Exciting opportunity for aBand 6Sister/Charge Nurse. Working within our friendly District Nursing team inWokingham, your role asaBand 6 Sister/Charge Nurse,will be pivotal within the Community Nursing teamstomanage a nursing team and a caseloadensuring wedeliver a seamless service to patients.The Community Nursing teams areparamount inpreventing avoidable hospital admissions andfacilitatingappropriate earlierdischarges into the community
• Tooperatewithin a Case Management framework and coordinate care for an identified caseload of patients.
• Tobe responsible forassessing patient need and to plan, implement and evaluate programmes of Nursing Care.
• Toidentifyand plan preventative measures and anticipatory care needs.
• To proactivelymonitorpatients following the review dates set out in the care plans.
• To assess patients with complex clinical need using clinical examination skills, history taking and evaluation skills
• To manage End of Life Care and work in partnership with health, social and voluntary agencies to ensure patients are treated with dignity and respect and to support their families and carers.
• To prepare the patient and their family/carer for changes in the patients’ condition and support choice forend of lifecare.
• To complete Management 1-1’s with your team as well as appraisals and ensuring staff are attending clinical supervision
• Tosubmitstatistical and contractual monitoring returns within agreed timescales.
• Tobe responsible forensuring Mandatory and Statutory training is booked and completed within time scalesof yourself and your team.
• Tobe responsible forbooking and taking annual leave as laid down in Trust policy and Standard Operating Proceduresand ensuring continuity or service by ensuring your team also take regularannual leave.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for this role
1. NMC Registration
1. Minimum 2 years’experienceof community nursing
• FullDrivers licence and car available for business use for patient visits.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Monday 26 Aug 2024
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