Community Nurse Band 5 - Merton SW London
CENTRAL LONDON COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST, Bushey Mead, Merton
Community Nurse Band 5 - Merton SW London
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CENTRAL LONDON COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST, Bushey Mead, Merton
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 day ago, 11 Oct | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 2dbbd6361c02481f877011868e6678cc
Full Job Description
- To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing nursing and rehabilitation for rehabilitation beds.
- To undertake nursing assessments without supervision and to determine patient need/risk and plan, implement and evaluate their care.
- In the absence of senior colleagues take charge of the unit, manage the admission of patients, provide care and discharge planning whilst contributing to the effective working of the Rehabilitation Unit.
- To work in partnership with multi-disciplinary members of the team, other professionals and agencies, to meet the health and rehabilitation needs of patients within the Rehabilitation Unit.
- To maintain standards of clinical nursing care using an evidence-based approach within the Unit, incorporating principles and values of clinical governance.
- Ensure effective communication is maintained at all times, whilst providing support, supervision and clinical expertise to all members of the team., To provide skilled, effective and evidence based to patients with a variety of presentations.
- To identify, prioritise and implement programmes of care that meets the needs of the clients/patients using an appropriate nursing model.
- To identify and record all new problems and concerns and report back to the team lead.
- To undertake activities that promote health, reduce risk and disease prevention.
- To provide care and attention to the needs of vulnerable adults including risk assessments and taking appropriate action as required.
- Take a pro-active approach towards discharge planning according to local policy.
- To develop and utilise a range of nursing skills such as continence assessment, ECG recordings and venepuncture, IV drug administration, wound assessment and management.
- To undertake nutritional assessments and advice and support patients with their nutritional needs. For example PEG feeds. Your Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job. Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date. At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks: Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN) Race Equality Network Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff. Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH. The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire. We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.Job overview Experienced Community Nurse Band 5 Merton SW London Are you a specialist community nurse or a registered nurse with community experience? This is an exciting time to join our bank, with a new friendly and supportive team. We can offer you regular yet flexible working patterns, that allow you to make a real difference to services and patients and become an integral part of a cohesive team. As the largest community NHS trust in London we can support you to develop your experience, working as part of multi-skilled teams across a huge range of different locations and care settings. A full UK driving licence and access to a car. Why join? · Earn more per hour - bank rates are higher than agency and include holiday pay. We also cover your expenses and provide free uniforms · See the best shifts first - bank staff get priority over all agency workers, 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