Older Adult Community Nurse
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
You will be working as part of a team and responsible for a caseload of individuals, providing person-centred and evidence-based intervention whilst ensuring quality interventions and high standards of documentation, you will need knowledge of physical health and the impact on mental health. You will need to be motivated, caring, compassionate and able to promote positive change to the people under your care.
You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, patients, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services. You will need excellent communications skills, and you will need to be able to work closely with families and carers as a routine part of care.
You will work as a member of the nursing team in providing high quality, evidence-based, holistic nursing care to patients in line with your NMC professional code of conduct and Trust policies. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate packages of care based upon individual service user needs, under the guidance of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner as per NICE guidance. You will also undertake and maintain service users' Self Directed Support assessments.
As required by your manager, you will have responsibility for the day to day supervision of lower banded staff within your professional group and team locality.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year working shifts where appropriate and operationally required.
In delivering your duties you are expected to display behaviours that are aligned with the Trust values and in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times.
To work collaboratively with clients, service colleagues and other agencies to prevent inappropriate A&E attendances and Acute Hospital admissions
To provide advice and decisions to other service members and partner agencies in relation to crisis situations, conditions and treatment plans, based on medical history and knowledge of certain conditions.
Provide management and care of service users.
Produce accurate and timely documentation on all clients in line with your Professional Code of Conduct and Trust policies.
Conduct / contribute to the assessment process, as well as the observation and ongoing assessment, providing accurate and timely feedback.
Participate in the planning, implementation / evaluation and ongoing review of treatment plans.
Provide practical support, advice and education to service users, carers and other disciplines.
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full-time
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum
Closing date
19/06/2023