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    Community Nurse - London, United Kingdom - Whittington Health NHS Trust

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    Hospital Staff Nurse. Band 5

    WANT ACCESS TO LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES? IF YOU'RE A BAND 5 NURSE CONSIDER WHITTINGTON HEALTH FIRST. North Central London location with superb travel links

    On-going learning and development opportunities including leadership courses and clinical skills training
    Individually tailored career development pathways
    Opportunities in our integrated care organisation to work in the community as well as in the hospital. Flexible working opportunities

    We'll help you be a first-rate nurse whichever area you choose to work in. You can read more about these in our nursing handbook attached.


    Don't take it from us, see what our nurses have to say on the 'meet our nurses' section of our nurse recruitment website.

    We have opportunities for adult nurses in a variety of wards across our hospital site.

    Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone.

    We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

    The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences.

    We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

    Plan the delivery of patient care and take responsibility for implementing and evaluating that care, using an appropriate nursing model.

    Be accountable for own nursing practice and work unsupervised and on own initiative, but to be responsible to the Ward Manager for all aspects of their work.

    Deliver a high standard of comprehensive skilled and evidence based nursing care to patients.
    Be able to prioritise their own workload and of those working with them, such as learners and Healthcare Assistants. Know how to impart news of a distressing nature to patients and relatives.

    This will include passing on news of a patients death or helping a patient/relative understand a diagnosis such as cancer.

    Assist patients, carers and their families to identify health and well-being goals.
    Support and empower patients, carers and their families to achieve their health and well being goals.

    Assist in planning and implementing methods of rehabilitation for patients and their carers.
    Liaise with colleagues and other agencies, including Social Services, to ensure continuity of patient care.
    Contribute to the integration of Whittington Health and Social Services.

    Extend their nursing knowledge/skills by undertaking further professional training that may be required in addition to keeping up to date with professional developments.

    Participate in research projects and/or innovations, including health promotion and chronic disease management activities.
    Maintain accurate, contemporaneous records are kept that ensure safety and continuity ofpatient care.
    Be computer literate.
    Utilise appropriate resources in the provision of total patient care.
    Be aware of, and act in, accordance with agreed policy procedures legislation and NMC standards.

    Participate in the orientation of new staff and nursing students, and act as a mentor to nursing students and healthcare assistants where appropriate.

    Demonstrate practice to nursing students and other staff.

    Undertake other relevant duties arising from the work of the Primary Health Care Team as requested by the District Nurse Team Manger and/or Lead District Nurse and/or NurseManager District Nursing.

    Participate in managing and co-ordinating the work of the junior staff, offering support and development as appropriate.

    Liaise with the bed manager and discharge co-ordinator to ensure effective bed management on the ward, including admission of patients, planning of bed usage and timely discharge planning.

    To ensure that all equipment is maintained and any faults immediately reported.
    Be aware of, and act in, accordance with agreed policies, procedures, legislation and NMC standards.
    Act at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
    Adhere to Whittington Health policies and procedures at all times.
    Ensure that records are kept and maintained in line with NMC guidelines, Trust record keeping and information governance policies.
    Adhere to national and local infection control procedures and standards at all times.

    Be willing to expand nursing knowledge/skills by undertaking further professional training, to keep up to date with professional developments and maintain current PREP portfolio.

    Meet regularly with the Ward/Department Manager in order to review own performance.
    Take part in clinical supervision on a regular basis according to Whittington Health requirements.

    Whittington Health is an integrated care organisation and there may be occasions where staff are required to rotate between clinical environments to meet service need.

    This could be on a long or short term basis.
    Evidence of recent training and development
    Further postgraduate certification

    oCommitment to 6Cs (including compassionate care) and how they underpin all nursing practice

    Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
    Whittington Hospital

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