District Nurse
BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Wokingham
District Nurse
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BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Wokingham
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 10 Jan | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 43e3a6ab03fa4ddab254a4bc6ba010a3
Full Job Description
- Provide clinical support and direction to community nursing staff within the locality by sharing their expertise.
- Works alongside the Operational Team Lead to ensure staff are competent in their role and new staff and inducted and supported to reach competency required for their role.
- Implementing evidence-based practice to ensure best patient care.
- The function of the Clinical Lead is to provide enhanced clinical support and expertise to the patients within their locality.
- Hold a Specialist Community Nursing Qualification.
- Hold an Independent Prescribing qualification (V300) or being to undertake within 12 months in post.
- Promoting a service which prevents patients from having inappropriate or unscheduled hospital admissions and helps facilitate hospital discharge. Main duties of the job
- Ensure care in their locality is based on sound assessment and care planning processes.
- I.T. literate to support staff transitioning to mobile working.
- Positively represent the service both internally and externally. Communicate highly complex information using informal and formal means to ensure people are fully informed of the service.
- Ensure that appropriate Statutory and mandatory training has been undertaken by all team members.
- Responsible for the retention and recruitment, induction, personal and professional development of staff.
- Monitor clinical supervision, induction,preceptorship and development of staff.
- Exercise leadership and judgment in the management of a Community Nursing Team to ensure good clinical practice andmaintain high standards of care, and review staff practice at regular intervals.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish. Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are: - Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include: - Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites