Job summary
Band 6 - Senior Community Nurse North and South Locality - Tower Hamlets, London
Hours: Full-Time (37.5 hours)
Are you looking to progress your clinical and leadership skills and be at the forefront of change?
We in the Extended Primary Care team, have an ambitious vision for the Tower Hamlets community health service. We are striving to deliver high standards of care at the point of entry into our services, with the aim of improving access to quality of life for all of our patients. Our staff are central to delivering the service vision, and we are keen to recruit high-caliber staff who will be offered the support required to fulfill their roles as well as the training and experience to further their skills.
You will be expected to have completed the District Nursing programme or have the willingness to complete the course. You will be a strong team player and an excellent communicator who is adaptable, committed, well organised and work well under pressure.
Having a sound clinical assessment skill and ability to effectively manage time is essential for the post.
For further information, or if you would like to arrange a visit prior to the interview, please contact Clinical Lead on details below.
Georgina Amparado-Molina@ G.Amparado-Molina@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
Support & deliver care to patients who have been admitted to the Community HealthTeam Caseload and will co-ordinate with support the Team s approach to care deliveryon a day to day basis.
Assess plan and implement a plan of care for individual patients.
Improve clinical outcomes for patients by enabling them to function independently by increasing their choice to remain in their own home/community and reduce the need for, orprevent inappropriate hospital admission.
Support joint integrated working across Community Health Team and otherStakeholders.
Work closely with the Team Senior Nurse/AHP to ensure care delivery is of a highquality and meets required standards.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference in people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We care, we respect, and we are inclusive, so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organizations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and person specification, please see the attached JD & PS.
For contact details, please see below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and person specification, please see the attached JD & PS.
For contact details, please see below.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
Desirable
- DN Cert/Dip/Degree
- Non-Medical Prescriber V300
- Nurse Formulary prescriber V100
- Advanced history taking and physical assessment course
Experience
Essential
- Ability to organize and deliver high standards of evidence based clinical nursing care.
- Ability to assess, monitor , plan and evaluate care
- Good organizational Skills and ability to priories work and delegate effectively to the team
- Experience of Budget management
- Ability to liaise effectively with members of the Primary care team.
Desirable
- Experience of managing a team with the health care setting
- Experience and knowledge on holistic initial assessments.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
Desirable
- DN Cert/Dip/Degree
- Non-Medical Prescriber V300
- Nurse Formulary prescriber V100
- Advanced history taking and physical assessment course
Experience
Essential
- Ability to organize and deliver high standards of evidence based clinical nursing care.
- Ability to assess, monitor , plan and evaluate care
- Good organizational Skills and ability to priories work and delegate effectively to the team
- Experience of Budget management
- Ability to liaise effectively with members of the Primary care team.
Desirable
- Experience of managing a team with the health care setting
- Experience and knowledge on holistic initial assessments.
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).
