Bank Community Nurse Band 5

Job overview

This is post requires someone who can do 5 days a week for a minimum of 3 month

• To provide skilled nursing care working under the supervision of the Community Nurse Team Lead and Deputy Team Lead to patients in a variety of community settings.
• The post holder will undertake community nursing duties involving delivery of nursing services and holistic assessments of patients’ health needs using a person-centred approach. This includes providing quality and seamless nursing care to housebound patients and being proactive in coordinating their care needs as appropriate, avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital or long-term care institutions. In addition, the post holder will be involved in facilitating self- care for patients with long term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery.
• Staff to work weekends as per service needs.

Main duties of the job

JOB PURPOSE

• 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES CLINICAL DUTIES

• 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