Community Sister/Charge Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
Up to 37.5 hours per week.
Livewell Southwest appreciates that work life balance is vitally important for our employees wellbeing and therefore we have hours available from 22.5 - 37.5 hours per week on permanent contract. Our core hours are 0800 17:30 and are open to discuss any working pattern within these hours, to enable you to get the balance of home and work life that suits you.
The role requires positivity and excellent communication, leadership, and caseload management abilities. You will need to demonstrate integrity and initiative, sound clinical knowledge with evidenced based practice and the ability to manage a team, approaching your work in a coordinated way.
We work integrated with primary care, adult social care, therapists, urgent & intermediate care services alongside our specialist services informing our ageing well MDTs which facilitates shaping our future to deliver great quality care for housebound individuals.
If you have an interest in community nursing, preventing hospital admissions, and caring for people with complex long-term disease, through to the last stages of their life, this role is for you.
This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.
Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Interview date will be held on the 13th January 2025.
Main duties of the job
We provide opportunity for continued learning/career progression, if this ignited your interest we would like to hear from you
As a Community Sister/Charge Nurse your role is vital in terms of coordinating peoples care & delegating to your team.
You will be required to be an autonomous practitioner, provide holistic patient centred care. To champion for patients, whilst demonstrating highly motivated leadership skills with ability to influence/inspire others. The candidate must have the knowledge and confidence to have delicate conversations around advanced care planning in anticipation of end of life care including treatment escalation and have the skills required to make clinical decisions around resuscitation status based on the persons clinical presentation.
We you be required to undertake a robust induction, allocated a supervisor to support your learning to develop in your role
We offer training in line with the required competencies for you to build on your past knowledge/experience/skills. You will be expected to undertake continued learning with accessibility to accredited courses
You will be required to be competent/diagnose/investigate. Have sound knowledge/judgement providing evidence-based wound management/pressure ulcer prevention. Continence management, palliative & end of life care
Have a full driving licence/the ability to travel across Plymouth.
All LWS staff are expected to able/willing to work across a 7 day service
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Job responsibilities
Be responsible for the provision of planned and unplanned care to patients and theirCarers in a defined geographical area working as part of a twenty four hour District Nursing Service
Be able to respond to urgent referrals for patients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team
To triage and accept appropriate referrals directly from other disciplines, patients, carers and members of the public and / or refer to other agencies where appropriate
Be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, planning, organising & reviewing complex packages of care including case conferences
the candidate must have the knowledge and confidence to have delicate conversations around advance care planning in anticipation of end of life care including treatment escalation and have the skills required to make clinical decisions around resuscitation status based on the persons clinical presentation.
Ensure privacy, dignity and human rights are respected for all patients and carers.
Undertake comprehensive risk assessments of all situations associated with the care ofpatients in order to ensure nurses and the carers safety
Assessments might include the provision of equipment ensuring it is used safely
Be responsible for overseeing, monitoring of equipment and ensuring maintenance &repair.
To report and records all incidents and near misses relating to health, safety, security, fire,physical violence, aggression and verbal abuse.
Maintain accurate records, which are confidential, up to date , legible and that all caregiven has to be documented. These records may be paper or IT based system and must bemaintained as specified in the Trust Policies, NMC guidelines and Government directives. Thepost holder will be expected to oversee the standard of patients records by audit or peer review and have a regular open discussion with team members.
The post holder is required to comply with all infection control policies and guidance,attend relevant updates and report issues of concern to their immediate line manager if no action orexplanation received, then it is the individuals responsibility to escalate to Director of Operationsor Chief executive office
To monitor & maintain the health, safety and security of self and others
Be responsible for organising own time management on a daily basis in line withcaseload demands balancing patient needs with the non clinical aspect of the role
Work within challenging and unpredictable environments e.g. patients homes, whichmay have constraints that require adaptability
Act as a clinical advisor on health care issues within their area of expertise.
Undertake health promotion whenever possible to all age groups and also contribute toplanned health promotion activities.
Nurse Prescriber and takes responsibility for prescribing in line with Non-medical Prescribing policy and within the Devon Formulary.
Identify community health needs and participate in new projects, research and audit.
Act as a role model for other staff and students demonstrating high standards of practice and professional conduct.
Be involved with the development, implementation and monitoring of standards.
Develop links with other professional and voluntary bodies to ensure maximumeffectiveness of the service and patient care.
Work alongside the Community Matron for Long Term conditions if appropriate in monitoring complex health needs of the patients and reduce hospital admissions
Ensure that work which is often unpredictable is prioritised and suitably delegated to othermembers of the multi-disciplinary team.
Implement, participate and facilitate Clinical Supervision as per organizational Policy.
Participate in an annual appraisal of their work in line with the Knowledge and SkillsFramework (KSF) where the job description will be reviewed and objectives set. In line with theannual development plan the post holder will be expected to undertake any training ordevelopment required to fulfil their role.
Be conversant and adhere to the vulnerable adult and child protection procedures &Organizational polices.
Support the District Nursing Manager regarding equity of workload throughout the largerTeam & deputise in his/her absence.
Person Specification
Behavioural Attributes & Competencies
Essential
- Familiar with and committed to the principles and values of the NHS.
- Demonstrate commitment to and focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.
- Consistently put clinicians at the heart of ...
