Bank B6 Community Nurse - Barnet Planned Care | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

To provide skilled nursing care working as part of the Primary Health Care Team to patients in a variety of community settings between the hours of 08:00 and 20.30, including weekends.

To actively monitor, maintain and develop the service provided.

To take responsibility for managing the caseload and the team, with the support of the Team Leader.

To deliver a proactive case managed approach for patients with long term care needs.

To actively participate in service development activities.

To provide skilled, effective and evidence based nursing care to patients in a variety of community settings.

To act as an autonomous Named Nurse taking continued responsibility for first assessments and on-going assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of care given to individuals, groups of patients and their families.

To undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological and social care needs of patients using the Single Assessment Process and to include the needs of carers.

To utilise a case managed approach in the co-ordination of care that aims to prevent and reduce hospital admissions.

Actively work with the Operational manager, team leads, community nurses, GPs and others to identify patients with Long Term Conditions requiring proactive case management.

We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.

Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:

• stay well


• manage their own health with the right support


• avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.


We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.

Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.

Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence

To be alert to the needs of vulnerable adults including routinely undertaking pressure ulcer and falls risk assessments, considering safeguarding and mental capacity and taking appropriate action when required.

To provide specialist nursing skills such as leg ulcer assessment and management, syringe driver set up, intravenous drug administration, continence assessment and palliative care.

To support patients and their carers with managing their medicines and undertaking medicines management reviews as directed.

To provide care to people with long term conditions undertaking reviews in accordance with the individual patient care plan and with the support of more specialist colleagues as required.

To undertake nutritional assessments and advice and support patients with their nutritional needs. For example PEG feeds.

To have an innovative approach to practice in response to changing service needs and priorities.

To manage the caseload with the support of the District Nurse Team Lead.