An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community Nurse to work within our Borderline Team. You will be working as part of the Borderline team which includes Community Nurses (RN), Community Nursing Clinical Leads & Healthcare Assistants. You will link closely with colleagues outside of CPFT including General practitioners and other members of the multidisciplinary team to support excellent nursing care at home, reducing the necessity for acute hospital admission.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
The successful candidate will need to have the relevant community CPD.
* To work as an autonomous practitioner with the integrated multi professional team
* To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of complex patients
* To be accountable for assessing interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines
* To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making
* Provide support and education of peers, new staff, non registered staff, and students
* To supervise junior colleagues
* Accountable for the delegation of caseload
* To provide high standards of nursing intervention within a patients own home, this includes lone working, with access to specialist and advanced practitioners when required
* To provide support, guidance and leadership to a team of nurses and non registered team members
We are keen to support and develop our employees through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
#J-18808-Ljbffr