Job summary
ARE YOU A NURSE LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE?
Stour Surgery, based in the picturesque town of Christchurch, Dorset, is seeking an enthusiastic Community Nurse to join our team. We value high clinical standards and with our fabulous team of both clinical and non-clinical staff, we aim to provide excellent patient experience.
The successful candidate will be driven and highly motivated with good organisational and interpersonal skills. You will be flexible, thorough, and passionate about delivering high quality care to our Frail patients in the community.
The Stour Community Outreach Nurse will provide clinical support to our GPs and will work closely with the doctors and other healthcare professionals to provide healthcare for our patients. The post holder will work within their professional boundary and capabilities at all times, referring cases to GPs and other healthcare professionals as necessary.
Hours are negotiable.
Main duties of the job
- Conduct visits to patients in either their own home or a care home environment.
- Assess patients with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions.
- Liaise with GPs to agree diagnosis, any further investigations which may be needed and appropriate treatment.
- Liaise with GPs to admit patients to secondary care if they are in acute medical need.
- Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other relevant care providers.
- To provide education and training to other staff as appropriate and to encourage teamwork and the sharing of best practice
- Undertakes and interprets diagnostic tests and routine clinical procedures, including but not exclusively ECG, blood pressure monitoring, blood sampling etc.
- Works within all relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control, chaperoning, risk management, etc.
- Assess and plan specialised programmes of care and care packages i.e., referral to any other healthcare provider
- Provide chronic disease management, includes Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Hypertension
- Develop and review Dorset Care Plans in anticipation of the patients future needs.
- Deliver a weekly ward round to our care home patients as part of the Enhanced Care Home service
- Provide proactive management and clinical support for our frail patients, reducing the number of unplanned admissions to secondary care
- Maintain accurate record keeping
- To take appropriate action where any safeguarding issues are identified
About us
Stour
Surgery is a modern friendly teaching practice with 10,500 patients working in
purpose built facilities and based in the beautiful town of Christchurch Dorset
where you will find stunning beaches for a great variety of water sports,
Jurassic coastline for those summer evening strolls or even the zip wire off
the end of Bournemouth pier for the more adventurous!
At
Stour Surgery we pride ourselves in offering easily accessible high quality
care through our award winning Stour Access System. Our nursing team offers
specialised clinics in Diabetes, COPD, Asthma, Womens Health & Leg Ulcers.
We
are extremely proud of our SCOT (Stour Community Outreach Team) & SOS
(Stour Outreach Sister) staff who provide excellent care and support to our
vulnerable patients and those at risk of admission, support our GPs with home
visits & look after our housebound patients for their annual reviews, identifying
those who are living with moderate & severe frailty.
We
work alongside our Christchurch colleagues (Highcliffe MC, Farmhouse Surgery &
Christchurch MP) to form Christchurch Primary Care Network and as part of the
Integrated Community Primary Care Services project where our team are working
with housebound patients to reduce the risk of admission and helping with acute
visit requests.
Some
of the additional services we provide include onsite Phlebotomy and access to
both a MSK & Mental Health Practitioner.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post
holder will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing General Medical
Services to the patients of practice.
- Work in the community with the authority and direction
of the doctors to identify and treat patients to reduce the need for admissions
to secondary care.
- Work closely with our GPs to advise on
treatment and health care for patients in the community.
- The post holder will attend home visits to include residential
and nursing homes.
- They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and
expert care for patients.
- They will work collaboratively with the
multi-disciplinary team to meet the needs of our patients.
- The Community Outreach Nurse will
provide clinical support to our GPs and will work closely with the doctors and
other healthcare professionals to provide healthcare for our patients. The post
holder will work within their professional boundary and capabilities at all
times, referring cases to GPs and other healthcare professionals as necessary.
Requirements of Role
- Effectively communicates sensitive condition related information
to patients, relatives, and carers
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, and
sometimes contentious information and occasionally deal with situations which
are hostile or contentious
- Use developed consultation, negotiation and conflict management
skills which require empathy, reassurance, and persuasive skills to overcome
barriers to acceptance.
- Regularly communicates service-related information to
partners, the practice manager, clinical and administrative staff, patients, relatives,
and carers.
- Builds and communicates effective working relationships
with a wide array of statutory and voluntary organisations for the benefit of
patient care and facilitate good working relationships
- Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the
organisation and their role in patient care.
- Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the
co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues,
and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. ICB)
- Demonstrates ability to work as a member of the team Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to
more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post
holder will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing General Medical
Services to the patients of practice.
- Work in the community with the authority and direction
of the doctors to identify and treat patients to reduce the need for admissions
to secondary care.
- Work closely with our GPs to advise on
treatment and health care for patients in the community.
- The post holder will attend home visits to include residential
and nursing homes.
- They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and
expert care for patients.
- They will work collaboratively with the
multi-disciplinary team to meet the needs of our patients.
- The Community Outreach Nurse will
provide clinical support to our GPs and will work closely with the doctors and
other healthcare professionals to provide healthcare for our patients. The post
holder will work within their professional boundary and capabilities at all
times, referring cases to GPs and other healthcare professionals as necessary.
Requirements of Role
- Effectively communicates sensitive condition related information
to patients, relatives, and carers
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, and
sometimes contentious information and occasionally deal with situations which
are hostile or contentious
- Use developed consultation, negotiation and conflict management
skills which require empathy, reassurance, and persuasive skills to overcome
barriers to acceptance.
- Regularly communicates service-related information to
partners, the practice manager, clinical and administrative staff, patients, relatives,
and carers.
- Builds and communicates effective working relationships
with a wide array of statutory and voluntary organisations for the benefit of
patient care and facilitate good working relationships
- Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the
organisation and their role in patient care.
- Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the
co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues,
and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. ICB)
- Demonstrates ability to work as a member of the team Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to
more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care is desirable, but not essential.
- Full training will be given to the successful applicant.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care is desirable, but not essential.
- Full training will be given to the successful applicant.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).