Community Nurse - West Norwich Community Nursing Team | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

The West Norwich Neighbourhood Community Nursing Team are looking for an enthusiastic Band 5 registered nurse to join our friendly, supportive teams of nurses, health care assistants, assistant practitioners and nursing associates. You will be based at Norwich Community Hospital.

The Community Nursing service treats patients in their own homes, including residential homes and supported living complexes. We also provide some services in a clinic setting including our leg ulcer clinic and catheter clinic.

You will demonstrate an understanding of the role of community nursing. NCH&C is committed to the development of future health clinicians and there will be an expectation that alongside their clinical responsibilities the Band 5 Community Nurse will support students and apprentices in the role of supervisor and eventually as an assessor. You will live, breathe and promote NCH&C's Behaviour Framework.,

• To assess, prescribe and deliver care packages for patients. To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital.


• To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.


• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.


• To process referrals though clinical assessment, evaluating the information received to prioritise a response and allocate to the appropriate service.


• To liaise and communicate with the general public, other health care professionals, and multi-agencies on a daily basis.


• To provide clinical assessment for incoming nursing referrals.


Norwich Place is working alongside its commissioners and local service providers as part of the Primary Care Network to develop community based services that support patients to remain at home and receive the services they require in an effective and co-ordinated way.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

The workload requires a good range of clinical skills to be applied in managing our patients with varied health problems including diabetes management, traumatic and post-operative wound care, pressure ulcer prevention and management, catheter management, bowel care, palliative and end of life care.

Many of our patients will have complex multiple pathologies and so we aim to provide holistic, patient centred assessments and deliver individualised care.

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