District Nurse/Senior Community Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity to join a wonderful, dynamic and patient focused team providing high quality services to the local community.
We are committed in offering you a rewarding and team environment with clinical supervision and support, a variety of career development opportunities and access to learning and development ensuring your continuous professional enhancement, clinical leadership.
The post holder will work closely with the locality manager, team leads/ other clinicians to develop the service and maintain close working relationships with both acute and community services.
Candidates should be experienced nurse with sound clinical knowledge and proven experience in acute and community clinical environments. You will need to be adaptable to operate in a fast moving environment and have the clinical skills and ability to function as a lone worker in a larger team. Candidates should have excellent communication skills; and the ability to provide care as determined by the clinical assessments. Candidates will have undertaken professional development and have extended nursing skills, with evidence to support this. The role requires travel around the local community ideally you will need to have a full drivers licence and access to a car, however applicants without driving licence will be considered. The service covers 8am - 8pm working 7 days per week. The shift patterns are 8am - 4pm and 12pm - 8pm fulltime including weekend working.
Main duties of the job
o To Practice as a senior member of the community nursing team, working within the Integrated Community Services (ICS)
o To provide a case management approach to care for an identified number of patients working closely with GPs, the ICS and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies.
o To provide advice, information and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to enjoy maximum independence, health and wellbeing.
o To creatively manage the holistic and clinical needs of patients with acute, sub-acute and long-term conditions.
o To enable patients living long term physical health challenges to live well within their communities, with a focus on not only their physical health needs but also their wider holistic needs, e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, psychological needs, social needs and spiritual needs
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered General Nurse, Adult Branch and current NMC Registration
- Experience and evidence of teaching and assessing e.g. Preceptorship/Mentor or working towards
- Commitment to complete advanced physical assessment course/clinical decision making/District Nursing Specialist Practitioner Course
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Ability to work in community setting/home visits
Desirable
- Advanced clinical skills - ability to assess, diagnose and treat as an independent practitioner minimum level 6 study or similar
- Advanced clinical assessment skills, clinical decision making/District Nursing Specialist Practitioner Course at minimum level 6 study or similar course or commitment to complete.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience and work qualification, preferably within an Intermediate Care or community environment.
- Experience of supervising junior staff in the team
- Experience of quality improvement processes including audit, risk management and a good understanding of clinical governance and change management
- Experience of and ability to communicate effectively with variety of partners and stakeholders - verbal, written and electronically
- Ability to problem solves and prioritise
- Experience of complaints handling
Desirable
- Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate to the nurse role e.g. venepuncture, palliative care, IV therapy, wound care, diabetes management
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of ECP Locality Services.
- Aware of current professional nursing issues.
- Demonstrates sound application of clinical knowledge
- Be able to critically analyse research and use this to substantiate best practice
- Knowledge and experience of equal opportunities and evidence of collaboration and co-operation with others, valuing the diversity of contributions that others give.
- Ability to influence service delivery and policy
- Ability to work under pressure
- Time management and ability to prioritise work
- Good decision making skills
- Effective team working skills
- Knowledge of government policy and how this affects service delivery.
- Knowledge of care pathways and models of practice and their application in this field
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-motivated
- Awareness of limitations to own competence and able to seek support
- Assertiveness
- Ability to adapt to change in the work environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
West London NHS Trust
Address
Adult Community Nursing NGP
Greenford
UB6 0BP
