We are looking for enthusiastic, dedicated nurses to join our teams in the North Tyneside and NorthNorthumberland areas and work with us to deliver an evidence based, clinically effective service for our patients in their own homes.
The post holder will be part of a wider Community Response Team but link in closely with the District Nursing Teams in the North Tyneside and north and west of Northumberland
You will assess ,plan, and evaluate clients care including families and carers were appropriate
The service is part of an integrated community pathway for patients on our Virtual Ward also offering a crisis response and supporting with unplanned care for patients intheirown homes and in ourrehabilitationunits . The service will provide an integrated approach to care of patients in the community by using a holistic approach and providing a multidisciplinary assessment which will aim to ensure patients remain at home with appropriate health and social services support.
***Previous applicants need not apply***
The Community Staff Nurse will work in partnership with patients and carers in the community, providing health education and nursing care within the Scope of Professional Practice. The post holder will be an integral member of the Community Response Services working with colleagues to deliver clinical care to patients on our Virtual wards and those in thier own homes undergoing a health crisis needing and urgent response
Although the post holder has access to advice he / she is expected to work largely unsupervised. In addition, the post-holder is expected to supervise the work of others including Health Care Assistants, Associate Therapy Practitioners and students on placement.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
• The development and delivery of programmes of health and social care
• The performance of skilled nursing care including aspects of assessment, wound management, catheterisation,
• The performance of diagnostic tests such as bladder scanning ,Ankle Brachial Pressure Index using Doppler and the interpretation of the results to decide further courses of action.
• Performance of procedures which require fine dexterity and skill such as venepuncture, cannulation, drug administration by injection and the removal of sutures.
• Interpretation of results and the communication of these to patients e.g. blood glucose estimation. Explaining aspects of care to patients and carers allowing the opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns
• Maintenance and promotion of high standards of professional practice including the sharing of approaches and experience with others
• Maintain a duty of care to patients, carers and colleagues through the exercise of personal and professional accountability
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024
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