Deputy Team Lead - London, United Kingdom - Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced Community Nurse to work within the London Borough of Wandsworth Community Adult Health Service.

The role of the Senior Community Nurse will be to support the management of a team of registered nurses, nursing associates and HCAs, in collaboration with the District Nurse team leader.

So what do you need to join our team?

To be a registered general nurse
Evidence of postregistration nursing experience within the community setting
Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing

To be a car owner and driver.

To provide skilled nursing care working as part of the Community Locality Team to patients in a variety of community settings including weekends and bank holidays.

To actively monitor, maintain and develop the community nursing services provided.

To take responsibility for managing the caseload and the team, with the support of the Clinical Caseload Manager. To deliver a proactive case managed approach for patients with long term care needs.

To actively participate in service development activities.

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

To provide skilled, effective and evidence based nursing care to patients in a variety of community settings.

To act as an autonomous Named Nurse taking continued responsibility for first assessments and on-going assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of care given to individuals, groups of patients and their families.

To undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological and social care needs of patients and to include the needs of carers.

To utilise a case managed approach in the co-ordination of care that aims to prevent and reduce hospital admissions.

Actively work with Locality ward ,Specialist Nursing Teams, Rapid Response and community Maximising Independence teams, GPs and others to identify patients with Long Term Conditions requiring proactive case management.

To act as the patient's advocate and to facilitate the patient's own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care, as appropriate.

To identify and record new problems and other relevant information reporting back to the Clinical Caseload Manager as appropriate.

To liaise with, and where appropriate initiate referrals, to ensure adequate support to patients and carers.

To provide information and support to patients, relatives and other carers that promotes and optimises positive health.

To undertake health promotion and disease prevention activities such as flu immunisation, advice on stopping smoking, dietary advice and foot health.

To have knowledge of, and be able to effectively use local services and resources to promote patient care.

To ensure the safe handling of body fluids and contaminated sharps.

To be alert to the needs of vulnerable adults including routinely undertaking pressure ulcer and falls risk assessments, considering safeguarding and mental capacity and taking appropriate action when required.

To provide specialist nursing skills such as leg ulcer assessment and management, syringe driver set up, intravenous drug administration, continence assessment and palliative care.

To support patients and their carers with managing their medicines and undertaking medicines management reviews as directed.

To provide care to people with long term conditions undertaking reviews in accordance with the individual patient care plan and with the support of more specialist colleagues as required.

To undertake nutritional assessments and advice and support patients with their nutritional needs. For example PEG feeds.

To have an innovative approach to practice in response to changing service needs and priorities.

To manage the caseload with the support of the Clinical Caseload Manager.

To be identified named community nurse for identified GP practice/s

Please refer to the attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities