Nursing Opportunities - Daytime

Cumbria Health

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Job summary

We have a number of Nursing opportunities across our CHoC sites throughout Cumbria, in daytime practice. Salary range is dependent on skills and experience.

We can offer a varied and supportive working environment with excellent opportunities for career development. You will be working alongside compassionate colleagues, who strive for a good work / life balance while achieving high-quality patient care.

Should you be interested in working with us please submit an application and we can discuss the available opportunities.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute to development and delivery of a high quality innovative service to the community through the implementation of evidence based clinical practice, supported by continual professional development, and provides support and mentorship to other healthcare professionals.

The candidate will be responsible for the delivery of nursing services, working as part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population.

All staff are expected to work to CHoC Values:

Clinically focused - Everything every one of us does is for the patient
Responsive - We listen and we respond quickly in a patient focussed way
One Team - We work together to provide a high quality service which is organised and consistent, and in partnership with both the local Acute and Community Trusts

High Standards - We provide skilled professionals working to the highest standards who are passionate about improving patient care

About us

Cumbria Health on Call - CHoC places the patient, their family and their community at the heart of everything we do. We are an award-winning organisation, the first out-of-hours organisation in the country to be rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We provide primary health care services, both in and out of hours, across Cumbria. We are values-driven and place great emphasis on inclusivity and the wellbeing and development of our staff, while striving to provide a consistently high-quality service. Our service is designed to improve health and wellbeing.

Working for CHoC can offer flexible opportunities in terms of location, hours and working patterns so you can enjoy a great work life balance. In order to provide the best patient care we understand the importance of ensuring staff satisfaction and are consistently trying to ensure we offer our staff a positive working environment whether that be though training or social events.

Listen to your heart. Have the work life balance you'd love.

Date posted

25 March 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0554-24-0043

Job locations

4 Wavell Drive

Rosehill Industrial Estate

Carlisle

Cumbria

CA1 2SE

Job description

Job responsibilities

This list of duties and responsibilities, which follows, represents the broad range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or periodically. This list is not exhaustive and the role may include additional duties which are not listed here.

Communication:

Communicates effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.

Refers when necessary to general practitioners, Paramedics, Accident and Emergency, Secondary Care, District nurses, Night rapid response nurses, Emergency social workers, Emergency mental health team, and Emergency dental services.

With Healthcare Assistants giving support, advice and leadership.

With reception staff regarding patient information.

Recognise and effectively manages situations where there are barriers to effective communication.

Clinical Skills:

Excellent communication skills through patient consultation and nursing assessment of physical, psychological and social needs.

Takes an accurate history, building rapport towards a therapeutic relationship.

Assess, plan and implements patient centred plan of care for patients refer when necessary to other healthcare professionals for further specialised care.

Maintains disease registers.

Undertake routine assessments in relation to individuals health and wellbeing and evaluate the outcomes of care.

Performs investigations and uses core clinical skill and competence. Initiate treatment including diagnostic investigations.

Recognition of abnormal vital signs observing adult respiratory rate and effort, heart rate rhythm and volume, temperature and blood pressures as appropriate.

Perform investigate procedures including; Performing ECGs, Urinalysis, Blood Glucose monitoring, Venepuncture, measuring and interpreting Peak Flow.

Adapts to change within working situation managing unscheduled emergency situations.

Basic life support, severe breathing problems, serious cardiovascular problems, collapsed patients and seriously ill patients.

Delivers a high standard of care without discrimination to all ages, sexes and ethnic origins of the population through continuum of life.

Promote improving the health of the individual through providing advice and education to aid adjustment of lifestyle.

Recognise own limitations, seek assistance and refer appropriately.

Deliver safe, effective evidence based care and advice to ease patient problems.

Organisational Skills:

Be aware of comply with CHoC policies and procedures.

Able to adapt to change in the workplace being involved in new developments in the delivery of care.

Ensure faulty clinical equipment is reported and repaired and adequate for use.

Ensure store supplies are adequately ordered and maintained.

Participate and support the implementation of clinical governance, clinical audit and clinical risk assessment, setting and monitoring standards of care.

Promote improving the health of the community through reporting and preventing occurrences of infectious disease, proving advice and education.

Have a flexible approach to geographical locations across county sites.

Professional:

Complies with Nursing and Midwifery council code of conduct and works within scope of professional practice

Ensures practice and implementation of care is evidence based by adhering to local and national guidance

Maintain confidentiality of information regarding patients.

Ensure accurate, concise documentation.

Report any adverse incidents or near miss events through agreed CHoC system.

Maintains professional development in risk awareness, health and safety, fire safety at work, Child and Adult safeguarding, conflict resolution, information governance and basic life support by attending annual mandatory training.

Identify and/ or participate in strategies of risk assessment to avoid or prevent clinical incidents and near misses incorporated in the clinical governance framework including:

Risk management, Child and Adult safeguarding policies, Drug policies and Infection prevention policies.

Leadership:

Is a support network for other colleagues, particularly HCAs.

Act as role model to inspire and motivate others

Is a support network for other colleagues.

Act as mentor, support and induct new staff.

Training and Educational:

Currently enhancing professional development.

Continually keeps up to date with current evidence based practice.

Is involved in lifelong learning.

Ensure mandatory training has been completed.

Participates in in-house training provided/clinical meetings/supervision