Job summary
Barnet Planned service provide community Nursing services to Barnet CCG and is split into three locality teams. This post holder will be covering one of the permanent post in the South of the Barnet locality. The post holder will work closely with the locality manager, team leads/ other clinicians to develop the service and maintain close working relationships with both acute and community services.
We are committed in offering you a rewarding and team environment with clinical supervision and support, a variety of career development opportunities and access to learning and development ensuring your continuous professional enhancement, clinical leadership support and alongside this, the chance to work in the unique and energetic Barnet Community areas.
Main duties of the job
You need to be compassionate person, able to show empathy for patients and their carers. You will need to be punctual, pro-active, have a flexible approach to work and be able to deliver high quality of nursing care in the community setting.
Essential: It is essential to have a current clean driving licence (less than 6 points) and have access to your own car.
You need to be able to use a map and SAT NAV to navigate to patient's homes. Please confirm in the supporting information that you have a car and clean driving licence
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
- Evidence of recent and continuing post-registration professional education and training equivalent to post-graduate diploma level
Desirable
- Mentor training
- Has undertaken formal training in staff and team management
- Nurse prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent post-registration nursing experience
- Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working with people with complex health needs
- Experience of supervising junior staff and co-ordinating a team on a day to day, regular basis
- Experience of teaching and mentoring others including students
- Experience of implementing evidence-based care in practice
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
Desirable
- Community nursing and/or primary care post-registration nursing experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Principles of care for patients with long term conditions, relevant NSFs and other national standards
- NMC Code of Professional Conduct and application to practice
- Personal Development Planning
- Primary Health Care - structures and roles (overview)
- The audit process
- Applying evidence based care into practice
- The principles of clinical governance and application to practice
- Clinical supervision - purpose and application
- Managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- How equal opportunities can be implemented in practice
- Has high level of competence in a range of clinical skills
- Able to work without direct supervision, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
- Ability to risk assess a situation and act appropriately
- Able to identify own and others learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meeting those needs
Other
Essential
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
- Evidence of recent and continuing post-registration professional education and training equivalent to post-graduate diploma level
Desirable
- Mentor training
- Has undertaken formal training in staff and team management
- Nurse prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent post-registration nursing experience
- Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working with people with complex health needs
- Experience of supervising junior staff and co-ordinating a team on a day to day, regular basis
- Experience of teaching and mentoring others including students
- Experience of implementing evidence-based care in practice
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
Desirable
- Community nursing and/or primary care post-registration nursing experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Principles of care for patients with long term conditions, relevant NSFs and other national standards
- NMC Code of Professional Conduct and application to practice
- Personal Development Planning
- Primary Health Care - structures and roles (overview)
- The audit process
- Applying evidence based care into practice
- The principles of clinical governance and application to practice
- Clinical supervision - purpose and application
- Managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- How equal opportunities can be implemented in practice
- Has high level of competence in a range of clinical skills
- Able to work without direct supervision, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
- Ability to risk assess a situation and act appropriately
- Able to identify own and others learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meeting those needs
Other
Essential
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
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).
