CCT Community Staff Nurse (Band 5)
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Highfield, Bradford
CCT Community Staff Nurse (Band 5)
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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Highfield, Bradford
- Part time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 3 days ago, 9 Nov | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 5abebed6f86c4249bb4f48100d73fb44
Full Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse with relevant experience to join our established integrated intermediate care team. The Collaborative Care Teams have undergone developments and in the CQC report, our team is described as an outstanding example of community working.
The service receives referrals from a wide range of health and social care professionals, with the aim of supporting patients with a health related crisis at home. The goal is to avoid an acute hospital admission and/or support early discharge. We also provide support to patients who require out of hours district nursing and provide input to people accessing intermediate care beds in the community., In addition, the Collaborative Care Teams provide support to patients within their own homes that require IV therapy, this includes clinical assessment of patients, management and escalation of unwell patients, patient centred care planning, administration of IV medication, peripheral cannulation and on-going care of cannulas, venepuncture and management of Central Venous Access Devices.
We offer a robust induction programme, on the job training, annual appraisal, 1:1 supervision and opportunities for development. We encourage applicants to contact us if they are interested in this post so you can see first-hand how the team functions and learn about this fantastic opportunity.
This is a 24 hour a day 7 days a week service operating 365 days a year therefore the post holder will be expected to work shift patterns to cover the service including Early, Lates, Long Days, Nights or a combination of both and have access to own transport., + Work in collaboration with the Team Leader, and other members of the team to assess individuals' health and social care needs,
+ Provide time limited programmes of care for individuals:
+ to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital or
+ to facilitate early discharge from hospital or
+ to meet rehabilitation needs to promote and maintain independence
+ Contribute to the planning, implementation, monitoring and review of programmes of care for individuals with the Team Leader, and other members of the team and ensure a smooth transition of care to other providers e.g. District Nurse, Home Care
+ Manage and Co-ordinate caseload in absence of Team Leader or Sister.
+ Assess risk, which affects the health and safety of individuals, and care givers.
+ Ensure agreed standards of care are achieved
+ To support individuals in self-management of long term conditions
+ Promote people's equality, diversity and rights.
+ Enable people to manage disability, loss and change.
+ Contribute to the protection of individuals from abuse.
+ Develop innovative approaches to engage traditionally hard to reach and challenging groups
+ Work in collaboration with other agencies to develop pathways of care for individuals to facilitate early discharge from hospital or prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital.
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.
NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.
If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £41.90, Standard £21.90 or Basic £21.90) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.
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At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people's age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you'll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future - a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust., We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients - we want to make these part of our DNA.