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Would you like to join a team that works together, where everyone counts, and is continually striving for excellence? Then come and join Nottingham CityCare Partnerships Community Nursing team where we currently have a vacancy opportunity for a forward thinking, dynamic and compassionate District Nurse. We are interested in hearing from people who feel they can make a difference with their expertise and positive outlook and would like to contribute to Nottingham CityCares vision of consistent provision of excellent care. Successful applicants will have excellent clinical, communication and leadership skills and be directly responsible for a complex caseload whilst providing specialist training, advice, mentorship teaching and support to nurses and their teams. This District Nurse role will also support and address the needs of both the professional and the leadership agenda of community nursing services.
Job Responsibility:
Have direct responsibility for a complex caseload including long term conditions and multi pathologies whilst providing specialist training, advice, mentorship teaching and support to Nurses and their teams
Offer specialist clinical advice to their teams using evidence-based research and practice.
Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to band 6 Community Nurses.
Be an effective source of professional support to the management and leadership delivery of the community nursing service.
Support and address the needs of both the professional and the leadership agenda of community services.
Leading on complex clinical caseload including long term conditions and multi pathologies.
Providing specialist clinical advice to their teams using evidence based research and practice.
Providing clinical supervision and mentorship to Community Nurses.
Providing professional support to the management and leadership delivery of the service.
Utilises highly developed specialised and advanced clinical knowledge covering a range of procedures and underpinned by relevant broad-based knowledge, experience, and competence as a qualified District Nurse.
Where appropriate to service delivery, demonstrates highly developed physical skills requiring accuracy and dexterity e.g., moving and handling techniques, clinical procedures, diagnostic tests.
Demonstrates independent practice responding to social, scientific, clinical, and ethical issues which are encountered.
Makes complex judgements requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of options by integrating complex knowledge sources in new and/or unfamiliar contexts.
Responsible for complex clinical pathways.
Engages and actively involves the individual and, if appropriate, their family/carer, in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of treatment and/or care by using person-centred techniques to promote a culture of self-care and empowerment.
Works to standards of proficiency identified by their professional and regulatory bodies performing clinical treatments/procedures to a highly specialist standard.
Prioritises their own workload and that of the wider team within agreed objectives deciding when to refer to others as appropriate.
Line management responsibilities as leaders of their team and delegation as appropriate.
Provides and receives complex, sensitive or contentious information where motivational, persuasive, empathetic, negotiating and reassurance skills are required whilst demonstrating an understanding of barriers to communication.
Approaches each individual with care, compassion and sensitivity ensuring that these values are reflected in all aspects of the role including the management of complaints and compliments.
To comply with the organisations Infection Prevention and Control requirements.
Requirements:
Ability to prioritise
Effective negotiation skills
Knowledge and understanding of the risk assessment process.
Effective application of policies related to frail elderly, Learning Disability, dementia.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to prioritise work /manage deadlines.
Ability to manage multiple and competing demands, work autonomously, and deliver on agreed objectives and targets accurately within tight deadlines
Ability to assess a situation, set priorities and problem solve quickly and effectively
Strong negotiation and influencing skills
Ability to manage change effectively
Ability to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service
Ability to work out of hours
Full driving licence - essential car user
Nurse leadership and management
Managing a team
Effectively dealing with complex patients
Leadership
MDT working
Audit processes and carrying out investigations in relation to quality and patient safety.
Preparation of written reports.
Using Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel to a high standard.
Training, events planning for publicising and promoting services
Working autonomously
Managing budgets and performance metrics
1st Level Registered Nurse
Post registration experience as a District Nurse.
District Nurse / Teaching Qualification
ECDL or equivalent level of IT training and / or experience.
High level of I.T competency skills to include Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft Outlook Email
Nice to have:
Experience in development of services to meet community needs,
Presentation skills,
Knowledge or experience of audit, evaluation, and research.