Rapid Response Community Sister/Charge Nurse

Job summary

We have a fantastic opportunity join our rapid response CNT in the High Peak/Derbyshire Dales.

• Nurse who has experience of Community Nursing and keen to progress Requirement to travel across Derbyshire Dales, including Bakewell, Baslow, Tideswell and Matlock areas. There will be the expectation to cover High Peak areas as required.
• Flexibility is essential.
• Responsible for all aspects of band 6 role including: Triaging, assessing patient priority and allocating visits in accordance with priority and ensuring we meet Urgent Community Response times; Supporting new starters/junior staff/ student nurses with achieving clinical competencies/confidence.
• Deliver high quality clinical care where required and providing support with complex patient management and co-ordination of care
• Support with quality always, audits and data analysis.
• Staff management including; probationary meetings, 1-1s, attending meetings, supporting service delivery and implementing change.

Main duties of the job

The Service is to provide acute (short-term) care in patients' own homes and Residential Care Home settings. The team promotes a self-management approach to patients with their health conditions.

A key priority is for rapid nursing staff to educate patients on their health needs and to provide a self management approach to patients with their condition.

The service provides cover 7 days per week, 08:00-18:30 and incorporates a rapid response service to support patients with urgent nursing care needs.

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills of specialist nursing assessment and treatment in a community setting, alongside developing additional generic skills to provide a comprehensive assessment to a variety of complex patients.

You will be well supported in the role by a skilled multi-disciplinary team and have the opportunity to participate within an in-service training programme.

This is a secondment post and the successful candidate will not therefore be eligible to apply for Specialist Practice District Nurse Qualification in 2024 if not already completed. This post will however support staff development and progression

About us

There has never been a more exciting time to join one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country - one that is also among the very best NHS employers, as voted by its own staff.

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

During the pandemic response we have led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.