Proactive Care Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking for an exceptional nurse to join our team at Mid Hampshire Healthcare which covers the Winchester City area.

If you are a passionate, motivated team player and want to excel in delivering exceptional holistic healthcare to a diverse patient group alongside of a range of community experts, we want to hear from you.

Previous experience of community nursing is a benefit but not essential as we offer a structured training development programme with formal support, provided. If you choose to join us here, many of your new colleagues will have joined us from acute services and found community nursing to be the exciting and challenging next step in their nursing career.

As a community nurse, you will be directly involved in facilitating and shaping self-care for patients with long term conditions in order to help keep them as well as possible in their own homes.

We are committed in offering you a rewarding and fun team environment with clinical supervision and support. Access to learning and development ensuring your continuous professional enhancement, clinical leadership support and alongside this the chance to work for a successful GP Federation. For more information please see the attached job description or contact Nikki Cobby on Nikki.Cobby@nhs.net

Key Tasks:

· Conduct initial home assessment visits to housebound patients with a view to identifying needs and supporting the patient and family/carers to facilitate the patient remaining in their own home safely and with the correct support clinically and socially.

· Review patients holistically to identify or monitor patients with complex healthcare needs, social isolation, risk of falls, mobility issues, diet and mental health problems. To improve their quality of life and prevent avoidable crisis.

· Delegate patients to other clinical team members to undertake reviews or provide continued support and work collaboratively in the development of a care pathway.

· Carry out blood tests, flu vaccinations, injections, take urine samples and mobile ECG readings as required to support patient.

· Work with the PCT Care Coordinator to review patients over the age of 70 with post discharge visits to prevent unplanned re-admissions as far as possible.

· Liaise with GPs to make management decisions regarding patients care and future planning. Supported by community geriatrician as appropriate.

· Liaise with Community Teams and In Reach Team to facilitate early and smoother discharge of patients out of hospital.

· Use EMIS Template to record all consultations/interventions with patients. Update as appropriate.

· Introduce patients to voluntary and NHS services as appropriate, assist patients to access an assessment from Adult Services Social Care and Support to source care information if required.

· Share information and work collaboratively with GPs, Practice Nurses, Community Care Teams, Social Services, Older Peoples Mental Health Team and voluntary Agencies, providing consent has been given, to deliver the best outcome for the patient.

· Attend Virtual Ward and Whiteboard meetings when necessary.

· Support clinical students on placement with the team.

· Attend joint visits and support the learning and development of clinical colleagues.

This job description is a summary of the main duties of the post and therefore, not exhaustive and the duties of the post will be reviewed regularly in conjunction with the post holder.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of community nursing is a benefit but not essential as we offer a structured training development programme with formal support, provided. If you choose to join us here, many of your new colleagues will have joined us from acute services and found community nursing to be the exciting and challenging next step in their nursing career.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

FRIARSGATE PRACTICE

Address

Stockbridge Road

Winchester

Hampshire

SO22 6EL

Employer's website

https://www.friarsgatepractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)