Community Triage Nurse | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | March, PE15 0UG |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6130450/310-OPAC-6130450 |
Summary
Candidates must hold full NMC registration or be a UK enrolled student nurse
We are looking for a motivated dynamic Band 6 Triage Nurse to join the Fenland Community Nursing team to deliver high-quality care. Excellent communication and time management skills, and sound clinical knowledge, are essential. A flexible approach is required to accommodate the changing needs of the service along with the drive to influence service development.
The post holder will be required to review all referrals to ensure they are appropriate for the criteria of the Community Nursing Service, make contact with the referrer and/or patient/carer, add relevant care plans for the Nursing Team to follow, and where appropriate signpost on to the correct team. You will also be triaging patients SOS calls and messages via a task system, acting appropriately depending on clinical need by contacting the patient/carer and/or passing on visits to JET or Community Nursing Team with all the required information handed over.
This is an exciting time to join the team and you will be a part of excellent way of working to meet the changing demand on community nursing.
• To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team, neighbourhood teams and admin hubs.
• To initiate and co-ordinate the care pathway processes by close liaison with all levels of staff and services in a timely manner to meet the patients’ needs.
• Using enhanced assessment, problem solving and decision making skills. Identify the patient needs, including the management of clinical risk and facilitate patient flow to the most appropriate service/ profession.
• To be responsible for triage caseload and undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills.
• To be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of the multidisciplinary team.
• To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
• To supervise junior staff and students overseeing patient intervention and ensure that a high standard of care is delivered and staff achieve set competencies.
• To be accountable for a delegated case load
• To prioritise all referrals according to clinical lead and allocate or signpost appropriately
• To role may require you to provide a high standard of nursing intervention within a patient’s own home this includes lone working, with access to Specialist and Advanced Practitioners when required.
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work.
• To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines.
• To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of clinical reasoning skills.
• To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate.
• To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
• Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately.
• Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including, immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks.
• To demonstrate the importance of gaining patient and carer consent in all interventions.
• To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication, e.g. hearing loss, diminished sight, depression, speech problems, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems and pain.
• To contribute to and work towards the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Neighbourhood Teams and the new model of care.
• To work effectively within the administrative hub and neighbourhood team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies.
• To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and NMC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate.
• To inform/update all members of the multi-disciplinary team, service users and appropriate others, of changes involving current care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient.
• To support the Community nursing team with day to day planning and delivery of a high quality care.
• To support, educate and advise formal and informal carers with the nursing care which they can provide.
• To act as a patient advocate, providing information, health education and support to facilitate patient choice with regard to nursing care, promoting independence.
• To use judgement regarding prioritisation of referrals and timely liaison with team management and team members over appropriate level of responses to referral information e.g. safeguarding adults and complaints, in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Hand back to referrer or escalate as appropriate if services are not available to ensure patient safety
*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Apr 2024