Community Nurse - Leatherhead PCN - Surrey Downs H&C
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Job summary
Surrey Downs Health & Care - Leatherhead PCN
This is an exciting opportunity for highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 nurse to come and join the innovative team at Leatherhead PCN. We are a highly supportive team, who encourage nurses with or without community experience to come and join us, to make a positive contribution to community nursing.
The post holder will be responsible with the continuing management of the patients and staff within their clinical setting, without supervision, alongside their team lead and deputising when required.
This includes the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, the setting and maintaining of standards and the supervision and deployment of staff.
The post holder will undertake facilitation of educational programmes for basic, post basic and in-service training, in close liaison with the Learning and Development Team.
To work closely with the senior team member to facilitate patient focused, innovative research based practice, in line with Surrey Downs Health and Care objectives.
The NHS is changing, and more emphasis on community-based care means there has never been a better time to join us. If you are patient-centred, passionate about making a difference, committed to delivering high quality integrated care, have excellent nursing care skills and a desire to offer the best service to our patients, then we would love to hear from you, as this is obviously the job for you!
Main duties of the job
Main duties to include:
Work as a role model within the team undertaking lead responsibilities providing skilled nursing care to patients, assessing their immediate and long term needs and that of their family/carers, by informing, preparing and reviewing plans of care.
Participate in and promote nursing research and project work within the clinical area to promote the delivery of skilled high quality care within the team and encourage others within the team to diversify their skill set. Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines.
Treat all patients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers where appropriate
Take every opportunity to promote the health and wellbeing of the patient
In the absence of the senior team member, be responsible for planning cover, appropriate staffing and skill mix ensuring adequate cover at all times, deputising as appropriate
Ensure continuity of care between all clinical settings through appropriate timely planning and good communication through all available channels
Be responsible for individual timely data entry and as well ensuring wider corporate team's data entry is maintained and supporting other team members to ensure their outcoming is delivered timely.
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full-time, Flexible working
Salary
£37,162 to £44,629 a year per annum inc fringe hcas
Closing date
10/07/2023