Band 5 - Community Staff Nurse - Discharge to Assess

Job overview

The Community Staff Nurse works as part of the discharge services, which includes the Transfer of care team and the Transfer of care hub. The role involves completing and triaging referrals for Discharge to Assess, in conjunction within the multi-disciplinary team who will liaise with Hospitals, Neighbourhood/Boroughwide services, General Practitioners and Social care.

Excellent communication and IT skills are required to assess and triage patients to the right team and services and to be competent in the utilisation of virtual patient consultations. They provide excellent professional, skilled and effective person centred, evidence-based nursing care. They are actively involved in promoting self-care and promoting independence.

Main duties of the job

Undertake holistic patient assessment and triage appropriately.

Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients.

Attend Whiteboard rounds to support discharge planning

Produce and maintain accurate records both written and electronic in a timely manner. To abide by all relevant policies including Information governance, confidentiality and data protection.

Understand own responsibilities and accountability in the delivery of care to patients, working within own competence and professional code of conduct.

To communicate with patients, carers and staff as part of effective patient care. To lead the team in the absence of a band 6 or Team lead.

To undertake Professional Development Reviews with lower bands of staff in the team after appropriate training.

To act as Assessors or Supervisors for Pre-Registration Nursing Students, Trainee Nurse Associates / Trainee Assistant Practitioners and other learners in practice as appropriate.

To act as preceptor for newly qualified registered general nurses.

To undertake a minimum of one clinical ‘link nurse’ role within the team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Undertake holistic patient assessment and triage appropriately.

Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients.

Attend Whiteboard rounds to support discharge planning

Produce and maintain accurate records both written and electronic in a timely manner. To abide by all relevant policies including Information governance, confidentiality and data protection.

Understand own responsibilities and accountability in the delivery of care to patients, working within own competence and professional code of conduct.

To communicate with patients, carers and staff as part of effective patient care. To lead the team in the absence of a band 6 or Team lead.

To undertake Professional Development Reviews with lower bands of staff in the team after appropriate training.

To act as Assessors or Supervisors for Pre-Registration Nursing Students, Trainee Nurse Associates / Trainee Assistant Practitioners and other learners in practice as appropriate.

To act as preceptor for newly qualified registered general nurses.

To undertake a minimum of one clinical ‘link nurse’ role within the team.

Communications

To communicate with patients, carers and staff as part of effective patient care. To lead the team in the absence of the band 6 or Team Leader.

Produce and maintain accurate records both written and electronic in a timely manner. To abide by all relevant policies including Information governance, confidentiality and data protection.

To demonstrate effective communication skills with patients and carers, using a range of methods e.g. verbal, written use of interpreter and IT.

To engage in partnership working with patients / carers and families to facilitate patient choice.

Attend multidisciplinary / multi agency team meetings and communicate key patient information effectively.

To be flexible to work within other areas or departments to meet the demands of the trust workforce model and changing service needs.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.  Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.  We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service. The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:  between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holiday, NHS pension scheme membership, salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics & more - to make your salary go further, NHS Staff discounts, Cycle to Work Scheme, salary finance for loans, savings, budget planning & tips on managing debt and Stockport Credit Union for local financial advice.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary  In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.