Community Nurse - Community Response Team (CRT) Stratford and Warwick

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, forward thinking, and self-motivated individual to join our Community Response Team based over 2 sites in Leamington and Stratford.

The Community Response Team operates across the hours of 08:30- 21:30, 7 days a week, including weekends and bank holidays. Shifts are allocated pro rata, we offer a mix of early, late and long days.

To be successful with this post, you must live in the UK and have a full NMC registration. You must also possess a valid driving license and have access to your own car for this role. Mileage will be paid for work-related travel.

As a Community Nurse working in CRT you will be responsible for assessing, identifying and  managing patients needs who have had a deterioration in their health. You will have a varied caseload seeing patients with long term conditions, falls, acute illness, supporting patients at the end of their life, and providing holistic, comprehensive care to patients in their own homes. The Community Response Teams’ aim is to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate hospital discharges within a timely manner.  You will also work closely with the Multidisciplinary Team, including: Therapists, GPs, Social Services, Urgent Response and many more. You will be working collaboratively with the other community service teams to deliver seamless care across the locality, working within an unpredictable and unscheduled workload.

Main duties of the job

The community staff nurse is a member of the Integrated Health Team, who undertakes professional duties in the client’s homes and clinics to ensure provision of high standard nursing care and health promotion. To work across professional boundaries, providing comprehensive health care that is sensitive to the needs of the local population.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Functions

Act in accordance with current local Warwickshire Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children, and SWFT guidelines/policy to protect vulnerable adults and children.

Contribute towards ensuring AHP & Nursing Strategy is implemented across the Integrated Health Team.

To undertake the first contact assessment, including planning, implementation, evaluation and reassessments of the care plans.

In the absence of the District Nurse, to take responsibility for the day to day management of the nursing workload, delegating the workload appropriately to other team members.

To establish priorities of care in accordance with caseload management

To take responsibility for updating and developing professional knowledge and skills which relate to clinical practice

To act within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and comply with the Trust’s policies and procedures

To participate in the development, training and mentorship of preregistration students and staff as required including induction and preceptorship programmes

To provide skilled clinical nursing practices

Communication

Develop and maintain effective communication networks, with service users, health care professionals and other statutory and voluntary organisations

To promote and maintain accurate record keeping in order to conform to NMC policy and Data protection

Responsibility for patient care

To action referrals appropriately according to risk and need in accordance to the service referral criteria

To undertake planned and opportunistic health promotion and education activities with patients and carers

Act as a patients advocate where appropriate

Policy and Service Development

Understanding national policy and guidance and the ability to interpret and implement at service level

Responsibility for Human Resources

Direct supervision of junior members of staff

Act independently on a range of delegated tasks and use own initiative in order to manage own workload within appropriate professional guidelines

Participate in the PDR process to identify personal and team development goals

Able to organise staff in the absence of the District Nurse (Band 6) reporting to a senior member of staff any anomalies

Professional Responsibilities and Freedom to Act

Interpret national guidance on NMC guidelines

Participate in clinical supervision

Maintain clinical and professional competencies in accordance with relevant statutory legislation and guidance relevant to health professionals and their services

To participate in mandatory and statutory training requirements and keep a record of all training and other developmental activities

Responsibility for Research & Development

Ensure standards, protocols and policies are evidence based and applied to practice

Keep updated with current clinical issues thus always promoting best practice

Use research to inform practice

Participate in audits as appropriate

General

The post holder will be required to have access to independent means of transport for work purposes to travel across SWFT and to other agencies

Physical and Mental Effort

The post holder will undertake “people moving and handling” on a daily basis. The handling of equipment e.g. hoists, is integral to the post and may be required to be undertaken in confined spaces within patient’s homes.

The post holder will be required to operate as a lone worker in accordance with WCH policies and procedures

The post holder may come into contact with bodily fluids including urine and faeces and exudate from wounds e.g. blood and pus