic approach to clients/carers/family in their own homes or elsewhere in the community.

To co-ordinates planned programmes of care with other agencies Document and maintain records professionally and accurately, to attend and contribute to staff meetings, ensure confidentiality at all times.

North Carlisle Medical Practice

Eden Street

Carlisle

CA3 9JZ, North Carlisle Medical Practice

Eden Street

Carlisle

CA3 9JZ

Employer’s website

https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

District Nursing Team Lead

Rebecca Dixon

rebecca.dixon@ncic.nhs.uk

07500920753