We are looking for an experienced Nurse with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and proven team working abilities, to be resourceful, with the ability to manage their own time effectively and prioritise their own workload.
This role is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, innovating and developing transformational changes; essential for this role. You will be part of a team that will work with care homes to enhance quality of care.
Our focus is to enhance care in Care Homes by covering all aspects of care. You will be working within a wide skill mixed team, who are passionate about people living in a care home, taking both a medical and holistic approach.
The post holder will be required to travel in between care homes and have a flexible approach to their day. They must hold a full driver's licence and access to own transport.
The post holder may also be expected to hold clinics for non-care home patients at the surgery and work collaboratively with Bethesda's nursing team, carrying out general practice nursing duties efficiently.
Job Responsibilities
* Managing a case load of care home residents across a number of care homes.
* Provide care for the presenting patient, to include initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care.
* Demonstrate safe, clinical decision making including assessment and diagnosis skills.
* Carrying out regular planned (and in some cases) acute emergency visits.
* Producing and reviewing ACPs, TEPs (RESPECT) and promote Restore 2 training.
* Proactively planning patient care and assessing ongoing patient needs.
* Regular liaison with assigned GPs whenever appropriate.
* Proactively working with Care Home and Nursing Home staff and management to promote ongoing planned patients care.
* Discussing end of life care with patients and relatives.
* Coordinating referrals to other services such as, chiropodist, dietician and tissue viability.
* Working within their professional boundaries.
* Be involved in weekly care home rounds.
Person Specification
Essential:
* Possess excellent communication skills able to liaise with GPs, Home management and staff and with relatives.
* Be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
* Be comfortable seeking advice from GP colleagues.
* Be able to respond to emergencies and where necessary liaise with GPs about acute admissions.
* Planning and implementing individual patient care within the context of an interdependent healthcare team.
* Achieving a balance between the demands of direct patient care within existing resources and job plan.
* Communicating with and supporting distressed/anxious/worried relatives/patients.
* Continually reappraise the effectiveness of resources against the unpredictability of service demands.
* Work within a specialty with unpredictable levels of activity.
* Providing a professional advisory role to a wide variety of contacts e.g. patients, relatives, carers, junior and senior nursing, medical and paramedical colleagues.
* To participate in reporting, documenting and evaluation of the work of the Care Home Clinician and to demonstrate its importance both to patients and members of the interdependent healthcare team.
* Keep professionally up to date with continuing professional development.
Desirable:
* Experience in Long term conditions.
Qualifications:
Essential:
* NMC Registration.
Desirable:
* Background of working as a Community Nurse.
* Experience with long term conditions.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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