Community

High Wycombe, England, gb

Job overview

Do you live in Buckinghamshire and seek an opportunity to advance your nursing career within a role that will help develop your professional decision making and skills. Why not try this new opportunity and join the Wycombe Community Nursing Team (ACHT).

The post will involve working with healthcare assistants and clinicians to provide nursing interventions to patients in their home environment, maximising their independence and providing care to avoid hospital admission as well as facilitating discharges from the acute. 

You must be innovative in your approach and willing to work with other members of the integrated team and ward staff to ensure a high quality service delivery. You must be willing to develop your own knowledge and skills, you will be supported in your personal development with training to extend your community nursing skills.

Experienced and newly qualified staff nurses will be considered for the post. 7 days a week shift pattern 

Main duties of the job

  • To contribute to processes for service and quality improvement
  • Assess the physical and psycho–social needs of patients and deliver 
    therapeutic interventions based on best available evidence in order to 
    improve health outcomes.
  • To manage own case load, delivering and evaluating service delivery to patients with a variety of medical conditions and those delegated by case managers. 
  • To plan interventions with the Case Manager and other team members using the common assessment process
  • To take part in the referral management process to ensure patients are treated by the most appropriate member of the team/service
  • To contribute to the development of protocols and procedures developed for clinical pathways

    • Working for our organisation

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    What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

  • As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
  • We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
  • We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

    • Why work for us?

  • We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
  • As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
  • Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve. 
  • A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families

    • What do we stand for?

  • Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
  • Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
  • Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

    • Person specification

    Education

    Essential criteria

  • Registered Nurse or student nurse awaiting confirmation of NMC registration.

    • Desirable criteria

  • Post registration education and extended skills eg Intravenous drug administration , compression dressings

    • Experience

    Essential criteria

  • Demonstrate experience post or pre-registration placements in relevant clinical areas:  Care of Elderly  Community  Orthopaedics  Neurology  Respiratory  Palliative Care  Long term conditions

    • Desirable criteria

  • Knowledge of working with a single assessment , planning and the delivery of care
  • Experience of electronic clinical systems and technology eg RIO

    • SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

    Essential criteria

  • To be able to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, carers and other professionals.
  • Able to work under pressure

    • SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

    Essential criteria

  • Car driver / owner able to travel to other locations within the trust

    • PPE requirements:  Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

    COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

    I f you are successful  at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

    Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

    Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

    Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

    Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

    Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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