Job summary
Are you a confident, innovative, forward thinking professional who is looking to use your skills within unplanned care? Do you like change? Do you like to think outside the box? If you answer 'yes' to any of these then we are the team for you!
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Home First Unplanned Care Nursing Team based in Milton Keynes. Home 1st provides a 24/7 seamless service in supporting unplanned care and admission avoidance in the community. We are currently recruiting band 5 Registered Nurses to work within Home 1st Unplanned Care.
We are looking for clinicians ideally with community experience to join our nurse lead team. When you join our team you will contribute to our goal of developing our service beyond the traditional scope of Nursing in response to the challenging health care needs that we are facing nationally.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings
Main duties of the job
To be professionally and legally accountable for all work To work within the standards and guidelines of the team, the Trust, and The NMC Code.
To deliver nursing care to patients within their home, that is technically excellent, expressly personal and ensures patients and carers dignity is enhanced.
To undertake skilled nursing activities directly related to the assessment, planning and evaluation of patient
To response in a timely manner to unplanned nursing care referrals.
To recognise the deteriorating patient and escalate appropriately.
Management of patient care ensuring that risks are adequately assessed, minimised, translated into appropriate care plans and reported across the organisation as
Manage the effective coordination and continuity of patient care working closely with external agencies and community
To ensure that clinical practice is contemporary to meeting the needs of patients and to ensure each patient has a comprehensive assessment of need, including risk assessment and their care is culturally sensitive and addresses issues of diversity.
To provide health information and health promotion for patients and their
To work closely with the acute trust, GP, nursing / care home, community nursing services and therapy colleagues to prevent inappropriate hospital
To evaluate your practice through audit and outcome measures with support of senior colleagues when
To maintain and develop specific departmental duties as designated by clinical
About us
If you thought there was something more you were looking for, then CNWL can offer:
- Flexible working
- Buying and selling annual leave
- An attractive pension scheme (including a tax-free lump sum on retirement and family benefits from dependents, ill health retirement benefits and life assurance cover of twice your annual pay)
- Employee assistance programme: a free and confidential service to help with personal life
- Staying well at work service for tailored employment related support to staff
- Physio Med: an education zone, advice line and treatment service for staff
- Staff wellbeing zone for free and confidential online health and wellbeing programmes
- A range of staff networks: The PRIDE@CNWL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) network
- Disabled employee's network
- Carers at Work network
- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BAME)
- Discounts and savings at hundreds of retailers nationwide with My Trust benefits: you can save money on your weekly food shops, household bills, toiletries and cosmetics, cinema tickets, meals out and holidays or weekend breaks.
- Childcare vouchers
- Salary sacrifice
- Travel discounts
- Interest free season ticket loans
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
CLINICAL
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all work To work within the standards and guidelines of the team, the Trust, and The NMC Code.
- To deliver nursing care to patients within their home, that is technically excellent, expressly personal and ensures patients and carers dignity is enhanced.
- To address distressing and emotional needs of patients and carers in an exemplary
- To undertake skilled nursing activities directly related to the assessment, planning and evaluation of patient
- To response in a timely manner to unplanned nursing care referrals.
- To recognise the deteriorating patient and escalate appropriately.
- To make clinical decisions and communicate the rationale clearly with support from senior
- To ensure effective implementation of infection control
- Management of patient care ensuring that risks are adequately assessed, minimised, translated into appropriate care plans and reported across the organisation as
- Manage the effective coordination and continuity of patient care working closely with external agencies and community
- To ensure that clinical practice is contemporary to meeting the needs of patients and
- To ensure each patient has a comprehensive assessment of need, including risk assessment and their care is culturally sensitive and addresses issues of diversity.
- To provide health information and health promotion for patients and their
- To participate in resource projects, teaching, mentoring and health promotion programs as
- To work closely with the acute trust, GP, nursing / care home, community nursing services and therapy colleagues to prevent inappropriate hospital
- To evaluate your practice through audit and outcome measures with support of senior colleagues when
- To maintain and develop specific departmental duties as designated by clinical
- To undertake any other duties that may be
- To work at other sites in the trust if required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
CLINICAL
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all work To work within the standards and guidelines of the team, the Trust, and The NMC Code.
- To deliver nursing care to patients within their home, that is technically excellent, expressly personal and ensures patients and carers dignity is enhanced.
- To address distressing and emotional needs of patients and carers in an exemplary
- To undertake skilled nursing activities directly related to the assessment, planning and evaluation of patient
- To response in a timely manner to unplanned nursing care referrals.
- To recognise the deteriorating patient and escalate appropriately.
- To make clinical decisions and communicate the rationale clearly with support from senior
- To ensure effective implementation of infection control
- Management of patient care ensuring that risks are adequately assessed, minimised, translated into appropriate care plans and reported across the organisation as
- Manage the effective coordination and continuity of patient care working closely with external agencies and community
- To ensure that clinical practice is contemporary to meeting the needs of patients and
- To ensure each patient has a comprehensive assessment of need, including risk assessment and their care is culturally sensitive and addresses issues of diversity.
- To provide health information and health promotion for patients and their
- To participate in resource projects, teaching, mentoring and health promotion programs as
- To work closely with the acute trust, GP, nursing / care home, community nursing services and therapy colleagues to prevent inappropriate hospital
- To evaluate your practice through audit and outcome measures with support of senior colleagues when
- To maintain and develop specific departmental duties as designated by clinical
- To undertake any other duties that may be
- To work at other sites in the trust if required.
Person Specification
Registered Nurse
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Full Driving License and Use of Own Vehicle
- Demonstratable post RGN qualification
Desirable
- Community Nursing experience
Person Specification
Registered Nurse
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Full Driving License and Use of Own Vehicle
- Demonstratable post RGN qualification
Desirable
- Community Nursing experience
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
