Senior Community Nurse/District Nurse

Job overview

Gloucester ICT Community Nursing Team are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to support the team in delivery of patient  care in their own homes.

Community experience is essential with the  ability to demonstrate a full range of community competencies. You will support and  lead a team whilst caring for a complex and diverse caseload,  working closely with your peers, wider integrated community team and GP practice staff.  The role will entail triage in the referral centre (usually 2-3 times a month and  a late shift (usually 1 a week) .

Our shifts are 8-4pm, 12-8pm- with one weekend a month on a rolling rota  (days in lieu given).

Gloucester ICT is a great place to work with an extremely supportive team, and the opportunity to apply for the DNSPQ  (Pg Dip) to potentially gain District Nurse status.

If this post interests you we would be very pleased to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• To enable patients  to live well within their communities, with a focus on physical health needs  and wider holistic needs.
• Lead Multidisciplinary Team meetings  meeting as required- including GP supported clinical meetings (Gold Standards Framework or Case Management reviews)
• Communicate and liaise with the Multidisciplinary ICT, Gloucestershire Care Services (GCS) and Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as well as other referring acute and community hospitals
• Discuss patient's conditions with them as appropriate and relay accurately and contemporaneously back to  appropriate colleagues.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To Practice as a senior member of the community nursing team, working within the Integrated Community Teams (ICTs)
• To provide a case management approach to care for an identified number of patients working closely with GPs, the ICTs and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies.
• To provide advice, information and education to patients and carers - enabling patients to enjoy maximum independence, health and wellbeing, enabling people to live well at home
• To complement the urgent care services to support admission avoidance .
• To support  peers and operational managers.