Urgent Community Response Nurse (South Warwickshire)

Job overview

BAND 5, Community Staff Nurse – Urgent Community Response South (Leamington Spa and Stratford Upon Avon)

Full/Part time available - permanent

We have the exciting opportunity to recruit enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Nurses for the Urgent Community Response Team South Warwickshire covering Stratford Upon Avon, Leamington, Warwick and surrounding areas.

Urgent Community Response is a well established team of highly skilled clinicians working together to support urgent response visits (2 hours and same day) and prevent admissions for patients in their own home.

The successful candidate will be involved in a number of clinical tasks including catheter care, falls-pick ups, management of Palliative patients, wound-care, deteriorating patients, venepuncture, ECGs and much more. You will need to be able to manage the complexity and fast pace of the role, be highly motivated, work on your own initiative and have excellent communication and organisation skills.

We provide a structured induction and training period to ensure that all new starters are provided with the opportunity to develop new skills and competence.

If you are interested, would like to come for an informal visit or have any questions please contact Julie Hemming on 07795 237875.

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 support the urgent response team to meet the 2 hour visit target.

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 pre-registration 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 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.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.