Registered Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

To provide community nursing care to a wide variety of patients in residential homes across Nottingham City.

To work within the wider integrated care homes service providing holistic care to patients. This nursing care includes acute and chronic wound management, medication administration, catheter care, palliative care, long term conditions/ self-care.

To provide holistic and individualised care to patients and carers as delegated by the Team Leader or deputy, working autonomously and as part of a team.

To regularly take responsibility for care and workload management in the absence of the Team Leader or deputy with named support from another team.

Dimensions

To provide nursing care across a diverse population for patients who are living within a care home and are registered with a Nottingham City GP.

To participate actively in the services training strategy, including mandatory training and other identified necessary for this role.

To work across the Nottingham City Integrated Care Homes and Community Nursing Teams.

To supervise and support student nurses on placements with the community nursing teams.

To supervise unregistered nurses who have a delegated caseload.

Key Responsibilities

Contribute to the public health agenda by raising awareness of health and well-being needs to individuals.

Plan, deliver and evaluate programmes of care to address peoples health and well-being needs.

Implement the provision of evidence-based/ best practice.

Actively encourages patient and carer feedback about the service.

Maintain a high standard of care to patients and carers.

Contribute to the continual improvement of the service.

Maintain a professional image as outlined in NMC code of conduct.

Contribute to the Clinical Governance agenda and applies risk management systems.

Participate in relevant research and audit activity.

Regularly takes responsibility for the appropriate delegation of nursing care to team members.

Develops effective working relationships with care home managers and care home staff.

Promote and maintain good practice in record keeping by self and the team to ensure NCCP and Professional standards are met.

Establish and maintain communication with individuals and groups in a wide variety of settings and situations in the Integrated Care Homes service and wider CityCare services.

Liaise and interact with other agencies and disciplines.

To be responsible for the communication and effective feedback to the team leader or deputy.

Support effective team working both in the team and within the care homes.

To be responsible for the development of own knowledge and clinical practice and recognises ones own limitations.

Act as a mentor to a variety of nursing students.

Participate in the development of other team members.

Participate in the supervision framework as a supervisee and supervisor.

Maintain a portfolio to demonstrate continuing professional development.

Contribute to the implementation of service developments.

Participate in the Personal Development process and take responsibility for reaching agreed development objectives.

Attend mandatory training.

Utilise enhanced knowledge and skills to promote continuous service improvements.

Promote and maintain best practice that ensures the health safety and security of self, patients and colleagues in accordance with the policies procedures and guidelines of NCCP.

Ensure that confidentiality is protected at all times.

Practice in accordance with procedures and guidelines for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and Child Protection.

In the absence of District Nurse Team Leader or deputy takes responsibility for the needs of patients and carers on the community nursing caseload and ensures that appropriate delegation and supervision of work is carried out in accordance to the skills and abilities of team member.

Person Specification

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Up to date clinical knowledge, including wound care, management of continence and palliative care.
• Understanding of equality and diversity.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Effective written skills
• Basic IT skills
• Able to work independently recognising own limitations.
• Motivated and resourceful.
• Time management and organisational skills
• Teamwork skills.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Customer service skills.
• Positive approach to change.

Desirable

• Knowledge, experience and management of wound care, continence and palliative care within in the community.
• Able to motivate others

Special Requirements

Essential

• Car driver in possession of a full, current driving licence.
• Able to work on a rota basis
• Good general health, due to the physical nature of the role.

Experience

Essential

• Post registration experience or completion of a community management placement.

Desirable

• Postgraduate experience in a primary care setting.
• Evidence of working in a team

Qualifications

Essential

• RN qualification on part 1 or part 2 of the register

Desirable

• Mentor Qualification

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC

Address

Aspect House & Citywide, Aspect Business Park

26 Bennerley Road

Bulwell

Nottinghamshire

NG6 8WR

Employer's website

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