Job summary
The Integrated Care Homes Service is looking for Band 6 Senior Staff Nurses to join the service. For registered nurses (two years post graduation along with community nursing experience) who are looking to further their career and develop new skills in leadership.
This vacancy is a 12-month fixed term/secondment position (until September 2025) working full time.
As a Registered Nurse, you will provide nursing interventions to a wide range of patients, by in reaching into Nottingham City Care Homes to deliver NHS services. The services overarching aim is to ensure that care home residents and staff have an improved experience through high quality care and access to familiar health professionals with the skills to meet their needs. This includes providing support to the staff within a care home setting in developing a plan of care for the patient.
The successful candidates will be required to have up to date clinical knowledge and skills and will be required to work autonomously, using initiative to deliver nursing care within a supportive team environment. They will be working with a diverse population providing support and nursing care to people who have complex health problems, with the aim to maintain and maximise their independence and prevent avoidable hospital admissions. You will be supported to learn and develop the skills required for this role.
Main duties of the job
To find out more about the Senior Nurses role within this service we would urge you to come and shadow us for a day to see what we do and the benefits we can make to a patients life.
The role of the Senior Staff Nurse is to provide nursing interventions to patients whose home is within a residential care home. This includes insulin administration, wound care, continence care, palliative support and EOL care.
As a SSN within this integrated service, you will be working closely with colleagues from dementia outreach and physical therapy facilitating your development of new skills and knowledge across all the elements of the service to enable a holistic approach to patient care, improving the patient outcomes.
The SSNs will work across Nottingham City supporting the 3 District Nurse Team Leaders with their caseload management, and staff supervisions. Whilst providing a high level of clinical support and guidance to junior staff and students
The service plays a key role in implementing the Enhanced Care in Care Homes Framework by providing support to care home staff, enabling them to deliver optimal care to their residents. This includes supporting staff within the care home setting to upskill and empower them to deliver optimal care to their residents. As well as developing communication pathways within care homes to enable proactive care and prevent avoidable hospital admissions.
About us
We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, CityCare
exists to support the health and wellbeing of all local people, working
alongside other health and care partners to achieve this. We are a value
driven, people business with a passion for excellence. Our vision and social
purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health & wellbeing of our
communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the
heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together with partners and each
other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social
enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the future of our local
communities and helping to make a difference in peoples lives.
CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive
workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled,
LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are
currently under-represented within our organisation.
CityCare is an equal opportunities employer. We are positive
about employing people with disabilities. If you require your application in a
different format please contact Human Resources on 0115 8839418. CityCare is
committed to the protection of vulnerable adults and children.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- To have continuing responsibility for the maintenance of a high standard of care to the patients and carers on the DN caseload
- To contribute to the continuing responsibility/management of the caseload, DN team and related resources
- To contribute to strategies and policies for DN service improvement and development
- To take an active role in the delivery of Public Health agenda
- Dimensions
- To be cost conscious
- The case load size will be variable.
- To provide mentorship and leadership to clinical staff working within the specialty
- To work collaboratively and across organizational boundaries to provide evidence based practice and holistic care to patients in a variety of settings.
Key Responsibilities
- To be responsible for the holistic assessment of the health and wellbeing needs of referred patients and carers, using analytical and interpretive techniques.
- Contribute to the Health Equity Needs Assessment of the local community. (Community Health Profile)
- Contribute to the Public Health agenda by raising awareness of health and wellbeing in the local community
- To have continuing responsibility supporting the District Nurse Team Leader with the planning, delivery and evaluation of programmes of care to address the complex and changing health and wellbeing needs of individuals and communities.
- Utilise enhanced skills and knowledge to provide specialist technical services and advice in relation to care e.g. palliative care, leg ulcers, continence.
- Implement the provision of evidence based/best practice.
- Participate in public health and health promotion activities in response to identified local need.
- Contribute to the involvement of the public in the planning and evaluation of the District Nursing Service
- Actively encourage patient and carer feedback about the DN service
- Act as a role model, setting, monitoring and evaluating the high standards and continual improvement to the DN service.
- Maintain a professional image as outlined in the NMC Code of Conduct
- Promote the Clinical Governance agenda and apply risk management and reporting systems
- Participate in relevant research and audit activity.
- Promote the provision of care by the team, which is consistent with evidence based/ best practice.
- Identify needs and prioritises work appropriately to manage the delivery of the service.
- Take responsibility for the appropriate delegation and supervision of work according to the skills and abilities of team members.
- To be responsible for ensuring that the standard of record keeping by self and the team meets PCT and Professional standards.
- Establish and maintain communication with individuals and groups in a wide variety of settings and situations at all levels within the organisation and the wider health and social care community.
- Establish and maintain effective team working within the DN and Primary Health Care Team.
- Motivate the team and implement change management processes.
- Set team objectives to continuously improve the standard of care and develop the service.
- To have continuing responsibility for performance monitoring of team members e.g. sickness and absence, competencies, complaints
- Regularly has responsibility for the management and co-ordination of the PCT wide DN service at weekends and bank holidays.
- Contribute to the recruitment of staff through involvement with short-listing and interviews.
- To be responsible for the development of own and teams knowledge and clinical practice.
- To be responsible for the performance review and development interviews of the team in order to identify training and development needs.
- Participate in the supervision framework both as a supervisor and supervisee.
- Maintain a portfolio to demonstrate continuing professional development.
- Mentor and assess a variety of students including nursing and allied professionals.
- To be actively involved in the continuous development of the DN service and policies procedures and guidelines.
- Represent the PCT DN service on multi-professional developments which support interprofessional working.
- To be responsible for the promotion of best practice that ensures the health, safety and security of self, patients and colleagues in accordance with the policies procedures and guidelines of the PCT.
- Practise in accordance with procedures and guidelines for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and Child Protection.
- Ensure that confidentiality is protected at all times.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- To have continuing responsibility for the maintenance of a high standard of care to the patients and carers on the DN caseload
- To contribute to the continuing responsibility/management of the caseload, DN team and related resources
- To contribute to strategies and policies for DN service improvement and development
- To take an active role in the delivery of Public Health agenda
- Dimensions
- To be cost conscious
- The case load size will be variable.
- To provide mentorship and leadership to clinical staff working within the specialty
- To work collaboratively and across organizational boundaries to provide evidence based practice and holistic care to patients in a variety of settings.
Key Responsibilities
- To be responsible for the holistic assessment of the health and wellbeing needs of referred patients and carers, using analytical and interpretive techniques.
- Contribute to the Health Equity Needs Assessment of the local community. (Community Health Profile)
- Contribute to the Public Health agenda by raising awareness of health and wellbeing in the local community
- To have continuing responsibility supporting the District Nurse Team Leader with the planning, delivery and evaluation of programmes of care to address the complex and changing health and wellbeing needs of individuals and communities.
- Utilise enhanced skills and knowledge to provide specialist technical services and advice in relation to care e.g. palliative care, leg ulcers, continence.
- Implement the provision of evidence based/best practice.
- Participate in public health and health promotion activities in response to identified local need.
- Contribute to the involvement of the public in the planning and evaluation of the District Nursing Service
- Actively encourage patient and carer feedback about the DN service
- Act as a role model, setting, monitoring and evaluating the high standards and continual improvement to the DN service.
- Maintain a professional image as outlined in the NMC Code of Conduct
- Promote the Clinical Governance agenda and apply risk management and reporting systems
- Participate in relevant research and audit activity.
- Promote the provision of care by the team, which is consistent with evidence based/ best practice.
- Identify needs and prioritises work appropriately to manage the delivery of the service.
- Take responsibility for the appropriate delegation and supervision of work according to the skills and abilities of team members.
- To be responsible for ensuring that the standard of record keeping by self and the team meets PCT and Professional standards.
- Establish and maintain communication with individuals and groups in a wide variety of settings and situations at all levels within the organisation and the wider health and social care community.
- Establish and maintain effective team working within the DN and Primary Health Care Team.
- Motivate the team and implement change management processes.
- Set team objectives to continuously improve the standard of care and develop the service.
- To have continuing responsibility for performance monitoring of team members e.g. sickness and absence, competencies, complaints
- Regularly has responsibility for the management and co-ordination of the PCT wide DN service at weekends and bank holidays.
- Contribute to the recruitment of staff through involvement with short-listing and interviews.
- To be responsible for the development of own and teams knowledge and clinical practice.
- To be responsible for the performance review and development interviews of the team in order to identify training and development needs.
- Participate in the supervision framework both as a supervisor and supervisee.
- Maintain a portfolio to demonstrate continuing professional development.
- Mentor and assess a variety of students including nursing and allied professionals.
- To be actively involved in the continuous development of the DN service and policies procedures and guidelines.
- Represent the PCT DN service on multi-professional developments which support interprofessional working.
- To be responsible for the promotion of best practice that ensures the health, safety and security of self, patients and colleagues in accordance with the policies procedures and guidelines of the PCT.
- Practise in accordance with procedures and guidelines for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and Child Protection.
- Ensure that confidentiality is protected at all times.
Person Specification
Special Criteria
Essential
- Car driver in possession of a full, current driving licence (and access to own vehicle).
- Able to work on a rota basis
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Up to date clinical knowledge and competence in wound care, management of continence, palliative care, diabetes.
- Current knowledge of Local. Regional and National policies
- Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to the role
- Effective advanced communication skills, verbal and non-verbal, and experience of teaching.
- Able to record accurately, clearly and concisely
- Ability to work within a culturally diverse population.
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
- Evidence of working with external agencies and networking skills
- Ability to work autonomously, within a variety of settings, managing own workload and changing priorities.
- Flexibility to fit in with the needs of the service
- To work as part of a team
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience within community nursing.
- Experience of caseload management
- Evidence of good interpersonal and leadership skills, and mentoring staff and students.
Desirable
- Evidence of working in a multidisciplinary team.
Qualifications
Essential
- RN qualification on part 1 or part 2 of the register
- Mentorship Qualification
- 2 years community experience
Desirable
- Post registration qualifications relevant to community nursing including training.
Person Specification
Special Criteria
Essential
- Car driver in possession of a full, current driving licence (and access to own vehicle).
- Able to work on a rota basis
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Up to date clinical knowledge and competence in wound care, management of continence, palliative care, diabetes.
- Current knowledge of Local. Regional and National policies
- Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to the role
- Effective advanced communication skills, verbal and non-verbal, and experience of teaching.
- Able to record accurately, clearly and concisely
- Ability to work within a culturally diverse population.
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
- Evidence of working with external agencies and networking skills
- Ability to work autonomously, within a variety of settings, managing own workload and changing priorities.
- Flexibility to fit in with the needs of the service
- To work as part of a team
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience within community nursing.
- Experience of caseload management
- Evidence of good interpersonal and leadership skills, and mentoring staff and students.
Desirable
- Evidence of working in a multidisciplinary team.
Qualifications
Essential
- RN qualification on part 1 or part 2 of the register
- Mentorship Qualification
- 2 years community experience
Desirable
- Post registration qualifications relevant to community nursing including training.
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).
