Job summary
As a Senior Community Nurse working in a Camden Integrated Neighbourhood Team you will provide nursing interventions to a range of housebound patients and help to manage their care supported by a skilled team of nurses. We are proactive in looking for innovative nurses who will facilitate both the implementation and development of new ways of working and want to progress their career.
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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
Your role will include providing high quality care for patients in a community setting, you will work closely with the Band 7 Team Leader to review and manage a designated caseload of patients. This will include undertaking holistic assessments for complex patients, reviewing patient nursing care needs and supporting junior members of staff to undertake their role.We are looking for a Registered Nurse to work in a small skill mixed seven day a week nursing team. The team is supported by an overall Nurse Lead and Therapy Lead in one of our three Integrated Locality Teams. We also have a range of Clinical Practice Educators and Professional Leads who are on hand for supervision and support. You will also work alongside Complex Care Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, pharmacy technicians, students and a dedicated mentor.
As well as your integrated care colleagues, you will have access to and support from the wider expertise of our specialist teams including Evening and Overnight Nursing team, early supported discharge team, Rapid Response, Palliative Care, Tissue Viability, Bladder & Bowel, Community Stroke and Neurology team, Respiratory, Heart Failure and Diabetes teams , as well as the in-patient wards: who all aim to work very collaboratively. Your role will include working closely with our GP colleagues and practices.
About us
Benefits of working as a nurse for CNWL Camden:o Substantial relocation package up to £8ko Inner London weightingo Training and career development opportunitieso Opportunities for research and audit to support innovative practiceo Open to flexible working patternso Good opportunity for progressionCNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing integrated high quality, innovative healthcare. Our track record in recruiting only the best people is well known, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.Camden is a vibrant home to one of London's most visited tourist attractions: the markets, streets and shops that have grown around Camden Lock and its associated music venues. Camden as a Borough is diverse, containing Hampstead Heath and its famous swimming ponds, Holborn and parts of the West End, as well as a very colourful culture, ethnic makeup and a very wide socio-economic make up.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
Band 6 nurses work closely with the people who use our services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 6 nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective clinical risk assessments
- ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
- ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Band 6 nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team, drawing support from more experienced nurses and other health professionals but also by supervising junior staff and students nurses to ensure they are working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
Band 6 nurses work closely with the people who use our services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 6 nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective clinical risk assessments
- ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
- ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Band 6 nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team, drawing support from more experienced nurses and other health professionals but also by supervising junior staff and students nurses to ensure they are working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience as a Band 6 nurse / as a Band 5 Community nurse
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Communication
- Nursing skills
- Clinical skills
- Evidence of Clinical leadership
- IT Skills:
Desirable
- Experience of supervision/Appraisals
- Expertise in particular skills and evidence of how you developed them and use them in your current role
Other
Essential
- Able to work efficiently in the community
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Adult
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
- Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Be a role model and embody CNWL's values by being Caring, Respectful, Empowering and working in Partnership.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience as a Band 6 nurse / as a Band 5 Community nurse
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Communication
- Nursing skills
- Clinical skills
- Evidence of Clinical leadership
- IT Skills:
Desirable
- Experience of supervision/Appraisals
- Expertise in particular skills and evidence of how you developed them and use them in your current role
Other
Essential
- Able to work efficiently in the community
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Adult
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
- Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Be a role model and embody CNWL's values by being Caring, Respectful, Empowering and working in Partnership.
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).
