We are seeking a new Evening and Night nurse to work in an already established team, we have vacancies in both the North/South Nottinghamshire team. We cover south Nottinghamshire (Rushcliffe/ Nottingham North/East, Nottingham West), North Nottinghamshire (Mansfield/Ashfield/Newark/Sherwood) and Bassetlaw, working closely with our Urgent Community Response teams ensuring the right clinician attends the right urgent response during the evening and night-time, to maintain safety, and deliver nursing care when needed.
Our service is fast paced during the out of hours period with a 2-4-hour response time, covering the nursing elements within the UCR clinical conditions. This includes urgent end of life care, continence care, catheter care, wound care needs overnight.
As the service transforms, and we are looking for dynamic, autonomous, practitioners with excellent communication skill, that can be confident, organised, adaptable, reliable, and approachable. You'll be working independently in patients' homes. You will collaborate with UCR services and the out of hours GP provider and ensuring the right team is attending the patient to fulfil their urgent nursing needs.
Our team is mixed with nurses and community support workers, working in in partnership with the community nursing day teams and UCR to provide a seamless nursing service to patients 6pm- 8am, putting the patient at the centre of their care and provide effective patient care.
The objective of our evening and nights service is to deliver good clinical outcomes for patients in partnership with day services and UCR across the whole health community to co-ordinate a shared care approach for patients across primary and community care, so that duplication is avoided, and resources are effectively managed to provide timely access. The main focus is admission avoidance to proactively identify patients who are at risks of hospital admissions or readmission and provide support and care to patients and their families during the out of hours period.
Responsibilities:
* Assess, plan, implement, promote and evaluate safe, creative and effective treatment plans in collaboration with the patient's diverse needs, their carers and other professionals
* Provide a realistic timely and occasionally intensive support to patients within a community setting.
* Provide education and supervision to junior staff members and other professionals
* Interventions will be evidence based and designed to reduce stress and anxiety, manage risk and aid recovery
* Maintain accurate, timely and relevant clinical records both written and computerized. To maintain the safe custody of healthcare record
The post holder will need to be flexible and work across servicers as required
Benefits:
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
Full time/part time available. Community experience is preferred but those with appropriate transferable skills will be considered. Palliative care experience/ catheterisation skills would be desirable but training can be given if needed to the successful candidate.
A robust induction and competency based development package will be provided. Benefits of a community nursing career include a robust and tailored competency-based development package, newly qualified staff will receive a tailored preceptorship programme, access to clinical and managerial supervision from a vast experience base, and you will be part of a fantastic team who put patient care at the centre of everything they do.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job.
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