Job summary
Taurus Healthcare operates on behalf of General Practice in
Herefordshire within the GP Federation.
We work collaboratively with our partner organisations including Wye
Valley Trust for whom we provide an extension to the District Nursing Service
overnight, ensuring that palliative patients and those requiring urinary
catheter care receive high quality, evidenced based care. We will be
extending our operating hours to cover the evening period from 8pm and
therefore need to recruit to the extension period. We also have availability for 20 hours (2 nights)
per week in the overnight period 10pm 8am.
Flexible working between the WVT DN Service and the Twilight Service
could be an option for those who find fulfilling hours due to family
commitments a challenge. We are happy
to discuss your options.
We are a compassionate and caring team working alongside our Out of Hours
GPs and other non-clinical staff who provide your lone worker and administrative
support. There will also be a 2-hour
period between 10pm and midnight where there will be an Overnight Nurse
colleague available for support and handover.
*Interviews are expected to take place the week commencing 25th October 2023 *
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will need relevant post-registration experience
(minimum 1 year in community/palliative setting) and competencies, including palliative care,
syringe drivers, and male, female and supra-pubic urinary catheters, excellent
communication skills and the ability.
They will be based out of Station Medical Centre, Hereford but will need to be geographically mobile across Herefordshire to meet the needs of those individuals who require specific urgent clinical visits. Main duties will involve providing urgent care to palliative patients, including management of syringe drivers. Your job will also involve resolving problems with catheters, ambulant chemotherapy and dressings for simple skin tears.to plan and prioritise your visits. This role will involve lone working.
Although you can choose to have a driver for patient visits, there
will be occasions when you may have to drive yourself so you will require a
driving licence and access to a car, as you'll be covering the county of
Herefordshire, and well cover your expenses.
The Overnight Nurse Service is managed by an experienced Registered
DN and we are committed to supporting our staff with training, personal
development and supervision relevant to their role. We can support with your revalidation,
uniform is provided, along with a generous leave allowance and mileage
reimbursed at a favorable rate.
An NHS Pension is also offered as part of
the package.
About us
Taurus Healthcare was established in 2012, as the provider arm of the GP
Federation serving 185,000 patients in Herefordshire. Founded and owned by the
partners of the entire Herefordshire Primary Care community, Taurus is focused
on providing excellent out of hospital services for patients. Our ethos is to
provide high quality and cost-effective health outcomes that are delivered as
close as possible to the patients home, whilst ensuring that patients who do
require in hospital services are seen as quickly and effectively as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
The post holder will be responsible for overnight community nursing care to patients within Herefordshire. They will be the sole nurse for home visits between 10pm-8am, based within Taurus GP hub. The role will include lone working and visiting patients in their own homes for specified urgent community nursing skills, including urinary catheterisation via female, male and suprapubic methods, end of life symptom management, lacerations and chemotherapy failure. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across a 7-day rota to meet the needs of the overnight service.
Main Responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
- To work in a clinical nursing capacity within a community setting, primarily within a persons home.
- To undertake necessary risk assessments/screening prior to implementing assessment and / or intervention.
- To advise, educate and give treatment, using evidence-based practice as a guideline, and using your ability to empathise, motivate, negotiate, persuade and communicate sensitively and reassuringly to those you are working with.
- To monitor progress, follow-up and evaluate nursing interventions and to effectively communicate all patient interventions with the District Nursing Team
- To work alone, providing skilled nursing care overnight, ensuring effective handover to district nurses, GPs and other professionals involved in the patients day to day care
- To treat all people (staff and patients) with dignity and respect, and ensure confidentiality guidelines and information governance principles are always adhered to.
- To plan and organise own workload and to be flexible to frequent readjustment following triage and reassessment, according to the needs of the service, and with support from the call handler
- Cope with unpredictable work patterns and demands, dealing with urgent/complex patient issues as necessary.
- To adhere to the NMC Code,
- To travel to the individual peoples homes within the County, either accompanied by a driver or alone as required by service
- To adhere to lone worker procedures
- To ensure clinical incidents / near misses within the sphere of responsibility are managed in a timely manner and report actions taken to minimise risks.
*A full Job Description & Person Specification is attached to this advert*
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
The post holder will be responsible for overnight community nursing care to patients within Herefordshire. They will be the sole nurse for home visits between 10pm-8am, based within Taurus GP hub. The role will include lone working and visiting patients in their own homes for specified urgent community nursing skills, including urinary catheterisation via female, male and suprapubic methods, end of life symptom management, lacerations and chemotherapy failure. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across a 7-day rota to meet the needs of the overnight service.
Main Responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
- To work in a clinical nursing capacity within a community setting, primarily within a persons home.
- To undertake necessary risk assessments/screening prior to implementing assessment and / or intervention.
- To advise, educate and give treatment, using evidence-based practice as a guideline, and using your ability to empathise, motivate, negotiate, persuade and communicate sensitively and reassuringly to those you are working with.
- To monitor progress, follow-up and evaluate nursing interventions and to effectively communicate all patient interventions with the District Nursing Team
- To work alone, providing skilled nursing care overnight, ensuring effective handover to district nurses, GPs and other professionals involved in the patients day to day care
- To treat all people (staff and patients) with dignity and respect, and ensure confidentiality guidelines and information governance principles are always adhered to.
- To plan and organise own workload and to be flexible to frequent readjustment following triage and reassessment, according to the needs of the service, and with support from the call handler
- Cope with unpredictable work patterns and demands, dealing with urgent/complex patient issues as necessary.
- To adhere to the NMC Code,
- To travel to the individual peoples homes within the County, either accompanied by a driver or alone as required by service
- To adhere to lone worker procedures
- To ensure clinical incidents / near misses within the sphere of responsibility are managed in a timely manner and report actions taken to minimise risks.
*A full Job Description & Person Specification is attached to this advert*
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
- RN1.
- Registered with NMC.
Skills
Essential
- Palliative Care, including syringe drivers.
- Catheter Skills, female, supra-pubic and male.
- Health and Safety Awareness.
- Good Computer Skills.
Desirable
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post.
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Assertiveness and Confidence.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to negotiate and influence, in difficult situations.
- Flexibility to meet changing demands of the service.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
- RN1.
- Registered with NMC.
Skills
Essential
- Palliative Care, including syringe drivers.
- Catheter Skills, female, supra-pubic and male.
- Health and Safety Awareness.
- Good Computer Skills.
Desirable
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post.
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Assertiveness and Confidence.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to negotiate and influence, in difficult situations.
- Flexibility to meet changing demands of the service.
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).
