Community Staff Nurse
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £28,407.00 to £34,581.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £28407.00 - £34581.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 May 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB1 3DF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9310-24-0450 |
Summary
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. Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks. 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 work effectively within the neighbourhood team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies by attending MDT meetings, case reviews. 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 support the neighbourhood team with case management model.