Job overview
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated clinician to develop your practice within an innovative, forward-thinking service that places Wellbeing for Life at the heart of everything we do.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out comprehensive clinical assessments, deliver evidence-based interventions, and actively contribute to daily MDT reviews for patients admitted to the Hospital at Home pathway. You will manage a defined caseload of patients with complex and acute needs, including those with frailty, and will be expected to make confident clinical decisions, escalating appropriately to senior clinicians and the Senior Clinical Decision Team where required. In keeping with CNWL's SCARF framework, you will demonstrate safe, accountable and reflective practice, adapting to the varied and fast-paced nature of community-based acute care to ensure patients receive timely, effective treatment in the right place at the right time.
The role requires you to develop and maintain a broad range of clinical competencies including independent assessment in the home environment, use of digital monitoring tools, point of care testing, cannulation, IV therapy administration, catheter care, and frailty management. You will work in close partnership with GPs, acute hospital teams, pharmacy, social care and community nursing living CNWL's value of partnership to ensure patients experience a seamless episode of care.
Working for our organisation
We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and we will support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To assess, plan, implement and provide evaluation of health care needs in conjunction with patients, their carer’s and other appropriate members of the multi professional team.
· To have agreed areas of responsibility and work as part of the team.
· To provide nursing care to patient in the community
· To see patients with potentially undifferentiated diagnosis including; objective assessment, physical assessment, treatment, follow-up and developing care plans.
· To ensure all patients on the caseload are managed well and discharged safely either to their GP or for further ongoing assessment, rehabilitation treatment and care.
· To be responsible for keeping up to date with current issues and events in Primary and Secondary Health Care
· Liaising with community services partners
· To be an active member of the team and the teams development.
· To provide support and health education for patients and carers through effective interpersonal skills.
· To comply with professional codes of conduct.
· To be able to work flexibly and relieve colleagues/rotate across the three boroughs as required and requested by the line manager to meet the needs of the service.
· To ensure that own mandatory training is kept up to date in line with Trust policies.
Post holder will undertake delegated line management of staff, both informal and formal basis
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI can be used as a support tool, not a replacement for the applicant’s own work. Applications must remain personal, accurate, and reflective of the candidate’s real experience. AI-generated content must not misrepresent skills, qualifications, or experience. Over reliance on AI-generated content is discouraged and may diminish the applicant's chances of success.
We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct. Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
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