Specialist Community Nurse Job Chippenham area,England UK,Nursing

Join our team as a Specialist Community Nurse (Band
6) and play a vital role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care within the community. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and compassionate registered nurse who is passionate about improving health outcomes, promoting independence, and supporting people to live well in their own homes. As a Specialist Community Nurse (Band
6), you will provide high-quality nursing care, treatment, advice and support to individuals within their own homes or outpatient settings, promoting and facilitating patient independence, wellbeing and self-management. Working within national and local frameworks, professional guidelines, protocols and policies, you will deliver person-centred care that meets the complex needs of patients and their families. You will manage a caseload of patients, providing expert clinical assessment, care planning and evaluation, while acting as a clinical leader within the multidisciplinary team.

The role includes providing leadership, guidance and senior clinical support to peers, junior registered staff and Support Workers within your own discipline, as well as offering specialist advice to other healthcare professionals to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care. Please see the job descriptin attached for a full list of responsibilities. This is a part-time role working 33 hours per week.

Required

qualifications

Registered nurse
First degree
Post graduate community qualification e.g. community specialist practitioner
Recognised assessing and supervising students in practice qualification.
To possess a current, valid driving licence and to be a competent driver
Evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge of legislation affecting professional practice
Experience of applying research-based information to practice
Non-medical prescriber
Up to date community experience
Case management experience
Significant experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team
Leadership experience
Teaching experience
Knowledge of recruitment, selection & appraisal system
Setting and monitoring standards of care
Experience with in a wide range of patient/client care groups.
To be able to communicate with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
To be able to work flexibly and sensitively.
Wide range of interpersonal and communication skills
Competence in a wide range of nursing skills
I.T. literate
Skills in preparing and presenting teaching sessions.
Undertake specific nursing tasks requiring precision and/or intense concentration. Undertaking complex nursing skills
Manual handling skills and experience
Ability to sensitively inform service users on complex and distressing issues. Able to support and facilitate staff in dealing with these situations.
To be flexible and adaptable
Full UK driving license and access to a car for work

Desirable

Further qualifications relevant to community nursing
Awareness of recent Government initiatives that may affect future clinical practice
Profiling community needs and targeting identified health needs of population.
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ring fenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission

About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health,…