Community Nurse – Homefirst Ageing Well

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Community Nurse, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist post in the Cornwall, Central Integrated Area Team. The post holder will be required to work in the Community and Home First Teams providing assessment, reablement and rehabilitation to adults with health problems. This includes creating and reviewing care plans, reablement plans to facilitate independence and self-management and rehabilitation plans for support workers to implement. The teams support the Ageing Well Programme with 2 Hour Urgent Care Responses, 48 Hour Reablement Responses and Anticipatory Care Responses. The teams have key roles in supporting prevention of admission to Bedded Care and Discharge to Assess pathways. The teams participate in the assessment and supporting the discharge plans for people in Bedded Care settings.

We are seeking innovative pre and post registration Clinicians who will relish this creative approach and career development within the wonderful county of Cornwall.

Structured supervision and opportunities to participate in the established in - service training programmes and support for continued professional development will be provided

This is a full time post working 37.5 hours per week.

Proposed interview date: 3rd April 2023

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, without direct supervision, to patients, carers and relatives within their home environment, enabling them to enjoy maximum independence and optimum quality of life.

To work in partnership with patients and carers to offer support and advice and promote informed choice. Responsible

To support the role of the Team leader.

To work autonomously, providing effective, evidence based care in line with competency and training record and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.

To support all locality teams by working in a flexible way. Moving to work with the team in most need on a daily, weekly or monthly basis as service provision demands.

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full-time, Part-time

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year Per Annum / Pro Rata

Closing date

19/03/2023