Senior Community Nurse

CSH Surrey; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Woking is seeking a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse. This role involves delivering high-quality nursing care, managing a defined caseload, and providing leadership within the team. The position offers flexible working hours and opportunities for professional development. Ideal candidates must have relevant nursing qualifications and a passion for community health.

Benefits

NHS pay and pensions

Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%

Excellent training opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current 1st level registration.
• Experience in clinical assessments and patient care management.
• Able to work flexible hours, including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and maintain high standards of clinical and professional nursing care.
• Responsible for a defined caseload of patients.
• Support the development of junior staff through mentoring.

Skills

Excellent communication

Clinical assessment

Team leadership

Patient care

Time management

Education

Degree in relevant health care

Current 1st level registration

Tools

Nursing and Midwifery Council standards

Electronic patient record system

Job description

Overview

We are currently recruiting for a dedicated and motivated Band 6 Senior Community Nurse to join our community nursing team covering the borough of Woking.

The Community Team visits patients in their own homes as well as care homes. The service works over a 7‑day week from 8.00am to 8.00pm, offering a variable shift pattern, and includes weekend and bank holiday working. The team has experienced Clinical Leads who will ensure that you have the necessary support for your personal development. There are excellent opportunities for training and development of both your clinical and leadership skills.

Individuals will be expected to deliver and maintain a high standard of clinical and professional Nursing Care and to assist in the delivery of all aspects of individualised patient care.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for a defined caseload of patients


• Is the named District Nurse for designated GP practices and attends all GSF and MDT meetings


• Undertakes full nursing assessments of patients, including those with multiple pathology and complex health and social needs


• Responsible for agreeing the patients care plan, liaising with others and adapting the care and treatment delivered according to need and patient choice


• Responsible for the monitoring of medication regimes, assessing effects and advising patients on the safe storage and disposal of drugs


• Responsible for the correct use of aids and equipment supplied for patients and carers and for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained including equipment loaned to patients


• Recognises own limitations in the provision of clinical care and urgency of patients needs, referring to other health care professionals accordingly and is accountable for his/her own actions often without direct supervision


• Maintains accurate and legible patient records in line with professional and organisational requirements this includes contemporary paper records and electronic patient record system


• Accountable for making autonomous clinical decisions in planning and prioritising patient care for District Nurse caseload including referrals to other agencies and the admission / discharge from the service


• Responsible for recognising the needs of the service, identifying risk and making rapid autonomous decisions, escalating to the Team Lead and Clinical Lead as required


• Triaging within the District Nurse Referral Centre and promoting and embedding technology within the work place


• Operational line manager for District Nursing team (Band 5 RNs / Band 4 APs / Band 3 HCAs)


• Effectively communicates with others involved in patient care at all times including weekends / out of hours, through the use of mobile phone, emails and fax to enable a timely response to patients needs.


• Maintains strong working relationships and communicates effectively with GPs, practice nurses, social services, acute / community hospital colleagues, borough council staff and the local voluntary sector


• Responsible for completing all own mandatory training and for ensuring this is completed for all team members


• Participates in own annual appraisal and undertakes continuing professional development, clinical supervision and peer review for self in order to maintain and develop knowledge and skills.


• Supervising and appraising team members through annual appraisals, mid-year reviews and peer reviews within team


• Responsible for receiving and facilitating clinical supervision and undertaking peer reviews within the team


• Responsible for teaching, supervising and mentoring other members of the team and pre-registration students


• Undertakes formal student assessments and participates in the maintenance of an effective learning environment


• Participates in clinical audit and the implementation of changes to ways of working / clinical practice as a result of findings, recommendations and action plans


• Actively participates in and contributes to meetings and working groups that inform the organisation and the nursing service / profession


• Actively involved in the development and implementation of community nursing service developments and initiatives and acts as a role model for all 6Cs


• Acts as a link nurse for defined area e.g. tissue viability, end of life, diabetes


• Responsible for the ordering and stock management of dressings and other equipment

This job description is not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake such other duties from time to time as are consistent with the responsibility of the grade.

This job description is subject to review and development from time to time in liaison with the post holder. As an employee of Central Surrey Health Ltd you will be required to adhere to all the organisations policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Essential

• Current 1st level registration (Registered Nurse)


• Degree in relevant health care (or working towards)


• Evidence of Continued Professional Development post registration


• Relevant specialist courses


• Clinical Assessor and Supervisor


• Clinical Supervisor

Desirable

• Educated to Degree / Master level


• Physical Assessment Module


• Nurse prescriber (DN V100)

Other

• Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day


• Flexible, Reliable, forward thinking and innovative


• Ability to work under pressure


• Committed to and passionate about District Nursing

Communication

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills


• Effective written and verbal communication skills


• Good presentation skills e.g., teaching, cascading information


• Facilitating teams e.g., through daily handover and clinical supervision groups

Experience and Knowledge

• Minimum of 2 years post reg experience


• Broad range of clinical skills relevant to District Nursing


• Ability to Undertake full assessments of patients, including those with multiple pathology and complex health and social needs


• Mentoring / teaching / assessing experience


• Evidence of professional development


• Demonstrable evidence of service improvement / implementing local change


• Good knowledge of health and safety / risk management


• Clinical audit and why this is important


• Understanding of health care policy and how these impacts on District Nursing


• Nursing


• Computer literate and able to use Word, emails etc

Desirable

• Experience of staff management and appraisal


• Willingness to develop an area of specialist nursing


• Specialist knowledge of the role

Skills

• Planning / Organisation Skills: Leadership skills. Interpersonal skills both verbal and written. IT skills and timely data entry. Autonomous and team worker. Ability to prioritise. Presentation skills. Ability to assess, deliver, evaluate and benchmark quality care. Ability to work across a seven-day week. Ability to delegate nursing care and to prioritise visits in accordance with patient need and to organise workload without direct supervision.


• Physical Skills: Ability to travel effectively and efficiently within the locality and at times, across Surrey. Dexterity to enable clinical skills to be performed i.e., removal of sutures venepuncture IV Therapy. Ability to deal with conflict in a professional manner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).