District Nurse/Community Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 October 2024 |
| Location: | Calcot, RG31 4UR |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6684866/371-CHS726 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity to join our innovative and successful community nursing team has arisen.
Within the community we are seeing more complex and acute patients than ever before, with increasingly specialist treatment and care being provided by highly skilled staff.
Working within our Community Nursing Team you will support, assess, and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality,evidence basedpractice.You will havea passion and enthusiasm to care for patients in their own homes.
The Community Nursing service offers care to patients in their own homes, 7 days a week, 08.30 – 19.00, inclusive of Bank Holidays.
The service has a wide range of skill mix from Band 3 Healthcare assistants, through to band 7 Community Matrons.
You will have a commitment to providing holistic care to patients in their own homes, be able to work on you own initiative and work well within a team. Key clinical skills include complex wound care, bladder & bowel management, palliative & end of life care, as well as medication administration.
You will receive support into the role through induction, training and beyond. There will be opportunities for personal development and career progression ifdesired.
• Tooperatewithin a Case Management framework and coordinate care for an identified caseload of patients.
• Support staff to complete holistic assessment and reassessment of all health and nursing needs, ensuring that every patient has an overview of health and nursing needrecorded
• Identifyand plan preventative measures and anticipatory careneeds
• Support teams to provide information to patients, theirfamiliesand carers both formal and informal, so that they can make informed choices about current and future care needs.
• Work in partnership with the Community Matrons, SpecialistNursesand Social Care to support patients to self-manage their condition where possible and to teach patients and carers accordingly.
• Toparticipatein the management of a Community Nursing Team to ensure good clinical practiceandmaintainhigh standardsof care
• Manage workload throughappropriate delegationto a skill mix team whilstmaintainingoverall responsibility for care provision
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The 5“must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
• Tobe responsible forkeeping professionally updated and registered with the NMC.
• Recent Clinical Experience within the speciality
• Demonstrate effective Chronic Diseasemanagement
• Ability to effectively manage challenging behaviour and or conflict.
• Car driver with ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Oct 2024
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