Sister​/Charge Nurse​/District Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sister / Charge Nurse / District Nurse to join our Primary Care Home team delivering high quality nursing care to the population of Lowestoft. If you are motivated, adaptable, forward thinking and you see yourself leading within community healthcare, then this could be the role for you.

The role contains variety every day with a mixture of face to face clinical practice, leadership and management. You will be responsible for the line management of a number of clinicians, have the opportunity to participate in HR processes including recruitment, appraisals and supporting junior members of the team. We welcome applicants who have a desire to improve clinical practice.

This role sits in a multidisciplinary team providing community services 7 days per week 07:00 - 20:30 hours

The core nursing shift is 08:30 - 16:30. Other shifts included in the rota are 07:00 - 15:00 and 12:00 - 20:00. Weekend and bank holiday working on a rotational basis.

The post is offered up to 37.5 hours per week.

Please contact Lucinda Giles - Nurse Lead ( ) if you would like any further information or to arrange a visit.

To provide clinical leadership, operational management and professional support to community nursing within Primary Care home

To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide planned and unplanned care

To provide expert clinical case management for patients living in the community who require nursing care

To work autonomously at a level appropriate to clinical competence and within scope of professional practice

To carry out rapid assessments in patients own home with the aim of preventing admission to the acute hospital. These assessments will take a holistic ethos including physical, physiological and social aspects of need.

ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.

We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website -(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

Lowestoft Primary Care Home is a multidisciplinary clinical team which includes other Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners, Registered Nurse Associates, Community Support Workers, Healthcare Assistants and Phlebotomists. The team work in partnership with Primary Care, Social Services, social care providers, other specialist community health teams and voluntary sector providers to ensure patients are able to remain in their own homes whenever possible.

Clinical

• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
• To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills.
• To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organize this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
• To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
• To formulate an individualised management and/or treatment plan, using clinical reasoning skills and utilizing a wide range of treatment skills in order to formulate a specialised programme of care. This will ensure patients meet their re-ablement goals and promote independence.
• To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack this capacity to consent to treatment.
• To assess for environmental aids and arrange for provision or provide advice on where aids can be obtained.
• To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of the service and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
• To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues to ensure delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include discussion of patient care and case management.
• To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise re-ablement potential and to ensure understanding of their condition.

Managerial

• Be the named nurse or deputise for the Primary Care Home named nurse for an identified Primary Care practice and create relationship with the Lead GP, Practice Manager and Lead Nurse as a…